Health and Fitness

What is the treatment of Severs disease in the foot?

Severs disease or Calcaneal apophysitis in the heel bone is a common problem in kids and a full show of the video livestream, PodChatLive was about this issue. PodChatLive is a live chat stream that originally goes out through Facebook and is later on published to YouTube. The audio adaptation is also published as a podcast for the customary podcast platforms. For that show on calcaneal apophysitis, the two hosts, Craig Payne and Ian Griffiths chatted with Alicia James regarding the most up-to-date ideas on calcaneal apophysitis (Severs disease). She carried out a PhD on the condition therefore was obviously a good selection of expert. They pointed out what is thought about the causes of Severs disease and some of the more widespread therapies, particularly the role of knowledge and the way to handle the objectives of the kid and their parents. Calcaneal apophysitis is essentially self limiting and definitely disappears by itself, so it is often a situation of coping with lifestyle and sporting activities in that time period.

Alicia James has worked in public multidisciplinary clinics assessing and treating paediatric foot and lower leg disorders. She is presently the Head of Podiatry at Peninsula Health and a Director at the Kingston Foot Clinic and Children’s Podiatry. Alicia has a very strong commitment to the podiatry profession, having earlier been a director for the Australian Podiatry Association (Vic) board and a past president of the Australian Podiatry Association (Vic) as well as being a past chairperson of the Victorian Paediatric Podiatry Special Interest group. She was given the Jennifer O’Meara Award early in 2010 for her contributions. Alicia is also a credentialed Paediatric Podiatrist as awarded by the Australian Podiatry Council, being only one of the five podiatry practitioners around Australia that have achieved this so far. She was not long ago awarded her PhD for carrying out a sizable clinical study of treatment options for calcaneal apophysitis in kids.

 

Health and Fitness

Exercise Therapy for Foot Problems

Exercise plans are quite vital for our own wellness and also to assist in the therapy from traumas and accidents. Applications should be individualised to each person, based on their aims and objectives and in addition their capability to complete exercises and adapt to them. Having this not done right can result in an outcome which is less than desired. Finding the right assistance at the right time during a therapy plan is essential, especially coming from people who are capable of delivering it. It had been so important that an episode of PodChatLive for podiatrists was devoted to the topic. PodChatLive is a regular monthly chat that goes out on Facebook as well as YouTube along with as an audio podcast. The two hosts of the livestream interview and talk with a new guest monthly.

On this episode of PodChatLive the hosts chatted with the sports therapist, Ben Cormack from the UK. They outlined what he considers would be the key components to a effective therapy program  and the reasons why they might fail. There was some useful tips about with the way we could support self-efficacy and how to empower and inspire our patients to get improved outcomes. Best of all they reviewed the evidence foundation behind strength work and also the differences involving strength and load tolerance. Ben Cormack has a enthusiasm for getting people moving and using and being familiar with motion as an important method to assist other people. Ben originally came from a fitness background and then continued to study Sports therapy and also acquired wide knowledge in the spheres of rehabilitation, pain science and movement over the past two decades. He owns and operates the Cor-Kinetic small business which is an educative business who use modern day research into pain, motion and neuro sciences to provide a thought process and also therapy expertise. Ben supplies educational expertise for the National Health Service, sports clubs and universities in addition to individual health professionals.