Understanding Sports Podiatry Sports podiatry is a specialized field that focuses on injuries associated with athletes and active individuals. Its primary objective is to enhance performance while preventing and treating conditions that can impede athletic activity. From biomechanical assessments to…
Understanding Sports Podiatry Sports podiatry focuses on the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of foot and lower limb injuries related to sports and exercise. A podiatrist specializes in the intricacies of biomechanics, helping athletes optimize their performance while reducing the risk…
Most foot and ankle discomfort is ordinary. Training soreness, a long day on your feet, a tweak that settles in a day or two, these are normal parts of being active. But there are specific pain patterns that mean something…
Choosing a podiatrist used to mean picking whoever was closest to home. That’s changed. Telehealth and online, self-paced programs are now genuine options alongside in-clinic care, which means the real question isn’t just “who’s nearby,” it’s “who’s qualified, and how…
Most people assume big toe osteoarthritis (first MTP joint OA) pain comes down to bone spurs and worn-away cartilage, the classic things you’d see on an X-ray. New research I co-authored, published in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism, suggests that’s…
If you’ve been searching for answers about ongoing foot or ankle pain, you’ve probably landed on this question more than once. Podiatrist, Sports Podiatrist, foot and ankle specialist, physio. The terms get used interchangeably online, but they don’t mean the…
You’ve rolled the same ankle more than once? Maybe it’s given way on flat ground, mid-run, or stepping off a curb. You’ve tried a brace and it helped a bit, but you still lack trust in the ankle. Is this…
“Am I actually helping my ankle, or just relying on the brace?” It’s a question I get asked often, and the honest answer is more nuanced than a simple yes or no. Ankle braces genuinely reduce injury risk in the…
You’ve rolled the same ankle again. Maybe it was a cut, a landing, a step off a kerb that shouldn’t have mattered. And here you are, back to square one. If this is the third time, or the fifth, or…
My name is Scott Rayment, and I wanted to do sports podiatry from the moment I finished university. Not general practice, not a bit of everything, specifically the musculoskeletal side of foot and ankle care. That meant going out and…