Leg Club Podcast

Roland Renyi MSc. MA. BA. Past Leg Club Foundation Chairman and Leg Club foundation Project consultant and  to WUWHS Leg Club Foundation Sister Society.  Listen to Roland discussing Analytical Research and why it is important.

Listen to Professor Barbara Conway, Head of Pharmacy at the University of Huddersfield discussing topical antibiotics.  The best practice in respect of topical antibiotics, what is the evidence and what are the alternatives.

Carole Brooke is the Chair of Nailsea Leg Club, join Carole who is discussing the importance of the Leg Club model and the social interaction of the members in a Leg Club. 

Listen to our new speaker, Ann Ensell who is discussing the challenge of obesity. Ann reveals her journey of weight loss and the successes and failures during this time.

We have great pleasure welcoming back Anna Saez Espinosa - originally born in Girona (Spain), she is a 5th Year Medical Student at University of Barcelona, Spain .. and a Soul & Blues singer! In Episode 21, Anna delves further into the effects of music on the brain and our bodies. She explores the role of music to help treat people with autism and dementia as part of "music therapy" to improve...

We have great pleasure welcoming Anna Saez Espinosa - originally born in Girona (Spain), she is a 5th Year Medical Student at University of Barcelona, Spain .. and a Soul & Blues singer! In Episode 20, Anna provides truly fascinating insights and easy to understand examples of the effects of music on our bodies. She describes how music (including pitch and tone of the human voice) stimulates p...

We have great pleasure welcoming back Dr Abdul Seckam - a friend of the Leg Club Foundation and Stroke Research and Innovation Manager for Stroke Hub Wales based at Cardiff Metropolitan University. This episode is the last of a trio of insighful topics in which Abdul discusses "Stroke Hub - Wales" which involves bringing together Wales’ stroke experts to use evidence based care, research, innovati...

We have great pleasure welcoming Dr Abdul Seckam - a friend of the Leg Club Foundation and Stroke Research and Innovation Manager for Stroke Hub Wales based at Cardiff Metropolitan University ( https://stroke.wales ).  This episode is the second of a trio of insighful topics in which Abdul presents ‘To sing or not to Sing - that is the question!’ -- an ingenious approach to treating and carin...

We have great pleasure welcoming Dr Abdul Seckam - a friend of the Leg Club Foundation and Stroke Research and Innovation Manager for Stroke Hub Wales based at Cardiff Metropolitan University ( https://stroke.wales ). Be sure to also download the excellent article "Reflection: patients’ experiences of being treated in a Leg Club setting " available from here - https://bit.ly/3mCZUia . This episode...

In this episode, we are delighted to be welcome our host Roland Renyi MSc. MA. BA. who is a past Chairman and Project Consultant for the Leg Club Foundation and Secretariate to World Union of Wound Healing Societies (WUWHS) - a sister Society founded in Australia in 2000. WUWHS is the premier wound care professional association and it represents more than 90% of all practicing wound care specialis...

In this episode, our twelfth, we welcome back Cate Bain -- a Practice Nurse, "The Wound Guy" Media Coordinator and member of our very own Social Media & Communications (SM&C) committee that represents the The Lindsay Leg Club Foundation. Cate discusses the role dressings play in supporting the healing of wounds explaining that wound dressings are ultimately a tool and the type of dressings...

In our eleventh episode, we welcome back our guest speaker Mark Whiteley - a Professor and Consultant Venous Surgeon and Consultant Phlebologist of The Whiteley Clinic, London. Visit https://thewhiteleyclinic.co.uk/team/prof-mark-whiteley/ for more information. In this episode, Mark expands on treatments that may help or hinder two key concerns when treating varicose veins, specifically  Leg...

In our tenth episode, we welcome back our guest speaker Mark Whiteley - a Professor and Consultant Venous Surgeon and Consultant Phlebologist of The Whiteley Clinic, London. Visit https://thewhiteleyclinic.co.uk/team/prof-mark-whiteley/ for more information. Mark continues the series relating to Venous Diseases and talks through the current treatment trends in Venous Disease. This is the second of...

In our ninth episode, we are honoured to have another guest speaker - Dr Karen Ousey - a Professor of Skin Integrity, Director for the Institute of Skin Integrity & Infection Prevention, University of Huddersfield. Visit https://research.hud.ac.uk/strategy/athena-swan/case-studies/karen-ousey/ for more information. Today, it is very common to control wound infections with antibiotics. However,...

In our eigth episode, we are honoured to have another guest speaker - Dr Anna Galazka - a Lecturer in Management, Employment and Organisation Section, Cardiff Business School. Visit https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/people/view/1432573-galazka-anna for more information. Anna talks through findings from her post-doctoral research in which she observed the practice of "social values creation" within Leg Clu...

In our seventh episode, we are honoured to have our first guest speaker - Mark Whiteley - a Professor and Consultant Venous Surgeon and Consultant Phlebologist of The Whiteley Clinic, London. Visit https://thewhiteleyclinic.co.uk/team/prof-mark-whiteley/ for more information.  Mark talks through the signs and symptoms of Venous Disease. This is the first of a series of three podcasts. So stay...

Living with.. "Charcot Marie Tooth" disease (or CMT) is a deeply moving story of Lynn Bullock -- PA to Ellie Lindsay, Life President of the LLCF (Lindsay Leg Club Foundation) and a member of the Social Media and Communications (SM&C) committee. In Episode 5, Lynn presents, in her own words, a personal story about her long term condition known as "Charcot Marie Tooth disease" -- one of the most...

In our fourth episode , Ellie Lindsay , the Founder and President of the Lindsay Leg Club Foundation (LLCF) talks about an ageing society .  There is an increasing proportion of older people (typically, those over 65 years) living alone leading to higher risks of social isolation.   Ageing has a significant impact on society . People of different ages and gender experience different chal...

In our third episode, Ellie Lindsay, the Founder and President of the Lindsay Leg Club Foundation (LLCF) talks about the effects of loneliness and  share some encouraging messages about maintaining a Positive Attitude -- based on the Leg Club model of care. Communities are made up people with their own unique personalities and problems. Loneliness affects all types of people, especially those...

In our second episode, Cate and Gary share some positive and encouraging messages about Staying Positive -- based on the Leg Club model of care.  We've all experienced different challenges given the COVID19 pandemic and those people affected by lower leg problems will have had much to deal with. Cate and Gary provide some reassuring advice and guidance that we hope will be well received. &nbs...

The Leg Club model of care was established by Ellie Lindsay in 1993 to support these individuals in a unique partnership between the nursing team and the local community, in a social environment where individuals are treated collectively and the emphasis is on social interaction, participation, empathy and peer support where positive health beliefs are promoted. This model of care has been very we...