Our feet house a quarter of all the bones in the body.
On average a person will walk approx 128,000kms in a life time - more than three times around the earth.
Orthoses to support the feet to improve posture, can help treat and prevent many sporting injuries.
Podiatry
Podiatrists provide comprehensive foot care; diagnosing, treating and preventing foot, ankle and lower limb problems.
Our Podiatrists treat:
- Heel pain/heel spur/plantar fasciitis
- Kneed pain
- Arch pain
- Stress fractures
- Ankle injuries
- Shin and calf injuries
- Corns and calluses
- Nail infection
- Bony problems (bunions and hammer toes)
- Footwear advice
- Biomechanical (walking/posture) problems and sporting injuries
- Assessment of childresn’s walking and posture; injuries or pain
- Diabetes Assessment
Sports Medicine
Podiatrists are increasingly involved with sports teams and assists sports people at a professional and amateur level to prevent and treat lower limb sporting injuries and to maintain foot health. We can offer advice about training programs and footwear.
Here at Eltham Physiotherapy Centre our multi-disciplinary team sees a wide range of sporting injuries and sports people of all levels.
Our Podiatrists
Andrew White
- Paediatrics
- Diabetes
- General Podiatry
- Dry Needling/Trigger Point Therapy
Kathryn Van Kuyk
- Sports Medicine
- Paediatrics
- Mobilisation and Manipulation
- General Podiatry
Pin point the problemOur experienced team will pin point the cause of your pain and work towards eliminating it for you.
