Ballarat Podiatry Knows Running & Sports
Benefit from Ballarat Podiatry's specialised knowledge in running injuries, optimising your biomechanics for increased running and sport performance and ability to identify underlying risk factors contributing to injury.
Do any of these ring a bell?
- Keep doing your calf muscle?
- Got a nagging and niggling Achilles Tendon?
- Sore knees?
- Achey feet?
- Sore ball of foot?
- Shin splints?
- Stress Fractures?
- Just feel like something isn’t right with your running?
Your Running Biomechanics
Ballarat podiatrists are experts at helping runners and athletes refine their techniques, identify vulnerabilities and implement ways to improve performance and mitigate risk of injury.
Using treadmills, video and modern software we can play back and review your each cycle of your gait and identify micro-movements that may hold the key to increased performance.
Knee Pain
Knee pain and injuries are common among runners but the degree of damage and location varies widely. Even when the pain is not specific, your podiatrist can assess the inside and outside of the knee and all around the patella tendon to identify the problem.
The cause of knee pain can be just as complex to identify with factors of muscle weaknesses and imbalances, gait, footwear, body mass and training volume all factoring in.
After assessing the knee pain or knee injury the podiatrist will have a reasonable idea what the best treatment will be for your situation. Usually, it will include treatment, healing and strengthening the correct areas to get you out running with confidence again.
Ankle Pain
Your Ballarat podiatrists can help alleviate ankle pain and treat the underlying cause of the discomfort or running injuries. If you are suffering an ankle injury your podiatrist may use ankle braces to help immobilise the movement of the ankle until it’s ready to rehabilitate, strengthen and correct any issues attributing to the injury.
Achilles tendinitis is a common ankle complaint which can severely impair ones ability to run. Ballarat podiatrists will assess the symptoms, help identify the underlying cause of the achilles tendon pain and treat accordingly to help you run pain free.
Managing & Treating Shin Splints
If you’re experiencing pain in the muscle along side the shin bone below the knee then you’re probably suffering from shin splints. Shin splints are typically caused by overuse and repetitive actives, an increase in training volume without proper recovery, flat feet, poor footwear support or biomechanics.
Your Ballarat podiatrist will be able to help diagnose your shin splints and provide treatment to reduce the pain. Next, the podiatrist will guide you on the potential causes and help implement methods to avoid shin splints in the future.
Plantar Facsiitis
Our Ballarat Podiatrists are seasoned professionals when it comes to treating plantar facsiitis given how common it is in Australia - in fact, it’s likely you will experience it at some point in your life.
If you’re currently experiencing a sharp pain in the bottom of your foot when you get up from sitting you may have plantar facsiitis now so please book an appointment with our
in-house heel pain clinic
to get checked and a podiatrist who will elevate the pain, explain all treatments and help you recover.
Foot Orthotics for Running & Sport
Unlike other shoe insoles, foot orthotics or running are specially designed devices that are worn inside running shoes to provide support, stability and alignment for runners.
Ballarat Podiatry offers foot assessments using gait analysis and 3D technology to create
custom foot orthotics
which are specifically designed to fit your feet for maximum comfort with the required support in-built.