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PodChatLive 250: Dr Kevin Kirby’s retirement party Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com

PodChatLive 249: Does foot strike pattern influence injury risk, and who benefits most from carbon plated shoes? Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: 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 Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: 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 2...

PodChatLive 247: Gait changes in those with hammer toes, and minimalist Vs conventional running shoe comparisons Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: W e 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...

PodChatLive 246: What factors predict the response to foot orthoses in heel pain, and should diabetic foot disease be taken as seriously as cancer? Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: 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 w...

PodChatLive 245: The ‘netballer’s ankle’, and music therapy for diabetic foot ulcers Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: 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...

PodChatLive 244: Sydney Marathon post-mortem, the response of the plantar fascia to running 5km, and mental health in patients with talar osteochondral lesions Contact us:  getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: 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 oste...

PodChatLive 243: Does the research for physiotherapy in heel pain spin its results, and those poor old bus drivers again! Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: 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...

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 Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: Injury risk and running habits in parents: Does stroller use make a difference? Anatomical characteristics of the...

PodChatLive 241: Intrinsic muscle size in people with & without heel pain, and return to run criteria following Achilles tendon rupture Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this week: 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

PodChatLive 240: Cholesterol & chronic heel pain, and the effect of positioning the diabetic foot on tissue oxygenation Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: The effect of foot positioning on tissue oxygenation in diabetic foot ulcers Chronic plantar heel pain severity is associated with lipid biomarkers

PodChatLive 239: Vitamin D level association with plantar fasciitis, and the quality of Tarsal tunnel syndrome information on YouTube Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: Association Between Serum Vitamin D Levels and Clinical Severity of Plantar Fasciitis Are YouTube Videos on Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome Reliable? Do Runners Really Live Longer? Josh Kerr Broke the World Rec...

PodChatLive 238: Ozempic feet, strength training in runners, and foot posture & fatigue Contact us: getinvoled@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: The Role of Strength Training in Preventing Running-Related Injuries in Long-Distance Runners: A Narrative Review Association between flatfoot and lower limb fatigue during daily activities among university students Doctors Across the Country A...

PodChatLive 237: Podiatrists behaving badly, and the rare beast that is a cuboid dislocation Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: Cuboid dislocations: Short and long term results and a review of the literature Score-Celebration Injuries among Soccer Players: A Report of 9 Cases Knot theory

PodChatLive 236: Pain catastrophising influences heel pain recovery, and is Morton’s neuroma always bilateral? Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: PAIN CATASTROPHIZING AND NEUROPATHIC SYMPTOMS PREDICT POOR RECOVERY IN INDIVIDUALS WITH CHRONIC PLANTAR HEEL PAIN Rethinking Morton's neuroma: a sonographic study of bilateral prevalence and symmetry

PodChatLive 235: World Cup injury update, running shoe drop & running economy, and COVID toes Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: Shoe Heel-Toe Drop Affects Running Economy Quantitative Assessment of the Correlation Between ‘COVID Toes’ Search Volume and COVID-19 Case Incidence and Mortality Dynamics: A Longitudinal Data-Driven Approach

PodChatLive 234: What happens to heel pain sufferers not eligible for a study, and the impact of Crohn’s disease on foot related quality of life Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: Assessing the Impact of Crohn's Disease on Foot Health-Related Quality of Life Why feet are weirder than you think Why Watching Sports Makes People Happy Clinical course of patients with...

PodChatLive 233: Are isometrics all that for tendinopathy, and does football boot design influence injury risk? Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: Isometric Exercises for Tendinopathies: A Systematic Literature Review The Impact of Football Boot Design on Lower Limb Injury Risk: A Systematic Review Sleep chart of biological ageing clocks in middle and late life World...

PodChatLive 232: Fake Podiatrist jailed, plantar heel pain & menopause, and sports participation of children following clubfoot treatment Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: Jail for fake podiatrist working with vulnerable people Menopause and Plantar Heel Pain Another Running Boom Is Here Suffering was less than my passion for tennis, says Nadal Sports Participati...

PodChatLive 231: The sports injury episode; featuring Pickleball and elite female Cricket Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: Sweat saturates my shoes when I play padel in Bali. My quest to stop it - and why it failed. Lower Limb Bone Stress Injuries in Elite Female Cricket Players Lower Extremity Injuries in Adult Pickleball Players

PodChatLive 230: Reconceptulising the calf muscles, and osteoarthritis prevalence in professional footballers Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: Synergistic yet different: Rethinking the gastrocnemii as two functionally distinct muscles Prevalence of foot/ankle osteoarthritis and pain in retired male professional footballers compared to general population male control...

PodChatLive 229: Fabricated citations on the rise, and plantar pressure characteristics in the lead up to ulceration in diabetes Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: How much pressure causes a diabetic foot ulcer? Fabricated citations: an audit across 2·5 million biomedical papers Greatest of All Time: Development of a Ranking System to Determine the Most Successful Oly...

PodChatLive 228: Super shoes in the news, and the reliability of video analysis for foot strike assessment when running Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: Reliability of medial versus lateral video analysis for footstrike assessment in treadmill and overground running Star sprinter Abby Steiner sues Puma alleging 'defective' and 'unsafe' shoes led to c...

PodChatLive 227: London marathon round up, manipulations for Morton’s neuroma, and shockwave for insertional Achilles tendinopathy Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this episode: There Is No Role for Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy in Chronic Insertional Achilles Tendinopathy: A Comparative Study with Conservative Treatment Manipulation versus steroid injection in the treatment...

PodChatLive 226: Another plantar fasciitis special; pronation might actually be a risk factor for it, and don’t forget to consider nerve contributions Contact us: getinvolved@podchatlive.com Links from this week: Ankle Joint Biomechanics in Recreational Runners with Resolved and Incident Plantar Fasciitis Association between medial calcaneal nerve neuropathy and plantar fasciitis