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Sports Podiatry

Podiatry Care for Active People

Sole-Lution Podiatry owner and principal podiatrist, Justin Mansour, is an active individual who participates and competes in long-distance marathons and obstacle runs. He also enjoys an active lifestyle participating in competition-level Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu and powerlifting. This means he understands firsthand what it feels like to push your body and deal with the setbacks that come with injury.

Common injury treatments include:

  • Patellofemoral syndrome (knee cap pain)
  • Plantar fasciitis (acute heel/arch pain)
  • Plantar fasciosis (chronic long term heel spur pain)
  • Shin splints (medial tibial stress syndrome)
  • Achilles tenderness
  • Ankle pain (sprained ankles)
  • Metatarsalgia/sesamoidiitis (forefoot pain)
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What Is Sports Podiatry?

Sports podiatry focuses on the assessment, treatment, and prevention of foot and lower limb injuries related to physical activity. Whether you are a professional athlete or someone who enjoys weekend sport, a sports podiatrist can help you perform better and recover faster.

Many sports injuries do not happen suddenly. Instead, they develop gradually over time as a result of repetitive stress on the muscles, tendons, and joints. This is why getting an accurate assessment early is so important. Catching a problem before it becomes serious can save you weeks or even months of recovery time.

Why Do Sports Injuries Happen?

Overuse syndromes are common occurrences in sport and refer to injuries sustained from repeated actions such as walking long distances, jogging, and impact sports. Australians have a desire to be active that is embedded into the heart of our society. Your individual biomechanics will have an effect on the likelihood of certain injuries.

Several factors can increase your risk of a sports-related foot or lower limb injury. These include a sudden increase in training load, worn-out footwear, poor running technique, and muscle weakness or tightness. In many cases, a combination of these factors is at play. That is why our approach always starts with a thorough assessment rather than a one-size-fits-all solution.

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What Does Treatment Involve?

Treatment for sports podiatric injuries involves a full biomechanical assessment to look at your posture, strength, flexibility, and movement of your feet and lower limbs. This assessment gives us a clear picture of what is driving your injury and what needs to change.

From there, your treatment plan may include:

  • Footwear assessment and recommendations
  • Custom or prefabricated foot orthotics
  • Dry needling and trigger point release
  • Strengthening and stretching programs
  • Strapping and taping techniques
  • Gait retraining advice

Evaluation of your shoe wear, as well as application of various physical therapies, active release of muscular trigger points, dry needling, and the fitting of orthotics are all ways our podiatrists can help address your injuries.

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