What Sets Us Apart
A team built to help you move better, recover faster, and stay pain-free.
Your feet are the foundation of every movement. When pain or injury affects your feet or legs, it can limit your ability to move, exercise, work, or simply enjoy life. At PEAK, we’re passionate about helping you experience what you may not think possible. Our podiatrists don’t just treat current pain; we work to prevent it from returning, so you can stay active, confident, and doing the things you love.
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From Pain Relief to Long-Term Prevention
Podiatry Services at PEAK.
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What is Podiatry?
Expert diagnosis and treatment for every step you take.
Podiatry refers to the prevention, diagnosis, treatment and rehabilitation of medical conditions of the feet, ankle and lower limbs. Podiatrists are able to treat a wide range of conditions, including acute sporting injuries, soft tissue injuries, neurological and circulatory diseases. Our Podiatry Coaches are skilled in multiple different treatment techniques to help solve your problem.
What’s Involved in a Session with a PEAK Podiatrist?
Your initial session with our Brisbane Podiatry team will involve the practitioner getting to know you and getting an understanding of what has brought you in. Your Podiatrist will then perform a physical examination to build a further picture of what is going on and to assist with building a customised treatment plan. Your Podiatry Coach will use clinical assessment techniques, including gait analysis to secure a diagnosis and prognosis, taking into account any lifestyle factors. Your Podiatrist will then help guide you through this plan utilising a variety of treatment techniques that may include exercise, advice and education, custom orthotics and manual therapy.
What can Podiatry Services Treat?
Our Brisbane Podiatry team are experts in treating musculoskeletal issues of the foot, ankle and lower limb.
The most common of these include plantar heel pain, ankle pain, achilles, calf or forefoot pain. These issues may be acute such as a fall or injury during sport or chronic such as an onset of heel pain over a few months. Our Podiatrists also specialise in completing Running Biomechanics Assessments to help determine any underlying biomechanics or weaknesses that are contributing to your injury. Podiatry is also able to help with conditions in children and can help keep children active. Podiatrists play an important role in overall foot health and can also help with general nail care, ingrown toenails and diabetic foot assessments.
Common Conditions We Treat
Heel Pain
Heel pain is the most common musculoskeletal condition that Podiatrists treat.
There are several different diagnoses that can occur at the heel so it is important to get an assessment from a Podiatrist to start the right treatment as soon as possible. Our Podiatrist’s will do an in depth history and biomechanical assessment to work out why the pain might have started and develop the steps to prevent it in the future. Our Brisbane Podiatry team may use a combination of custom orthotics, footwear advice, strengthening exercises, foot mobilisation and manipulation, dry needling and ART to address your pain.
Forefoot Pain
Forefoot Pain can sometimes be quite complex as there are many different conditions that can affect this area.
Pain can develop in the bones (known as metatarsal bones) and joints in the ball of your foot, or even in your toes themselves. Some of the most common conditions Podiatrists treat include bunions, bursitis, Morton’s neuroma, stress fractures, sesamoiditis and arthritis. Treatment for this area will vary depending on the condition, however can include options such as footwear advice and custom orthotics to provide support to the affected area.
Running Technique
Running injuries are very common, and your technique may be contributing to your pain.
To find the cause of your problem, and to begin our plan for prevention, we can perform a Running Biomechanics Assessment. This is an individual analysis of how your body is moving and functioning while you are running. We perform a musculoskeletal assessment of the function and strength of the major areas of your body that are involved with running. This is combined with a video analysis of your running technique. To get the most accurate results we perform the assessment on a treadmill and use wearable sensor technology to help understand the pressures going through your legs.
Shin Pain
Shin Pain is most often seen in runners and people who play high-impact sports due to the repetitive impact to the legs.
Our Podiatrists will thoroughly investigate your history and do a detailed assessment to understand why the shin pain developed in the first place. This may include reviewing your training history and load, footwear, running technique and biomechanics. Our team uses a combination of treatment types including short term treatments to reduce inflammation and pain, as well as methods to reduce load, and strengthen your legs. These treatments may include dry needling, a strength and mobility program, custom foot orthotics and gait retraining.
Achilles Tendon Pain
Achilles Tendinopathy is a condition that causes pain, swelling and stiffness of the Achilles tendon that joins your heel bone to your calf muscles.
This is often associated with a gradual onset of pain often from an increase in activity levels. Our Podiatrists will develop an understanding of your training history, review your footwear and conduct a biomechanical assessment to help identify the cause of the pain. Your individual treatment plan will depend on the nature of the Achilles Tendon pain. This may include providing a custom strength program, gradual running load program, dry needling, footwear advice, soft tissue therapies and joint mobilisation, and custom foot orthotics.
