Highly repetitive movements with larger than normal forces as experienced when we are active combined with ‘less than perfect biomechanics’ can lead to pain and injury in the feet, legs, knees, hips and spine.

Foot, leg, knee or any lower limb pain should not be considered normal in childhood or just attributed to ‘growing’ (growing pains). Any repetitive or continuing pain needs to be diagnosed and treated by Northcoast Podiatry.

People with diabetes usually have heard of complications that can occur in the eyes and kidneys. Unfortunately problems can occur in the feet as well. All of these complications need diagnosis and monitoring. 

Nail and skin maintenance for those that cannot manage these aspects of their life can become problematic and quickly become complicated in the form of ulceration, infection etc. NCP are expert at ‘keeping the simple things simple’.

Standing, walking or climbing occupations like teaching and the building trades for example, develop conditions like ‘heel spur syndrome (plantar fasciitis)’, Achilles tendonitis and even ‘Tibialis posterior insufficiency’ just by being ...

Dancers rely on their ‘connection to the ground’ putting feet and legs through various stresses and strains. Correct posture and technique is essential for longevity and prevention of injury as a dancer. Foot posture correction with specific ...

‘Sports Medicine Australia’ recommend at least a half hour activity per day, every day for all adults for maintenance of health. Walking is one of the most convenient ways of achieving this and can be done alone, with a partner or even in groups. 

What is it? Prescription orthotic therapy is a managed podiatric treatment regime that includes specifically made custom inserts for footwear, together with exercise and activity prescription combined with a series of reviews on you the . . .

Claudication describes pain brought on by walking, that some people with peripheral vascular disease in the legs and feet develop. This pain can be a crushing pain as felt in angina of the heart, but in the calf muscles (and other leg muscles).

NCP clinicians are trained in local anaesthesia and specific soft tissue surgical techniques and procedures to give a permanent cure to repatative or severely painful and or infected ingrown toe nails. These techniques are surprisingly painless . . .

The aim of NCP is to ‘keep people mobile’ and at times this will involve orthopaedic surgery. Podiatrist Cliff works closely with Lismore Orthopaedic surgeons to enable their patients to ‘get back to normal’ with the prescription of ‘air . . .

Many patients new to podiatry do present with good supportive footwear, some don’t. Footwear will be investigated at the time of the consultations and the NCP clinician will advise as to why existing shoes are fine or why an alternative is needed.