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Healthia and the Podiatry Business

Posted on by Michael Berry

Healthia Limited is a publicly traded company aiming to grow to be among Australia’s leading allied health firms that offers podiatry, physiotherapy and related products. They are listed on the Australian Stock Exchange with the opening of a $26.8 million Initial Public Offer (IPO). Healthia is the holding corporation which is the owner of and manages over 70 MyFootDr podiatry practices around Australia. Additionally, they own the foot orthotics lab, iOrthotics and have a 50 per cent share of DBS Medical that sells healthcare products. The Initial public offering income were utilised to invest in the acquisition of additional podiatry businesses plus some physiotherapy and hand therapy clinics. They feel that Australia’s very fragmented allied health industry comes with a commercial potential for them to provide bundled services to fulfill the need for physiotherapy and podiatry services as the population will become older. Healthia want to accomplish this by helping clinicians reduce administrative worries of their practices. The vertically bundled businesses such as iOrthotics and DBS Medical is going to be used to drive purchasing synergies, and to enhance the operations of current businesses, creating cost benefits from the improved size and improve practice management.

One of the founders of MyFootDr, Greg Dower, was a guest on PodChatLive, the podiatry chat show. Greg is currently the Chief Business Development Officer at MyFootDr. He is the podiatrist for the Australian cricket team and is also the lead in the Elvis tribute band called the Blue Cats. This relationship with Elvis has gained Greg a great deal of interest in the business media regarding the the Initial public offering of Healthia. In the PodChatLive show, Greg spoke with the hosts about his path from being a sole practitioner to co-owning a chain of over 50 podiatry practices (which employed over 100 podiatrists) prior to the IPO and further growth. He discussed the extensive mentoring system they've got for new graduates, and the work wiser and harder beliefs. At the conclusion of the discussion greg in brief showed us round his Graceland influenced house.

How do Podiatrist’s Modify Foot Orthotics?

Posted on by Michael Berry

Foot orthoses are a popular therapy used for various sorts of foot disorders. A number of several types of health care professionals use foot orthotics with various degrees of results. Several health professionals only use one sort for everyone whereas others who try a selection of different kinds with regards to the characteristics of the individual. Even better clinicians make use of a wide range of unique variations of foot orthotics and possess the knowledge and capability to alter and modify them to allow them to perform most optimally for the individual. The problem is usually to ascertain the options of the feet of the patients that requires foot orthotics and then match that to the correct style or customization of a foot orthotic. Following a period of usage it's often necessary that the foot orthotic be revised so it will fit much better or help lessen the symptoms better. It is this skill level which distinguishes the great professional health care professional from the others.

The sort of customizations which may be called for include by using a grinder to file parts of the foot orthotic so it will be more comfortable or sticking components on the foot orthosis to make the impacts of the foot orthotic more advantageous. It takes several years of education to create the relevant skills to be able to do this perfectly. Not every one of those clinicians that use foot supports have most of these competencies, let alone the facilities to utilize them properly. In an edition of the Podiatry relevant live on Facebook, PodChatLive, the hosts chatted with Ontario based specialist, Peter Guy about his 33 years practical experience to talk us through his matrix of typical foot orthosis alterations for conditions such as tendonitis, heel spurs, plantar plate tears and also interdigital neuromas. He additionally offers us some of his tips for working with tolerance issues and also orthoses for higher heels. This edition presented a significantly greater comprehension of foot orthoses adjustments.

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