PodChatLive - The Podiatry Podcast

PodChatLive 250: Dr Kevin Kirby’s retirement partyContact us: [email protected]

PodChatLive 249: Does foot strike pattern influence injury risk, and who benefits most from carbon plated shoes?

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Is a Runner’s Footfall Pattern a Risk Factor for a Running-Related Injury?

Comparison Of Running Economy Parameters Across Shoe Type In Competitive And Recreational Runners

Achilles project

PodChatLive 248: A news special! Berlin marathon stories, lots of shoe info, and some Aussie sports injuries

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NHS patient's gangrenous toe on brink of falling off after devastating podiatry blunders

Adidas gearsift

Introducing Nike Hybrid, a New Nike Training Performance Footwear System Built from the Ground Up

Tigst Assefa last 20 seconds of Berlin Marathon with an Achilles rupture

PodChatLive 247: Gait changes in those with hammer toes, and minimalist Vs conventional running shoe comparisons

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We Are Living Through the Biggest Running Boom in a Decade

Adherence, motivational factors, and injury rates in runners using minimalist vs. conventional shoes

Alterations in gait kinematics and kinetics in patients with hammertoe deformity during walking

Katy thought her painful foot was a running injury from a midlife exercise regime... but aged just 42 she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s

PodChatLive 246: What factors predict the response to foot orthoses in heel pain, and should diabetic foot disease be taken as seriously as cancer?

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Long-Term Mortality in Diabetic Foot Disease is Higher Than That of Overall Cancer

An exploration of the factors predicting clinical responses to customized foot orthoses in individuals with plantar heel pain

Chronic lower limb pain in children course

PodChatLive 245: The ‘netballer’s ankle’, and music therapy for diabetic foot ulcers

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Melbourne crowned the best city in the world for runners in 2026, according to a new study

Calf heart attacks

Slow jogging in Korea

Impact of music therapy on diabetes distress and bio-physiological parameters in patients with diabetic foot ulcer

The ‘netballer's ankle’: An international survey of the negative sequelae associated with lateral ankle ligament sprains in netball

'Aggressive' podiatrist who told a young girl to remove her face mask during a foot appointment is struck off

PodChatLive 244: Sydney Marathon post-mortem, the response of the plantar fascia to running 5km, and mental health in patients with talar osteochondral lesions
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Acute Plantar Fascia Thickness and Stiffness Responses to Three Consecutive Days of 5-Kilometer Running in Healthy Adults
Poor mental health in patients with symptomatic osteochondral lesions of the talus
Metastatic Renal Cell Carcinoma to the Calcaneus and Talus Presenting as Plantar Fasciitis

PodChatLive 243: Does the research for physiotherapy in heel pain spin its results, and those poor old bus drivers again!

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Evaluation of “spin” in systematic reviews and meta-analyses of physical therapy for plantar fasciitis

Occurrence of Plantar Fascitis among Bus Drivers in Chennai

The Generative AI Learning Penalty: Evidence from Chinese Secondary Education

PodChatLive 242: Injury risk when running with a stroller/buggy, Tibialis Anterior anatomical variation, the lunge test link with falls risk in Parkinson's Disease, and thinking about calcaneal insufficiency fractures

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Injury risk and running habits in parents: Does stroller use make a difference?

Anatomical characteristics of the tibialis anterior tendon and clinical significance

Calcaneal Insufficiency Fracture: An Underrecognized Cause of Atraumatic Heel Pain in Older Adults

The Weight-Bearing Lunge Test as an Instrument to Distinguish between Non-Recurrent and Recurrent Fallers in People with Parkinson’s Disease.

PodChatLive 241: Intrinsic muscle size in people with & without heel pain, and return to run criteria following Achilles tendon rupture

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Criteria for Return to Running After Surgical Repair of Acute Achilles Tendon Rupture

Intrinsic Foot Muscle Cross-Sectional Area on MRI in People With and Without Plantar Heel Pain