Perth's sports and paediatric podiatry clinic
Precision care for every step.
Sports and children's podiatry in Applecross and Leederville — assessment that measures what your limb can actually do, and a plan built to a finish line rather than a subscription.
Who we help
Two clinics, three kinds of patient.
Athletes
From WAFL footballers to weekend runners. Injury diagnosis, objective strength testing and a staged return to sport.
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Children & teens
Walking and gait concerns, growth-related pain, and a straight answer on whether anything actually needs treating.
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Dancers & gymnasts
Pointe readiness, hypermobility and the load of a competition season. We work with GymnasticsWA and Youth Ballet WA.
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Your podiatrist
Dr Angelo Velho
Angelo has spent more than a decade treating feet, ankles and lower limbs — across elite sport, community sport and paediatrics. He is the principal podiatrist and owner of Hypaforma, consulting from Applecross and Leederville.
His clinical interest is rehabilitation: getting the limb strong enough to handle the load being asked of it, rather than managing symptoms indefinitely. That means exercise prescription, strength and conditioning, and a clear return-to-sport plan — with footwear, manual therapy and orthotic support used where they genuinely help.
Perth Football Club
Consultant Podiatrist — WAFL League & Reserves
GymnasticsWA
Endorsed Podiatrist
GymnasticsWA State Team
Travelling Podiatrist
Rhythmic Gymnastics Academy
Head Podiatrist
Youth Ballet WA
Consultant Podiatrist
How we work
Build the capacity. Don't just cushion the symptom.
Orthoses and footwear have a genuine place, and we prescribe both. But most lower-limb pain is a load problem, and the durable answer is usually a limb strong enough for what's being asked of it.
Load before inserts
Most lower-limb pain is a load problem: the tissue is being asked to do more than it currently tolerates. The durable fix is usually building capacity through graded strength work, not permanently offloading it. Orthoses and footwear changes have a real role — as support while that capacity is built, or where structure genuinely requires them.
Measured, not guessed
Assessment uses VALD ForceDecks and structured movement analysis, so strength deficits and asymmetries are numbers you can see rather than impressions. Those numbers set the starting point and then show whether the plan is working.
A finish line, not a subscription
Every plan is built toward a specific outcome — back to training, back on the beam, walking comfortably — with the milestones written down. You should always know what you're working toward and roughly how long it should take.
Elite & developing athletes
The same standard of care, whatever level you compete at.
Angelo travels with the GymnasticsWA state team and consults to Perth Football Club. The assessment a state gymnast gets is the assessment you get.
Services
Everything we offer.
Sports Podiatry
Assessment, rehabilitation and return-to-sport planning for foot, ankle, knee and hip injuries.
Children's Podiatry
Assessment of walking, growth-related pain and development for children and adolescents.
Rehab & Conditioning
Targeted exercise programs that build the capacity the injured limb is missing.
Manual Therapy
Soft tissue release, joint mobilisation and dry needling to reduce symptoms and restore range.
Precision Testing
VALD ForceDecks strength testing and movement analysis, so progress is measured rather than assumed.
Orthotics & Footwear
Footwear assessment and orthotic prescription where they genuinely add something.
General Foot Care
Routine nail and skin care, corns, callus, cracked heels and fungal infection.
Nail Surgery
Conservative and surgical management of ingrown toenails, under local anaesthetic.
Conditions
What brings people in.
Heel Pain
The most common presentation we see. Usually a load problem, and usually very treatable.
Sever's Disease
Growth-related heel pain in active children, typically between 8 and 14.
Osgood-Schlatter
Growth-related knee pain in adolescents, at the bony bump below the kneecap.
Flat Feet & Gait
In-toeing, out-toeing, toe walking and flat feet — what's normal and what isn't.
Ankle & Achilles
Sprains, chronic instability and Achilles tendinopathy in active people.
Hypermobility
Managing joints that move beyond typical range — common in gymnasts and dancers.
Dance & Ballet
Pointe readiness, forefoot loading and the specific demands of dance.
Plantar Warts
Treatment for stubborn warts on the sole of the foot.
Your first visit
Four stages, and you'll know where you are in them.
Assessment
History, physical examination, gait and movement analysis, and objective strength testing where it's relevant. We're building a picture of what the limb can currently tolerate.
Diagnosis
A clear explanation of what's happening and why — in plain language, with the reasoning shown. Imaging or onward referral where it will change the plan.
Treatment
A staged plan combining manual therapy, exercise prescription, footwear or orthotic support and activity modification, weighted to what your presentation actually needs.
Follow-up
Re-testing against the baseline so progress is measured, not assumed, and the plan adjusts as capacity improves.
Where to find us
Both sides of the river.
Applecross
757 Canning Highway, Applecross WA 6153
Main consulting rooms, south of the river.
Leederville
Leederville, WA
North-of-the-river clinic, inside AppliedMotion.
Let's find out what's actually going on.
Book online any time, or call and the clinic will find you a slot. No referral needed.