Sore Feet? We’ll Fix You!

Sore Feet? We’ll Fix You!

Sore Feet? We'll Fix You!

Sore Feet? We'll Fix You!

Sore Feet? We'll Fix You!

How are we different ? Great question! Our team doesn’t rely on

  • Endless stretching routines
  • A wait and see process
  • Try this and come back in 6 weeks

Our team

  • Uses hands on therapies
  • Develop treatments plans to work with and for you
  • Use the latest research based technologies

If you’re serious about beating your pain and you’d like a small team with real passion? We’d love to help 😃

While other Podiatrists are cutting your grandmas toenails 😊 If you’d like our help, the first step is to call our awesome front desk team on 96732987

I hope that helps. Make sure you head to our information below and our links to look up more information about heel pain, foot types, and other sports injuries. We look forward to making you happy, healthy and active.

Have you tried our Heel Pain Calculator?

Want more information? That's fantastic. There's stacks of videos that we've made. Look down below. There's most likely a link there, or check us out on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, etc., all the normal socials because we've got stacks of educational videos on heel pain and all the other conditions that we look after. Thanks and stay happy, healthy and active.

ABOUT DR BRENDEN BROWN

Founder of A Step Ahead Foot + Ankle Care in Sydney, and former president of the Australasian Podiatry Council, Dr Brenden Brown (A.K.A Dr Foot) is a wealth of knowledge on how to take care of your feet, including how to find the best shoes.

Follow him on social media:
 instagram.com/askdrfoot
 facebook.com/podiatristsydney
 twitter.com/AStepAheadFAC

Shockwave and Heel Pain

Shockwave and Heel Pain

Shockwave and Heel Pain

Shockwave and Heel Pain

Shockwave and Heel Pain?

Yes! Shockwave is one of the therapies used to help reduce chronic heel pain in both the Plantar (bottom of foot) and Achilles area.

Shockwave acts to both reduce pain and accelerate healing!

While other Podiatrists are cutting your grandmas toenails 😊 If you’d like our help, the first step is to call our awesome front desk team on 96732987

I hope that helps. Make sure you head to our information below and our links to look up more information about heel pain, foot types, and other sports injuries. We look forward to making you happy, healthy and active.

Have you tried our Heel Pain Calculator?

Want more information? That's fantastic. There's stacks of videos that we've made. Look down below. There's most likely a link there, or check us out on YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, etc., all the normal socials because we've got stacks of educational videos on heel pain and all the other conditions that we look after. Thanks and stay happy, healthy and active.

ABOUT DR BRENDEN BROWN

Founder of A Step Ahead Foot + Ankle Care in Sydney, and former president of the Australasian Podiatry Council, Dr Brenden Brown (A.K.A Dr Foot) is a wealth of knowledge on how to take care of your feet, including how to find the best shoes.

Follow him on social media:
 instagram.com/askdrfoot
 facebook.com/podiatristsydney
 twitter.com/AStepAheadFAC

* No medical treatment can guarantee 100% success. Registered medical and health professions in Australia are by law not allowed to guarantee success. This comes as a result of all human bodies reacting differently to treatments. Patients should thoroughly consider all treatment options available to them.

Are Cortisone Injections Helpful?

Are Cortisone Injections Helpful?

Are Cortisone Injections Helpful?

Are Cortisone Injections Helpful?

"Are Cortisone Injections Helpful?" you may ask. Cortisone injections despite all the hype have a terribly poor success rate! Yes that’s right for most people they are often in more pain after the injection than before!! 😣😣

Heel pain injections have been shown to be effective in as few as 30% of cases - yes and again some people after 3 months are worse! 😩😩

There are options! Want to know more? Then check out our website or Facebook for loads of helpful information! 👍🏼👍🏼

Or call our team on 9673 2987 to get started today. 📞 ☎️

I hope that helps. Make sure you head to our information below and our links to look up more information about heel pain, foot types, and other sports injuries. We look forward to making you happy, healthy and active.

Have you tried our Heel Pain Calculator?

ABOUT DR BRENDEN BROWN

Founder of A Step Ahead Foot + Ankle Care in Sydney, and former president of the Australasian Podiatry Council, Dr Brenden Brown (A.K.A Dr Foot) is a wealth of knowledge on how to take care of your feet, including how to find the best shoes.

