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Common Childhood Foot Problems Like adults, children and adolescents can experience a variety of foot and ankle problems. Many foot problems are hereditary, while other problems including heel pain or ingrown toenails are usually the [...]

Does Your Child Need New Shoes? While it can often be painfully obvious that your child’s shoes have seen better days – sometimes it is not quite that apparent. Although most kids will grow out [...]

Hammertoes – Understanding The Basics What Are Hammertoes? A hammertoe occurs from a muscle and ligament imbalance around the toe joint which causes the middle joint of the toe to bend and become stuck [...]

What To Look For When Buying School Shoes Soon the kids will be back into their summer uniforms, and for most, that means regulation footwear. School shoes can be an expensive item when it comes [...]

Choosing the correct sports shoe 1. If The Shoe Doesn’t Fit Don’t Wear It I know this sounds like common sense, but you would be surprised at some of the mistakes people [...]

Keeping feet healthy People often underestimate just how important it is to pay attention to our feet. The average person will walk over 185,075 kilometres in a lifetime. Our feet endure tremendous amounts of pressure [...]

Common foot injuries for runners There is a myriad of foot injuries that can occur and some of these ailments may need immediate attention. Here are three common foot injuries that runners suffer and advice [...]

Choosing the right sports shoes for those budding athletes. Kiwis are renowned for their love of sports and adventure. Our future generation of athletes is running around on the playground at this very moment. Kids [...]

Interesting Foot facts: 1: In a lifetime, the average person will have walked more than four times around the Earth 2: Standing still is more exhausting than walking due to the fact that [...]