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Can Feet Affect Your Balance?

Can Feet Affect Your Balance? There can be many causes of poor balance. Such as inner ear (vestibular) issues, some medications and medical conditions eg low blood pressure (hypotension). Even being dehydrated can affect your balance. But can your feet affect your balance? In short – YES. Poor balance could be caused by your feet? […]

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Why Walking is the Best Form of Exercise for Weight Loss

Top 4 Reasons Why Walking is the Best Form of Exercise for Weight Loss (and SIMPLE tips to help keep you on your feet and moving towards your walking and weight loss goals) Spring is here, the sun is shining and its time to KISS that “exercise” demon goodbye and shed a few winter kilos. […]

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Grounding – Is it the Gateway to Increased Well-Being?

Grounding – Is it the Gateway to Increased Well-being? Think back to the last time you stood with your bare feet on the earth. I bet its been a while since you stood with the grass, sand, dirt or rock under your feet?  When I thought about it I realised that I can go for […]

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Can Cryotherapy Help My Feet?

Can Cryotherapy help my Feet? Cryotherapy is emerging as a popular treatment option for many different kinds of problems. Areas such as beauty and anti-aging, health and wellness, sports and fitness and also weight loss show benefit. But can Cryotherapy help with your foot and leg pain? We sent our practitioners Michael Sarunic and Tito […]

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Plantar Fasciitis – Should You Get An Injection?

I’ve Got ‘Plantar Fasciitis’ – Should I Get An Injection? As a podiatrist clients often ask if they should get an injection for Plantar Fasciitis. So we thought it would be a good idea to bust a few myths and bring a bit of clarity to ‘Plantar Fasciitis’ and the use of cortisone and steroid […]

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How to Choose a Podiatrist

How to choose a podiatrist for your foot pain problem! So you have suffered long enough with your foot pain problem and it’s finally time to get help! A friend, colleague or other health professional may have suggested that you go and see a podiatrist. Now unless you receive a great referral or recommendation from […]

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Team Bali Adventure 2018

Foot and Leg Centre Team Bali Adventure 2018! We all know that it’s so important in life to take some time out. Time away from the hustle and bustle and the everyday routines. Time away gives perspective, clarity and calm. It creates space to be creative, focussed and vulnerable. Recently, the Foot & Leg Centre […]

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Fun Foot Facts and Records

Fun Foot Facts and Records Our feet truly are amazing! Not only do our feet make up 25% of all the bones in our body (26 bones in each foot), our feet have 250,000 sweat glands and almost 8,000 nerves. They are also responsible for some weird and wonderful world records, listed by ‘Guinness World […]

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The alignment of your feet maybe causing your foot pain

Why are our feet like wheels on a car? “Foot pain and many of the painful symptoms that people feel in their feet and legs often relates to an alignment problem” Michael Sarunic As a car guy, I love anything to do with cars. I have a couple of budget classic cars (one pictured above) which I’ve […]

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