Follow him on social media:
 instagram.com/askdrfoot
 facebook.com/podiatristsydney
 twitter.com/AStepAheadFAC

* No medical treatment can guarantee 100% success. Registered medical and health professions in Australia are by law not allowed to guarantee success. This comes as a result of all human bodies reacting differently to treatments. Patients should thoroughly consider all treatment options available to them.

Treating Heel Pain – The full solution?

Treating Heel Pain – The full solution?

Treating Heel Pain - The full solution

Heel pain is one of the most debilitating conditions that our doctors see every single day. Pain in the morning is common for people; first step and OUCH! Only to be relieved or Plateau and return later in the day! This makes treating heel pain effectively a necessity for many people.

Shockwave has become one of the gold standard treatments for heel pain.  As one of the first clinics to adopt shockwave we have seen a rise in its use across other clinics and sadly not always successfully. The reason is often because well meaning practitioners who use this, use it as a stand alone treatment and NOT as part of a treatment plan to beat painful heels!

Plantar Fasciitis, Heel Spurs and Achilles tendinitis will all respond well to shockwave, however, alone as a therapy shockwave will only provide part of a solution.

Heel pain requires a treatment plan that incorporates multiple areas to be addressed from Footwear to foot posture, then to address both the soft tissue pain and then the tissue strength to balance it’s recovery and get patients back to happy healthy and active.

Sadly treating heel pain with shockwave alone will rarely see patient recover leading to more pain and frequently frustration!

Can We Help You in Treating Heel Pain ?

Our doctors are all qualified and registered Podiatrists that’s right foot doctors! Unlike other clinics who look after toe nails and callous or dry hard skin. Our team sees sports injuries like heel pain, multiple times a day!

If you’d like to beat heel Pain we would love to help.

Our clinic is located in Western Sydney, just off the M4 in Penrith. Our Doctors are registered with all major health funds, for health funds referrals are not necessary please contact us for details.

Appointments are NOT BULK BILLED however you may be able to claim some money through Medicare if your GP refers you to our team.

If you’re ready to get back to happy, healthy and active our team would love to help please call us on 9673 2987

Transcript
Frustrating mistakes Dr’s and other practitioners make when treating heel pain

Yeah, you know I think one of the most frustrating mistakes I see practitioners make is treating all heel pain like it's the one condition. The problem is if you continue to diagnose everything as fasciitis, and you also treat it in exactly the same way.

No one solution is perfect for all patients. Everyone responds to treatments differently and, Therefore, each person requires a care plan that’s individual to them.

I hope that helps. Make sure you head to our information below and our links to look up more information about heel pain, foot types, and other sports injuries. We look forward to making you happy, healthy and active.

Have you tried our Heel Pain Calculator?

ABOUT DR BRENDEN BROWN

Founder of A Step Ahead Foot + Ankle Care in Sydney, and former president of the Australasian Podiatry Council, Dr Brenden Brown (A.K.A Dr Foot) is a wealth of knowledge on how to take care of your feet, including how to find the best shoes.

Follow him on social media:
 instagram.com/askdrfoot
 facebook.com/podiatristsydney
 twitter.com/AStepAheadFAC

* No medical treatment can guarantee 100% success. Registered medical and health professions in Australia are by law not allowed to guarantee success. This comes as a result of all human bodies reacting differently to treatments. Patients should thoroughly consider all treatment options available to them.

How Fiona Beat Heel Pain

How Fiona Beat Heel Pain

How Fiona Beat Heel Pain

Meet Fiona

Is it really a heel spur's that causes the pain?

Fiona is a 43-year-old lady with two teenage daughters and a busy household. In the past six months she has returned to exercise by joining a gym, which she is …. or was really enjoying.

Lately she has been waking up in the morning, placing her heels on the ground, only to get what she describes as "excruciating pain". She feels the same pain if she sits for long periods and tries to stand: the pain, while not as bad as those first few steps in the morning, can make her hobble. This is now a BIG problem as she was really enjoying her return to fitness and wants to see what she can do to rid herself of the pain.

A visit to the GP

She visited her GP who spoke to her about a heel spur, he took x-rays and indeed there was a heel spur in the picture. He explained to her that generally very few surgeons will operate on heel spurs and there is little she can do but wait out the pain which on average would go away after about 18 months! He did give her some general stretches and said he could try an injection if she really wanted, but it was painful!

