Podiatry for Hurlstone Park patients at Hyper Health Marrickville
Podiatry at Hyper Health is delivered by Ray Nguyen, whose practice centres on thorough gait analysis and lower-limb assessment. Ray holds a Bachelor of Health Science and a Master of Podiatric Medicine, and has worked across hospitals, aged care and multidisciplinary allied health settings.
Appointments for Hurlstone Park patients are seen at our Marrickville clinic at Shop 1/20-22 Station St, open seven days. Because we also have chiropractors, physiotherapists and massage therapists on site, problems that turn out to sit above the foot do not require a separate referral and a three-week wait — we can bring a colleague in directly.
What an initial appointment involves:
- A history covering your symptoms, footwear, activity and any relevant medical conditions
- A physical assessment of joint range, strength, skin and circulation
- Gait analysis, walking and running where relevant
- A working diagnosis explained in plain terms, and what it means for you
- A treatment plan with a realistic timeframe, and the cost of anything recommended stated up front
We are registered for private health rebates with HICAPS on site, and we see NDIS participants — see our NDIS podiatry page for how that works.
Book podiatry at MarrickvilleFlat feet, in-toeing and growing pains
Flexible flat feet are normal in young children — the arch typically develops through to around age six to eight, and often later. In the absence of pain or functional limitation, they usually need monitoring rather than treatment.
In-toeing similarly resolves in the large majority of children. It is the persistent, asymmetric or painful presentations that warrant investigation.
What should always be assessed: foot or leg pain that wakes a child at night, a limp, a sudden change in walking pattern, or a child avoiding activity they previously enjoyed. Children under-report pain by adapting around it.
Sever’s disease and the active child
Heel pain in an active eight to fourteen year old is most often Sever’s disease — irritation of the growth plate at the back of the heel, driven by load through a growing bone.
It is self-limiting but genuinely painful, and it responds well to load management, heel cushioning, calf flexibility work and footwear changes. Children do not need to give up sport; they need the load adjusted.
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All appointments are seen at our Marrickville clinic, Shop 1/20-22 Station St, Marrickville NSW 2204. Read more about podiatry at Hyper Health, or see ourWetherill Park clinic if you are in Sydney's west.
