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Foot & Leg Pain
Specialising in pain relief for the foot and leg
Click on the foot to find out how to fix your foot pain
Why choose us?
As a musculoskeletal specialist podiatrist, we work alongside other health professionals, such as physios, GPs, osteopaths, chiropractors, orthopedic surgeons, trainers and coaches. Common injuries we see in the clinic are often over-use injuries, and affect anyone from the recreational walker to the elite athlete. These include plantar fasciitis (heel pain), ‘shin splints’, patello-femoral pain, ilio-tibial band syndrome, cuboid syndrome, recurrent ankle sprains, achilles strains, damaged toenails, blisters and more.
Our role in the recovery team:
- Help identify the injured tissue
- Help reduce the over load on the injured tissue
- Improve muscle strength, muscle imbalances
- Improve dynamic stability
- Lead you to a more efficient technique
Assessment
We complete an assessment that involves a thorough history, notes of past and present injuries, a review of your training programme, your work environment (posture and time on your feet) and your medical history (relevant medications, surgery and medical conditions). From here, we look at the foot and leg posture, noting differences between standing and sitting, joint ranges of motion, muscle strength and activation patterns. We check your footwear for the correct size and width.
We also utilise video motion analysis to analyse your walking or running, looking at foot placement, alignment, timing and stability. Our team then forms a diagnosis and works out what is happening that caused the overload on the injured tissue. The sports medicine team can then start formulating a management plan, working together to get you back on your feet again. As a sports podiatrist, our key role in the management plan is in orthotic design, footwear advice and technique modification.
RPW Shockwave Therapy
RPW stands for Radial Pressure Wave.... quite a mouthful! Hence we just shorten it to shockwave; the latest technology used for improving chronic musculoskeletal conditions.
If you have had heel pain or achilles issues for over 3 months then this could be your answer. Nothing is more annoying than lingering pain that gets in the way of training and day to day life.
Shockwave therapy uses acoustic sound waves to restart the healing process by functionally stimulating circulation and metabolic activity.
The benefits include:
- reducing muscular tension
- reducing calcifications and thickening
- improving range of motion
- increased cell metabolism, which allows old damaged cells to be removed and replaced with healthy viable cells.
Treatment typically consists of 3-6 visits, once a week and can be done alongside your current rehab programme. Want faster healing? Combine your shockwave with low level laser therapy within the same session.
Low level laser therapy has the benefit of treating areas where we can't use shockwave, for acute injuries, and for those people where shockwave is contra-indicated.
Other Causes of foot pain
Our feet can dictate mobility for the entire body and can affect many parts of our health. Looking after your feet is critical to your overall well being. Diseases like diabetes often show their earliest signs in the foot. Our podiatry clinic specialises in detecting and relieving pain and health issues. We diagnose and treat a number of foot and leg problems. These include:
- Thickened toenails
- Ingrown toenails
- Corns
- Callus/hard skin
- Cracked heels
- Bunions
- Neuromas
Additionally, we respond to and treat other common complaints like heel pain, arch pain, ankle pain, growth plate injuries and in-toeing in children. Our medical team manages arthritic joint pain and high-risk diabetic feet.
