Does your heel hurt getting out of bed in the morning? Does your heel ache when you're standing for long periods of time? Does your heel hurt when you get up? At Ballarat Podiatry, we know long-term heel pain wears you down, affects your mental health and impacts your lifestyle. Fortunately, our Ballarat Podiatry team are well trained in identifying and treating heel pain.
At your appointment, our Ballarat podiatrists will undertake a comprehensive and thorough review of your symptoms, biomechanics and lifestyle to get to the root cause of your heel pain. Once we have identified the cause of your heel pain, then our Ballarat podiatrists can sit down with you and work on a solution that is tailored to you.
Shockwave Therapy has been used in elite sport since the early 2000s as a way to give immediate pain relief and promote long-term healing. Ballarat Podiatry is proud to be one of the few clinics in Ballarat to have a Shockwave Therapy machine meaning we can bring the treatment of elite athletes to the Ballarat community.
Shockwave is the use of pressure waves to treat connective tissue pathologies such as the Achilles tendon or the plantar fascia. The acoustic pressure waves in Shockwave Therapy applied to the injured area can result in short-term effects that can result in pain relief, alongside long-term effects that promote healing.
The mechanism of action of those single acoustic pressure waves applied in Shockwave Therapy can:
In simple terms, Shockwave Therapy can cause a decline in neurogenic inflammation which can lead to increased healing, growth factors and stem cells in the treated tissue as well as providing immediate pain relief.
Our Ballarat Podiatrists are highly skilled at identifying which injuries may benefit from Shockwave Therapy. Got a long-term injury? Click book now to get an appointment with one of our experienced Ballarat podiatrists.
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