Foot Posture Centre

ABOUT

FOOT POSTURE CENTRE & PODIATRY MELBOURNE

PROVIDING AN ALTERNATIVE TO ORTHOTICS & SURGERY.
A NATURAL APPROACH TO SOLVE FOOT & LEG PAIN

After working in public health, elite sports medicine centres & private practices for the first 10 years of their careers both John & Claude successfully treated foot pain with orthotics, but were met with the frustration of seeing clients struggle with them. Clients would come from other practitioners who had given them orthotics and for a variety of reasons chose not to wear them. These included shoe fitting issues, development of new symptoms with the orthotics and a weakened foot structure leading to options like invasive surgery & medication. Therefore In 2003 John and Claude decided to set up two highly specialised foot clinic centres in Melbourne with the aim to educate, check and assist clients towards optimal foot and leg posture, resolving symptoms and maximising their mobility without orthotics using their All Natural System.

A NEW IDEA THAT’S 4,000 YEARS OLD.

It was something that had intrigued his colleague and fellow podiatrist, John Sfinas, for many years in his practice, as well. Together, through their joint research, they discovered foot mobilisation. Or, more correctly, rediscovered it. The benefits of this corrective treatment have been known for over 4,000 years, dating back to Hippocrates, the father of modern medicine. What astounded Claude and John was how such natural techniques had come to be replaced by artificial solutions in our modern way of life.

PHYSICIAN: HEAL THYSELF.

At first, the pair experimented with the technique to treat each other’s feet and lower limbs. They also added corrective exercises and gait/posture retraining. Over a period of six to twelve months, Claude found that the pain in his feet and lower limbs had reduced to the point where he did not need his orthotics any more.

FOOT MOBILISATION CENTRES THAT ARE ONE OF A KIND.

Not only were these the first of their kind in Victoria; over a decade later, they still remain the only two centres specialising in foot mobilisation and corrective postural exercises in this state. Here, patients can be checked and assessed to see if their foot and leg posture – and associated pain – can be corrected naturally without surgery, drugs or orthotics. John and Claude have been using these techniques longer than any other podiatrists in Victoria. Having gained this invaluable experience, they are now passing it on to other podiatrists in Victoria and New South Wales.

PATIENTS VOTE WITH THEIR FEET.

Excited by their findings, John and Claude introduced these techniques into their clinics in 1999. Very quickly, word spread and patients sought them out to get their feet corrected naturally and rid themselves of their orthotics. As a result, the pair decided to create clinics dedicated to serving this need and Foot Posture Centres opened in Forest Hill and Ivanhoe in 2003.

CLAUDE TOBGUI

Claude graduated from LaTrobe University as a podiatrist and has been practising in Melbourne for 20 years. After starting out dealing with all sorts of foot conditions, for the last 15 years, he’s specialised in corrective podiatry. He enjoys camping and bushwalking, and regularly takes groups on camping adventures. He is married with four children. As if all that doesn’t keep him busy enough, he also runs marriage and parenting seminars with his wife.

JOHN SFINAS

John Sfinas has been a podiatrist for 20 years. Graduating with honours in podiatry at LaTrobe University in 1994, he went on to gain a fellowship from the Australasian Academy of Podiatric Sport Medicine in 1998. He is also a member of the Australian Podiatry Association and Sports Medicine Australia. John is married with four children and loves spending time with his family.

OUR PROCESSES

WE’LL TAKE YOU ON A STEP BY STEP JOURNEY TO RELIEVE PAIN, MAXIMISE YOUR MOBILITY AND IMPROVE YOUR QUALITY OF LIFE.

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FOOT MOBILISATION

WHAT IS FOOT MOBILISATION?

Foot Mobilisation is a physical (manual) therapy commonly used by Physiotherapist, Osteopaths and Chiropractors. Foot Mobilisation is a gentle precise pressure used to move (mobilise) bones, reduce joint restrictions and improve bone alignment. When foot mobilisation is implemented using the ‘All Natural System’, it ensures that changes to one’s foot posture are long lasting. This will ultimately improve the bodies function and mobility.

CAN POOR FOOT POSTURE CAUSE FOOT PAIN?

Just like the wheels of your car wear uneven when the wheel alignment is out or the doors in your house jam when its foundations (stumps) are not aligned correctly, so too can your foot and body alignment be out when one has poor foot posture. Poor foot posture places unnatural loads on the joints, muscles and ligaments in your body causing PAIN. Refer to foot facts.

FOOT MOBILISATION CENTRES

Foot Posture Centre Melbourne podiatrists were the first centres in Victoria designed specifically to offer treatment to correct one’s foot posture without orthotics through foot mobilisation and corrective exercises. The technology and equipment used in these centres are state of the art. Refer to Our process and About us.

FOOT FACTS

Your feet are a ‘feat of engineering’

Your feet are like a building’s foundation, however, our body’s foundations also have to move. In order to deal with the tremendous daily stresses, the foot has been created with 26 bones. As you walk, each foot strikes the ground with a reaction force up to three times your weight. When you run, that goes up to seven times. That’s well over half a tonne of force for the average person. If the joints within your foot become misaligned (subluxated), this force then impacts your ligaments, tendons, muscles and joints in ways they’re not designed to handle. Little wonder your feet and legs are especially vulnerable to many painful conditions, such as the following. Our Melbourne Podiatrists are highly trained and with years of experience on the following examples and much more.

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SUCCESS STORIES

These before & after images illustrate what can realistically be achieved with natural corrective podiatry. No orthotics required. If you don’t like orthotics, then have your feet corrected naturally.

We have successfully treated thousands of people.

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INFO EVENINGS

LEARN ABOUT OUR ORTHOTIC ALTERNATIVE.

All your foot pain questions will be answered at our free information evenings.

Answer all your questions with the top Melbourne Podiatrists. Find out how you can use Foot Mobilisation to correct your foot posture and be free of pain without orthotics.

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