How did you establish your business?

Pete always had this inner desire to start a business from the ground up. Our first step, although small, was renting a room from a local Medical Centre and Physiotherapy Clinic, a day a week. 

In a blink of an eye, with two young children in tow, we were signing a contract for our very own shop front in the main street of Woonona. It was equal parts excitement and fear. It is our loyal clients asking about our daughters that keeps us grounded, reminding us how far we have come.

What does your business pride itself on?

We pride ourselves on our genuine love of helping our clients with traditional and progressive treatment options.

When Pete was the sweet young age of 3, whilst searching his backyard for spiders, he chopped off his finger, moving a BBQ plate. Flown from Tamworth to Sydney, he spent the next week in Sydney Children’s Hospital. The experience provided him a first-hand account of what it was like to be a patient and sparked his fascination for the complexity of the human body.

Fast forward to Pete’s all important HSC year, he was offered a place to study Podiatry at Western Sydney University where he studied the importance of the lower limbs. He then began researching and studying therapies beyond traditional podiatry treatment options – foot mobilisation/manipulation treatments for plantar fasciitis, tool-assisted massage for Achilles tendonitis or a specialised plantar wart treatment that have our local doctors asking to know our successful secret.

Tell us about your biggest successes and challenges…

For us, our greatest success and challenge goes hand in hand (or maybe we should say, foot in foot). Success for us is pausing in the busyness of the day. To stop, look around and take in our business as it stands today. Now as a team of seven, moving about treating our clients’ plethora of conditions, our irreplaceable team, our consistent allied health referrers, our supportive local sporting communities and networking groups. It’s truly humbling.

Challenges? Well, we believe every challenge is an opportunity for growth. Maybe that’s why we are the size we are today!

What do you enjoy most about running your business in the Illawarra?

From mountain biking injuries at Possums, or the Blue Mile runners heel pain. The local mum with plantar fasciitis, or our beautiful autistic toe walking clients. The diversity of what the Illawarra offers its residents contributes to the range of clients we gain great joy from treating. Each day provides something different.