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How Podiatrists Can Aid in Chronic Ingrown Toenail Treatment
What's It Like To Have Ingrown Toenails? Having an ingrown toenail can be an incredibly painful and frustrating experience. An ingrown...
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Enhancing Athletic Performance with Custom Orthotics
What are Custom Orthotics Custom orthotics are specially designed shoe inserts made to fit your feet. They provide support, reduce pain,...
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What Does a Sports Podiatrist Do? Helping Athletes Avoid Foot Injuries
Who is a Sports Podiatrist? A sports podiatrist is a healthcare professional who specialises in treating and preventing injuries related...
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Children's Knee Pain: A Focus on Osgood-Schlatter’s Syndrome
There are few things worse than watching your child struggle with knee pain, especially if it is preventing them from playing the sports...
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Tinea Infections: Navigating Athlete's Foot
At My Family Podiatry, we understand the discomfort and inconvenience tinea infections, or athlete's foot, can cause. It's a common...
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The Dangers of Barefoot Weightlifting: Are You Sabotaging Your Gains?
With over 5 million TikTok views on the hashtag #barefoottraining, the reported benefits of this craze are extensive. But let's be...
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Hip Pain
At My Family Podiatry, we will often see patients struggling with hip pain. This pain can range from an annoying niggle through to...
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Plantar Fibromas
At My Family Podiatry, we often have patients come to the clinic concerned about painful lumps through the arch underneath their feet. In...
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Pain Through The Inside Of The Ankle - Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction
We commonly see patients presenting to the clinic with pain through the inside of the ankle, especially after walking, running or...
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Podiatry and Autism: How We Can Help
Podiatry may not be the first profession that comes to mind when you think about the health management of individuals with autism...
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What Is Dry Needling?
Dry needling is a technique we regularly use at My Family Podiatry to help treat soft tissue injuries and pain. This therapy involves the...
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Joint Hypermobility
The term hypermobility is used to describe a higher than normal range of movement through joints. Sometimes referred to as being “double...
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Shockwave Therapy
At My Family Podiatry, we're continually on the quest for new methods to ensure our patients can stride forward, pain-free. We're...
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Cold, Red and Itching Toes? It Could Be Chilblains.
Chilblains (or Perniosis) are more commonly seen in the colder climates of Australia’s southern states, however the recent cold weather...
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Cutting Your Child’s Toenails
Toddler Toenail cutting doesn’t have to be difficult! Fear is the biggest factor holding parents back when attending to their children’s...
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Are Your Child’s Feet Sore Since Returning To School?
School has been back less than a week and you’re already hearing your child complain of sore legs and feet. After spending all that time...
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Understanding Achilles Tendinopathy
The Achilles tendon, the human body's thickest tendon, is a key component in many of our routine activities. Serving as a bridge between...
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Top Tips To Care For Your Feet This Summer
Summer is right around the corner, meaning barefoot beach walks and strappy sandals, but are your feet ready? Below we have listed some...
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Nail Salons: Are They Safe?
Nail salons are hugely popular, there is no denying that. Any time I walk through a shopping centre, the nail salons are full of people...
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Ankle Sprains - More Than Just a Twist
At some point in their lives, most people will experience the discomfort of an ankle sprain. Recognised as one of the most common...
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