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In this episode Dr Chris Napier, Physiotherapist and Associate Professor at the University of British Columbia (and 2:33 marathoner) summarises his recent BJSM editorial on the logical fallacies in the running shoe debate, and we talk about how runners (both uninjured and injured) should choose shoes, what the evidence tells us (and doesn’t yet tell […]

In this, the final episode of 2018, we talked to researcher, lecturer and private practitioner Helen Banwell about the symptomtic Vs asymptomatic flatfoot in children (and discussed when to ‘treat’ Vs when not to), the possible importance of asking about family history, conservative Vs surgical management, dealing with worried and anxious parents and orthoses prescription […]

In this episode with chatted with the physiotherapists, Simon Lack and Brad Neal and the Podiatrist, Alice Corbett about patellofemoral pain, proximal and distal influences and how to choose an intervention. Audio Podcast: (download all episodes as podcasts here)

To celebrate hitting 50 episodes we has a selection of numerous previous guests on to catch up and chat with. We also invited two of our most popular audience members, “Tobes and JW” to guest host with us and ask questions, and they were great. A longer and (much) less serious episode than usual, which […]

In this episode we chatted with Toronto based practitioner, Peter Guy about his 33 years experience to talk us through his matrix of common modifications for conditions such as peroneal tendinopathy, plantar fasciopathy, plantar plate/capsular issues and neuroma. He also gives us some of his tips for dealing with comfort/tolerance issues and orthoses for high […]

In this episode with chatted with Prof Debbie Turner who gave us a taste of the role of a Podiatrist within a specialist Rheumatology service, the pathologies commonly seen and her approach to the assessment and management of these patients. She also gave some great tips for clinicians who don’t work within Rheumatology, but may […]

In this episode we talked with Stacey Meardon, PT, PhD about some of her research which has looked at biomechanical risk factors for injury, step width modification for MTSS and ITB issues, and also some clinical pearls to think about when someone presents in your clinic with a suspected bone stress injury. For the really […]

In this episode, we talked with Dr Steven Subotnick DPM, DC, aka the ‘Running Foot Doctor’, about his views on podiatric sports medicine. We touched on the backstory to where we are today with a number of useful clinical pearls. Audio Podcast: (download all episodes as podcasts here) Connect with Steve on his website: http://www.drsubotnick.com/

In this episode, we chatted with a great panel of physiotherapists in Hamish Vickerman, Tom Goom, Neil Meigh and Kevin Nordanger to talk about how Podiatry and Physiotherapy can/should work together, the overlap between professions, the preconceived notions we have about each other’s professions and more. Audio Podcast: (download all episodes as podcasts here) Follow: […]

In this episode we talked with Annette Davis and discussed what the evidence tells us (and doesn’t tell us) about footwear and falls, explains the role of the Podiatrist in screening for falls risk and how to communicate effectively regarding this (making a reasonably solid case for all individuals of a certain age to be […]