PodChatLive - The Podiatry Podcast

PodChatLive 171: A Plantar fasciitis special - Don’t trust what you watch on Youtube about it, and can it be predicted by the Y-balance test?

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Y-Balance Test performance for predicting plantar fasciitis in male recreational marathon runners

Comparison of balance performance, gait, foot function, lower extremity biomechanical alignment and muscle strength in individuals with unilateral and bilateral plantar fasciitis

Analysis of Plantar Fasciitis Videos on YouTube: Quality and Reliability Assessment

PodChatLive 170: Navigating diagnostic uncertainty in children’s chronic pain, and running injury risk reduction practices

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Running-Centred Injury Prevention Support: A Scoping Review on Current Injury Risk Reduction Practices for Runners

Navigating diagnostic uncertainty in children's chronic lower limb pain

PodChatLive 169: Anatomical variation of the lumbricals, heel striking to reduce running injuries, and Tokyo marathon news

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Epidemiology of adolescent runners: non-rearfoot strike is associated with the Achilles tendon and lower leg injury

Morphological Variations of Foot Lumbricals and Their Clinical Significance

First female runner could soon break the 4-minute-mile barrier

Me at the zoo (first ever YouTube video)

PodChatLive 168: A really big week for feet in the news, and the potential role of AI in healthcare

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FTC Secures Court Order Barring Gravity Defyer and its Owner from Making Unsupported Pain-Relief Claims to Market Company’s Footwear

Prioritizing Trust in Podiatrists’ Preference for AI in Supportive Roles Over Diagnostic Roles in Health Care

PodChatLive 167: Properties of the Achilles tendon in children with calcaneal apophysitis, 3D printed orthoses, exercises for runners with shin pain, and the list of shoes banned by Ironman

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Comparative Efficacy of 3D-Printed Insoles in Managing Common Foot Conditions: A Review

IRONMAN reveals list of BANNED super shoes for 2025 triathlon season

Mechanical properties and function of the achilles tendon and ankle joint in children with calcaneal apophysitis

Effects of Integrating Lower-Leg Exercises Into a Multimodal Therapeutic Approach on Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome Management Among Recreational Runners

Asics North America Delivers Second Straight Year of Profit in 2024 Thanks to Growing Run Specialty Sales

Nike launches new fitness brand with Kim Kardashian’s Skims

PodChatLive 166: Ankle supports only give psychological support, zero drop running shoe biomechanics, and ultrasound gel guidance

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Good infection prevention practice: using ultrasound gel

Actor David Tennant has an extra toe

Immediate and long-term effects of zero-drop running shoes on lower extremity biomechanics

Ankle supports enhance only psychological aspects of the Ankle-GO score in patients with chronic ankle instability.

Influence of flat feet on the lateral movements of tennis players

PodChatLive 165: Backwards walking good is for health, hallux rigidus & the windlass mechanism, and ankle trigger points

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Why walking backwards can be good for your health and brain

The big chill: is cold-water immersion good for our health?

Painful Flexible Flatfoot Deformity: A Description of Posterolateral Ankle Trigger Point for Pain

Dysfunction of the Windlass Mechanism Is Associated with Hallux Rigidus

PodChatLive 164: Sleep & ankle instability, floating toes & athletic performance, and running injury risk in military cadets

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The relationship between chronic ankle instability and sleep behaviour

Association Between Running Characteristics and Lower Extremity Musculoskeletal Injuries in United States Military Academy Cadets

Relationship between floating toe score and performance in track and field athletes

Hoka’s First-Ever Dress Shoe Is Curiously Technical

Djoker blasts ‘injury experts’ in social media post, reveals glaring scan

PodChatLive 163: Phenol still the king when it comes to nail surgery, big toe joint arthrodesis in elite athletes, and dorsalis pedis artery occlusion case report

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Return to Sport after First Metatarsophalangeal Arthrodesis in Elite Athletes

Evaluating the Effectiveness, Safety, and Satisfaction Rates of Phenol 90%, Trichloroacetic Acid 100%, and Radiofrequency in Lateral Matricectomy for the Treatment of Ingrown Toenails

Occlusion of Dorsalis Pedis Artery in an Athlete

PodChatLive 162: MRI findings in midfoot pain, the “DRUCEBO” effect, and the evidence behind toe separators

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Association between clinical and MRI-detected imaging findings for people with midfoot pain

Toe Separators as a Therapeutic Tool in Physiotherapy—A Systematic Review

Harnessing the drucebo effect: A new frontier in podiatric patient care