PodChatLive - The Podiatry Podcast

PodChatLive 181: Flat out Fabulous; A Barbie foot posture research article special

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Link to "the paper": Flat out Fabulous: How Barbie’s foot posture and occupations have changed over the decades, and the lessons we can learn

Press release: Barbies today are much less likely to be on their tip-toes than in past decades

History of Barbie

Barbie’s Feet

PodChatLive 180: Adidas develop shoe for runners with Down Syndrome, Do orthoses for plantar fasciitis need heel plugs, & When bad science tries to force a causation between foot posture and back pain

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Adidas, FCB develop shoe just for Down syndrome runners

HELPP (HeEL Pain Pathways) Feasibility Study

Custom-made foot orthoses with and without heel plugs and their effect on treatment outcomes and plantar pressures in patients with plantar fasciitis

Flat Foot and Lower Back Pain: An Association and Implications for Treatment

PodChatLive 179: Words relating to symptomatic flat feet in children, effects of foot orthoses wedging, and questioning whether biomechanical experiments are of any value

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Foot orthosis with posterior-medial posting alone produces similar effects than anterior-medial plus posterior-medial postings on the lower limb mechanics and muscle activation during normal walking

The F-words relating to symptomatic flexible flat feet: A scoping review

The correlation between biomechanical experiments and clinical studies in orthopedics: a systematic review

PodChatLive 178: Even more plantar fasciitis research (is it all really needed?) and individual responses to foot orthoses

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Links from this week's episode:

The 6 best Asics running shoes for women, according to editors and podiatrists

Plantar Fasciitis: An Autobiographical Case Report From the Perspective of an Athlete and Physician

Can kinesio tape negatively affect the treatment by creating a hard floor in plantar fasciitis treatment? A randomized clinical trial

Two types of insoles design to influence running biomechanics in opposite directions and individual responses

PodChatLive 177: London marathon post mortem, Os peroneum, biomechanical strategies to improve running, and pandemic influences on google searches

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Biomechanical Strategies to Improve Running: Cadence, Footwear, and Orthoses—A Quasi-Experimental Study

Association between work-from-home policies and United States public interest in foot surgery conditions during the COVID-19 pandemic

Clinical aspects and epidemiology of os peroneum

PodChatLive 176: The Podcast Studio Episode!

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Diagnostic domains, differential diagnosis and conditions requiring further medical attention that are considered important in the assessment for Achilles tendinopathy

Variability Among Individual Male Runners Influences Cumulative Loading More Than Foot Strike Type

The “future” pain clinician: Competencies needed to provide psychologically informed care

The effects of running shoe stack height on running style and stability during level running at different running speeds

PodChatLive 175: UK National Hallux Valgus Think Tank, Achilles symptoms Vs Achilles pain, and anatomical variation as it relates to pathology

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Links for this week:

The Inaugural United Kingdom National Hallux Valgus Think Tank: Identification of Key Issues and Strategies to Improve Clinical Care for Patient Benefit

Evaluation of the relations between foot & ankle pathologies and anatomic variations with magnetic resonance imaging of 849 study population

Reduced Achilles tendinopathy symptoms (e.g. stiffness), but not pain, relate to patient-perceived resolution of Achilles tendinopathy

PodChatLive 174: What orthoses prescriptions Podiatrists write, a scoping review of foot strengthening exercises, and why patients want bunion surgery

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Links from this weeks episode:

Custom Foot Orthoses: A Retrospective Analysis of 1000 Prescriptions From New Zealand Podiatrists

Muscle Strengthening Exercises for the Foot and Ankle: A Scoping Review Exploring Adherence to Best Practice for Optimizing Musculoskeletal Health

Why I Want Bunion Surgery—the Patient’s Preoperative and Postoperative Perspective

PodChatLive 173: April Fools Day & critical thinking, Effects of cadence, footwear & orthoses on running, and Cardiac arrests during marathons

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Critical thinking is more important than ever. How can I improve my skills?

Optimizing Running Mechanics, Effects of Cadence, Footwear, and Orthoses on Force Distribution: A Quasi-Experimental Study

London Marathon fury as thousands of runners fear they could miss out on finishers' medals after organisers changed the rules

Cardiac Arrest During Long-Distance Running Races

Haaland out for up to seven weeks with ankle injury

PodChatLive 172: Orthoses made from foam boxes Vs scans, steroid injections for foot OA, and Kinesiotape outperforming shockwave therapy for heel pain

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You can catch the ‘nocebo’ effect from family, friends – even social media

To scan or not to scan? Comparing the effectiveness and cost differential of insoles manufactured from foam-box casts versus direct scans in treating musculoskeletal conditions of the foot and ankle

Intra-articular corticosteroid injections for the treatment of people with foot and ankle osteoarthritis

Effects of kinesio taping versus extracorporeal shock wave therapy on pain in the treatment of plantar heel pain secondary to plantar fasciitis and a calcaneal spur

The Utilization of a Shoe Insert on Individuals with Unilateral Greater Trochanteric Pain Syndrome on Single Leg Stance, Biomechanics, and Pain Intensity