General Nail Care
Comprehensive nail and skin care from qualified podiatrists.
At PEAK, our Brisbane Podiatry team can provide treatment for cutting toe nails, removing ingrown toenails, corns, calluses, warts and fungal nail advice. We also conduct neurological, vascular and diabetic foot assessments.
Podiatry for Children
At PEAK we have a large focus on the prevention of injuries. We believe that it is important to take a proactive approach with children’s feet in order to identify any possible issues early.
We are able to offer advice and treatment for children for the following:
Footwear
Ingrown Toenails & Warts
Osgood Schlatter’s Disease
Intoeing
Flatfoot
Custom Foot Orthotics
Sever’s Disease
Toe Walkers
Metatarsus Adductus
Running & Coordination Development
Your Feet Are the Foundation. Let’s Strengthen Them.
Benefits of Working with our Podiatry Team
Multidisciplinary team
Clear diagnosis and explanation of the problem
Custom designed orthotics
Pain relief
Prevent future pain
Performance enhancement running technique
Improved function
Self management techniques
Personalised treatment plans
Related Techniques
Technique
Custom Orthotics
Technique
Gait Assessments
Technique
Footwear Advice
Technique
Mobilisation & Strengthening
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Dry Needling
Technique
Active Release Technique
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What is Biomechanics in Podiatry?
Podiatrists focus uniquely on problems concerning the foot and lower limbs.
Your body functions as one single moving part rather than in separate segments, and it is important to understand that your feet provide the foundation for these movements. This principle holds true for young children and adults, right through to elite sports people or the elderly. A biomechanical assessment is carried out during the initial consultation. The assessment aims to identify whether or not your muscles, joints and/or nerves are working together effectively.
In a biomechanical assessment your podiatrist will:
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Film how you stand, walk and run.
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Review your current footwear.
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Check the range of motion and strength or your joints and muscles.
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Assess your current injury and provide a clear plan with exercises and treatment.
The PEAK Podiatry Clinic
PEAK has two Brisbane based clinics located in Hawthorne and New Farm.
Both clinics are modern high end environments that include gyms with the latest equipment. Our Hawthorne clinic boasts an Anti-Gravity treadmill, one of two commercially available in Brisbane. Both locations have running treadmills for the use of Gait Assessments.
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Meet Our Brisbane Podiatry Practitioners
Lachie Stanton
Director Coach, Podiatrist
Walter Soodjaithum
Senior Coach, Podiatrist
Lucas Deer
Coach, Podiatrist
Frequently Asked Questions
What do podiatrists do?
At PEAK our Podiatrist’s are expert’s in foot, ankle and lower limb injuries. They are also able to provide treatment for general nail care, ingrown toenails and warts.
Is podiatry covered by Medicare?
Podiatry can sometimes be covered by Medicare via an EPC (enhanced primary care plan) that is acquired from a General Practitioner for chronic conditions. Please see your GP to see if you are eligible for this. This plan can provide up to five appointments that attract a Medicare rebate.
What is included in a biomechanical consultation?
During the initial consultation we will provide a biomechanical assessment. This involves reviewing your stance and gait, reviewing your current footwear, checking the range of motion and strength or your joints and muscles. The Podiatrist will then specifically assess your current injury and provide a clear plan with exercises and treatment.
Do I need a referral to visit a podiatrist?
A referral is not required to visit our Podiatrists.
What should I bring to my appointment?
It is recommended to bring your most commonly worn shoes (eg work shoes, sport shoes, school shoes). Please also bring any old pairs of orthotics you may have or any results of scans if applicable. Please wear appropriate comfortable clothing as it will assist with your assessment.
Our Locations
Hawthorne
PEAK Hawthorne opened in 2012 and was extended and renovated in 2020. You see the same team whether we see you at Hawthorne or one of our other clinics. Hawthorne offers private treatment rooms and a spacious exercise area incorporating the latest equipment and technology, unrestricted single level access and off-street parking. We also provide HICAPS for real-time private health claiming.
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New Farm
PEAK New Farm opened in August 2019. You see the same team whether we see you at New Farm or one of our other clinics. New Farm offers private treatment rooms and a spacious exercise area incorporating the latest equipment and technology, unrestricted single level access and off-street parking. We also provide HICAPS for real-time private health claiming.
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Hawthorne
Phone: (07) 3399 3318
Fax: (07) 3319 6577
Opening Hours –
6 days per week
Monday – Friday: 7:00 am – 8:00 pm
Saturday: 7:00 am – 1:00 pm
New Farm
Phone: (07) 3399 4668
Fax: (07) 3319 6577
Opening Hours –
6 days per week
Monday – Thursday: 10:00 am – 8:00 pm
Friday – Saturday: 7:00 am – 3:00 pm
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