
PodChatLive - The Podiatry Podcast
PodChatLive brings you weekly episodes covering the previous 7 days in Podiatry; stories from the mainstream/social media and newly published research papers of interest. Hosted by Podiatrists Ian Griffiths (UK) and Craig Payne (AUS).
Latest episodes

May 28, 2024 • 25min
PodChatLive 128: A more modern approach to manual therapy, a new paper on supination resistance, and running with CLASS
PodChatLive 128: A more modern approach to manual therapy, a new paper on supination resistance, and running with CLASS
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Links for this episode:
Exploring the relationship between the supination resistance test and the effects of foot orthoses on the foot and ankle biomechanics
A modern way to teach and practice manual therapy
Viability of Structured Gait Retraining for Improving Clinical Outcomes Following Running-related Injury

May 21, 2024 • 22min
PodChatLive 127: Goal setting & shared decision making with children, Foot & leg pain in cerebral palsy, and CBD for pain?
PodChatLive 127: Goal setting & shared decision making with children, Foot & leg pain in cerebral palsy, and CBD for pain?
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Links from todays episode:
Child-led goal setting and evaluation tools for children with a disability: A scoping review
Foot and lower leg pain in children and adults with cerebral palsy
Cannabidiol (CBD) Products for Pain: Ineffective, Expensive, and With Potential Harms

May 14, 2024 • 21min
PodChatLive 126: Swearing with patients in clinic, foot strength not reducing running injury risk, and the mediterranean diet & diabetic foot ulcers
Topics discussed include the benefits of swearing with patients in clinic, the limited impact of foot strength on reducing running injury risk, and the influence of the Mediterranean diet on diabetic foot ulcers. The hosts also explore the longevity of elite runners who achieved a sub four-minute mile and the correlation between lifestyle factors and foot ulcer development in type 2 diabetes patients.

May 7, 2024 • 22min
PodChatLive 125: Patients own knowledge about Rheumatoid arthritis, insole materials & heat, and foot pressure with bunions
PodChatLive 125: Patients own knowledge about Rheumatoid arthritis, insole materials & heat, and foot pressure with bunions
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Links for this episode:
Vibrant Bloom Bondi L
Assessment of rheumatoid arthritis patients' knowledge about foot problems related to their illness and foot care practice
Effectiveness of footwear and foot orthoses in reducing medial metatarsophalangeal joint pressure in women with hallux valgus
Analyzing the Thermal Characteristics of Three Lining Materials for Plantar Orthotics

Apr 30, 2024 • 24min
PodChatLive 124: Running is good for you, high heels can be bad for you, and another study looking at insoles for plantar fasciitis
PodChatLive 124: Running is good for you, high heels can be bad for you, and another study looking at insoles for plantar fasciitis
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Links for this episode:
Role of insole material in treatment of plantar fasciitis
Health Benefits of Different Sports: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Longitudinal and Intervention Studies Including 2.6 Million Adult Participants
Transient pain and discomfort when wearing high-heeled shoes

Apr 23, 2024 • 23min
PodChatLive 123: Reducing adolescent football injuries, psychological factors & pain, and knee arthroplasty & bunions
PodChatLive 123: Reducing adolescent football injuries, psychological factors & pain, and knee arthroplasty & bunions
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Links from this episode:
What if flat feet were…normal?
Shoe technology reduces risk of diabetic foot ulcers
What your running shoes say about you
PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS SHOW LIMITED ASSOCIATION WITH THE SEVERITY OF ACHILLES TENDINOPATHY
Efficacy of a new injury prevention programme (FUNBALL) in young male football (soccer) players
Eligibility for knee arthroplasty is associated with increased risk of acquired hallux valgus

Apr 16, 2024 • 23min
PodChatLive 122: What questions to ask patients with achilles tendinopathy, LLD & abdominal pain, and foot typing (again)
PodChatLive 122: What questions to ask patients with achilles tendinopathy, LLD & abdominal pain, and foot typing (again)
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Links from this episode:
Parietal abdominal pain with lower leg discrepancy: a case report
Forefoot Morphotypes in Cavovarus Feet: A Novel Assessment of Deformity
Are we asking the right questions to people with Achilles tendinopathy?
The Nocebo Effect: When Words Make You Sick

Apr 9, 2024 • 29min
PodChatLive 121: Podiatrist burnout, anatomical variation and bad laser science
PodChatLive 121: Podiatrist burnout, anatomical variation and bad laser science
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Links for this episode:
NHS - MDC - Video 5- Child foot examination - 3.4.24
Asics’ Pearl-Covered GT-2160 Sneakers Will Sell for up to $30,000
Comparison of High-intensity Laser Therapy with Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in the Treatment of Patients with Plantar Fasciitis
Variation in the origin of the plantar aponeurosis and its relationship to the origin of the abductor hallucis muscle
Burnout in podiatrists associated with individual characteristics, workplace and job satisfaction

Apr 2, 2024 • 28min
PodChatLive 120: Ice bath update, unsurprising achilles research finding, and running shoe drop in kneecap pain sufferers
PodChatLive 120: Ice bath update, unsurprising achilles research finding, and running shoe drop in kneecap pain sufferers
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Links from this Episode:
Title change for podiatric surgeons is one of 14 recommendations to improve safety
Acute effects of negative heel shoes on perceived pain and knee biomechanical characteristics of runners with patellofemoral pain
Powys podiatrist stored hundreds of medical records at home
Asymmetric running is associated with pain during outdoor running in individuals with Achilles tendinopathy in the return-to-sport phase
Throwing cold water on muscle growth

Mar 26, 2024 • 24min
PodChatLive 119: The Bad Foot Clinic, Psoriatic Arthritis, Intrinsic foot muscle strengthening, and should we ultrasound scan all kids with Sever's?
PodChatLive 119: The Bad Foot Clinic, Psoriatic Arthritis, Intrinsic foot muscle strengthening, and should we ultrasound scan all kids with Sever's?
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Links from this episode:
The Bad Foot Clinic
Foot Involvement in Psoriatic arthritis
The impact of intrinsic foot muscle strengthening exercises in asymptomatic athletes with normal foot structure
Youth Athletes with Sever's Disease Exhibit Altered Achilles Tendon Ultrasound Characteristics
Speedland carbon plates