Functional Soles Podiatry

Functional Soles Podiatry Experts in lower limb rehabilitation

02/12/2025

Chloe-May's top 3 running shoes of 2025.

Here are my top 3 favourite running shoes of this year!

-ASICS Megablast - an amazingly versatile shoe that can be used for a wide range of different training sessions
-Puma ForeverRun Nitro 2 - a really comfortable, cushioned stability shoe
-Altra FWD Via 2 - a comfortable, plush daily trainer with a wide toe box

Do you agree with my picks? What has been your favourite shoe this year?

19/11/2025

The New Balance Fuel Cell Elite 5. Now this is a nice race day shoe. It works well over short and long distances, and was my shoe of choice for the Melbourne Marathon this year. For a raceday shoe, it has a stable ride underfoot!



19/11/2025

- RUNNING DRILLS -

I have made a conscious effort to do these regularly, as a warm up drill before running, and to become better at teaching them. If we are gonna teach it, we’ve got to lead by example.

A SKIPS: Teaching hip drive and knee drive, while also maintaining a short ground contact time. Contact is made primarily with the forefoot, and landing under the body.

B SKIPS: The B skips adds leg extension as you bring the leg back down to the ground. The hamstrings really get to work here but actively ‘pulling’ the leg down. I need to work on less of the kick out and more of the drive down.

This was from a few months ago now, so I’d love to revideo these and hopefully my technique has improved!!

29/10/2025

BROOKS HYPERION ELITE 5: The midsole

27/10/2025

BROOKS HYPERION ELITE 5: The Upper

Get to know the construction of the upper in Brooks latest race day shoe, how well it locks down and how the heel of the shoe feels on the foot



When we were in the early days of building our business, long before we opened our clinic, we had a big discussion about...
26/10/2025

When we were in the early days of building our business, long before we opened our clinic, we had a big discussion about our vision, and how we wanted our logo to be a visual representation of that.

Our logo comprises of 3 components. The running woman, the Brisbane city background, and the diamond.

November marks 3 years of Functional Soles Podiatry, and we still love our final logo design and what it represents. It came a long way from our very first sketches!!

MELBOURNE MARATHON RECAP: The event was awesome and really well organised it was awesome to have the race precinct outsi...
21/10/2025

MELBOURNE MARATHON RECAP: The event was awesome and really well organised it was awesome to have the race precinct outside the MCG, there was something about all the history of the place and the atmosphere of the marathon.

I was hoping to go under 3 hours and 30 minutes for the marathon.

Unfortunately it was really my day and I missed my target time. I ended up with a finishing time of 3:38:48, which for me was still a massive PB my previous marathon time was a 3:53:19 so I’m happy with the time.

The course was nice and I didn’t find it overly congested which was nice to be able to run with some space, weather was great it was a change from the hot and humid conditions I had trainer through in Brisbane. I feel I went out a bit fast and this caught up with me in the end. I had a consistent first 30km and then got cramp in my right quad followed not long by cramp in the left. This made it more difficult for me to keep pace and heading into the final 12km is all the elevation.

The highlight of the race was definitely seeing Chloe-May and the kids at the 41km mark and then running into the MCG to finish. It was such a different experience finishing inside the stadium.

09/10/2025

SHOE PREVIEW: Nike Vomero Premium

We had to take the opportunity to try the shoe on when we found it at the Melbourne Marathon Runners Expo.

06/10/2025

SHOE REVIEW: Brooks Hyperion Max 3

This shoe proved to be popular in our run group testing! Hear Chloe-Mays thoughts on Brooks super trainer, after she took the shoe out for a spin

21/09/2025

When it comes to children’s shoes, there is only one primary purpose - PROTECTION.

A shoe that is flat, flexible, and allows the growing foot to develop naturally provides the one key feature - protection to the sole of the foot.

With the weather warming up here in QLD, and with our little mate getting out and exploring the bush, his Paperkrane shoes protect his feet, while also letting him feel the ground and move freely.
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Meet the ASICS blast family. Which shoes do you have in your collection?What would you like to know about these shoes? ...
16/09/2025

Meet the ASICS blast family. Which shoes do you have in your collection?
What would you like to know about these shoes?


This weekend took us up to Noosa for more learning (and a bit of relaxing)Travis spent the weekend learning injectable t...
15/09/2025

This weekend took us up to Noosa for more learning (and a bit of relaxing)

Travis spent the weekend learning injectable techniques to help with nerve, joint and soft tissue pains of the lower leg. He also had the opportunity to build knowledge around the use of ultrasound in clinic. This conveniently lead to him discovering that he has an old avulsion fracture in his ankle from when he sprained it on New Year’s Eve last year 😅

So many new things to implement in the clinic and help more people stay active and healthy.

Chloe-May and the kids spent the weekend soaking up the sun at the beach and exploring the local markets and playgrounds.

And Travis managed to fit in a nice little 30km long run, with only a month left now until Melbourne Marathon
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