 

Off to the chemist

Fiona also went to the chemist to try to buy some heel pads to take pressure of the heel. She tried these for about a month. While they worked for a short while, the pain quickly returned.  She also tried some very cushioned shoes, again while this was comfortable at first within a short period of time this very expensive pair of sneakers gave little relief.

On attending an appointment at A step Ahead Foot and Ankle care Fiona was just about to give up. A friend referred her after they had suffered a similar pain and our podiatry team had made her pain free.

A diagnosis

Did you know that there is over a dozen different diagnosis for heel pain – YUP if you don’t get that part right you’re off to a rocky start! Our Podiatrist, after a thorough assessment, diagnosed Fiona with plantar fasciitis in this case. Plantar fasciitis is a soft tissue condition of the underside of the foot starting at the heel, where much of the pain is located, however the pain can radiate out towards the toes where the fascia again ends. The pain can begin quiet subtly at first and can last on and off for many patients for many years. Now that all sounds easy but guess what?

Shock wave is a new and highly effective treatment.

Treatment

Shock wave is a new and highly effective treatment.

We discussed a treatment plan with Fiona to rid her of her heel pain, this included looking at some new more appropriate runners, a series of STRENGTH exercise NOT stretching, and soft tissue treatment options. Our Podiatrist provided Fiona with options which included:

  • New Footwear- A super important component of stopping this pain FAST is getting really specific! Our Doctors never leave this to chance! Like Fiona they will look at your foot shape and type, and your walking pattern, then recommend a shoe exactly for you!
  • Deep connective tissue massage – This is a firm to hard massage which is in this condition under taken on the base of the foot around the heel and into your calf muscle as this is almost always also tight. These sessions can range from as short as one a week for 3 weeks but up to 12 – 18 weeks long, dependent on how long your pain has been present.
  • Shockwave Therapy (Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy (ESWT)) – While Shockwave is a relatively new treatment which we have found very successful. Our Doctors have been suing this for over 7 years with great success! The basic principles behind shockwave therapy are the high-pressure acoustic shockwaves that travel through the skin to stimulate pain relief and tissue repair. We have found this treatment very successful and sees patients recover quicker. Most patients like Fiona recover within 6 to 9 weeks. This treatment is often recommended by sport physicians and orthopaedic surgeons. (Be warned - How long has your Practitioner been using this?)
  • Progressive Muscle Loading – Much to Fiona surprise our Doctors asked Fiona to STOP stretching! Despite what you may read on DR Google and friends the most modern research says stop stretching and start working on building your tendon strength!
  • Orthotic therapy – Orthoses are designed to hold your feet in a “corrected position”. Feet that are in poorly positioned or have poor foot posture have to over work which in turn causes muscles to over work and is most often the reason why people develop foot pain. While there are varying devices that do this there is no replacing custom made orthoses. These devices are made to match your foot exactly. - HARD RIGID orthotics can cause you MORE PAIN!! Soft pliable devices are the way to go!

A choice

In this instance Fiona opted for the quicker Shockwave therapy and orthotic therapy. Her podiatrist helped her select the correct foot wear to purchase from a footwear retailer. We then also provided her with an Isometric Strength exercises - NO NOT STRETCHES! that's right NOT stretching! Our team worked with Fiona to build up her strength readying the surrounding muscles for its work ahead at the same time as repairing the damaged tissue. On each occasion of shockwave reviewed these and provided supportive sports tapping to further support her foot.

A recovery

Fiona attended for shockwave over a period of five weeks and made good progress over that time with her pain dropping slowly over the first two weeks and then quickly once combined with her orthoses and more appropriate footwear.

At week five it was decided to push her appointments out to fortnightly and then when this was found successful out again another month. In total Fiona attended a total of seven times before her pain was relieved completely.

We introduced Fiona slowly back to attending the gym, with strict instruction on stretching and appropriate footwear for her foot type.  Fiona made a full recovery and with a month had returned to three gym sessions a week and a walk with friends for exercise on weekends.

 

How Can We Help?

If you’ve read this far you most likely have Heel Pain…. good guess right! If you have heel pain and you are serious about getting better it’s time to take action.

If you need more info you can book a  phone consult with one of our Heel Pain Experts. Our Foot Doctors will revise where you are and advise you on your next steps – Book a call back here!

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