Podiatry Legends Podcast

When it comes to running a successful podiatry business, it is vital to find your passion, surround yourself with the right team, and develop a mindset of success by associating with like-minded positive people. Drs Peyman & Viedra Elison are a dynamic podiatry team that own Fixing Feet Institute in Surprise, Arizona. I recently spent three days with them in Tempe, Arizona at Business Black Op...

Every successful podiatrist, not just in business, will tell you their career and success really started to take off once that made a conscious effort to develop a positive mindset. Jonathan Small is a UK based podiatrist and also a previous guest, Ep 006 - Work Smarter, Not Harder . I was privileged to watch Jonathan give an excellent presentation on MINDSET at the OSGO Foot & Ankle Show in L...

So, what was the OSGO Foot & Ankle Show in Liverpool really like? More than one thousand people attended, not just podiatrists but everyone with a working interest in the foot and ankle. I managed to grab a few of the podiatry delegates to share their thoughts and experiences in regard to the quality of speakers and the content provided over the two days. Their feedback overall gave this event...

Dr Oz is a Podiatric surgeon based in Sydney. After receiving his surgical qualifications, he became a sessional lecturer at WSU and then at CQU, then in late 2017, the idea of having all Podiatrists work collaboratively to strengthen the industry and the individual, led to the formation of the now registered co-operative Pods Equity . For more detailed show notes, please visit www.tysonfranklin.c...

In 1995, Dr Alan Sherman, DPM founded the first online community and website for podiatry, Podiatry Online, which grew to become the largest internet community for podiatrists in the world. At its peak, two-thirds of licensed podiatrists in the United States were members. Podiatry Online was acquired by Moore Medical, in 2000, and Alan was employed along with partner Michael Shore, DPM as a consul...

Have you ever had an idea that could change the Podiatry profession? Dr Michael Graham has had a lot of ideas, and instead of just sitting back and wondering 'what if', he has taken action and turned them into reality. He is a serial entrepreneur. He is an innovator and implementor in the field of foot and ankle medicine and surgery. He has taken a concept and transformed it into the standard of c...

Since starting this podcast, I've had a few podiatrists say they want to know more about me, THE HOST, and my response was, " There's not much to tell". One particular podiatrist, Scott Greenbank, Founder of the Bridge The Gap Facebook page wouldn't take NO for an answer, and this episode is the result. I hope this episode doesn't disappoint. Today we discuss: Why I chose podiatry What I've seen c...

Dr Tea Nguyen owns Pacific Point Podiatry in Santa Cruz , California and has a special interest in diabetic limb salvage. She opened her solo practice in August 2018, which has a revived her love for podiatry. She never planned on owning her own podiatry business, but after falling pregnant her employer didn't respond favourably to her needs, so after having her daughter Vylet she was given very l...

Dr Howard Dananberg practised in Manchester, New Hampshire until 2012 when he retired. He has received numerous awards for his work on sagittal plane biomechanics, and he redefined how we viewed pronation. Throughout his career, Dr Dananberg never stopped questioning what he saw with his patients and through his own funded research, he developed the Kinetic Wedge used by Brooks Footwear, and also...

Sean Pincus is from Cape Town, South Africa, and he has spent the past thirty years honing his skills in the area of sports podiatry and orthotic design. Sean understands why communication and psychology are so crucial to the management and treatment outcomes of his patient's foot and lower limb problems. On this episode we discuss: Why he was initially disillusioned with podiatry until he underst...

Ian Reilly is a consultant Podiatric Surgeon in Northhampton, UK. He is also an expert witness when it comes to podiatric medico-legal cases. When he's not consulting as a podiatric surgeon, you'll probably find him with a fishing rod in his hand. On This Episode We Discuss: The influence of social media and why people need to know, like and trust you. The obstacles he faced building his career as...

Dr David Armstrong is Professor of Surgery at Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California (USC) and Founder of Southwestern Academic Limb Salvage Alliance (SALSA). He holds a Masters of Science in Tissue Repair and Wound Healing from the University of Wales College of Medicine, and a PhD from the University of Manchester College of Medicine. Dr Armstrong has produced more than...

Mike Luker graduated from Cardiff Metropolitan University in Wales, and after initially working in Indonesia he moved to Australia. He is now based on the Gold Coast, Queensland and is the co-owner of Ace Health Centre . On this episode, we discuss why and how Mike took over a local Physiotherapy clinic, added podiatry as a service and rebranded it as Ace Health Centre. We also discuss: Why there'...

Dr Dock Dockery is the Founder and Chairman of the International Foot & Ankle Foundation for Education and Research, a position he has held for the past 40 years. He has authored over 150 scientific articles and chapters in medical journals and texts and five medical textbooks. He is also an International Educator, Lecturer, Author, and promotor of podiatric medicine and surgery. He enjoys tea...

Andrew Jones is the go-to podiatrist for elite athletes and anyone needing particularly clever problem-solving for health-related foot conditions. He is recognised as one of New Zealand's leading podiatrists and runs the Waikato Podiatry Clinic . His business success has been built by following a Win-Win-Win Philosophy. On this episode we discuss: His transition from sheep shearing to feet, via a...

Scott Greenbank works in private practice on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Queensland and is one of the founders of a very successful Facebook Group: Podiatry - Bridge The Gap . He has a great passion for professional development and mentoring younger podiatrists, and also how a better understanding of manual therapies can benefit the podiatry profession. On this episode we discuss: Benefits of b...

Joseph Frenkel is the owner of Heel Me Podiatry & Wound Care, St Kilda, Victoria. He is a La Trobe University Graduate and completed his Master of Science with a specialty in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair at Cardiff University, and his Professional Diploma of Dermatology at Bond University. If you've never looked at wound care as an exciting topic or area of interest in podiatry, I think you...

When it comes to being a success podiatrist, we all have different ideas on what real success looks like, and I think my guest Craig Schooth from Sunnybank Hills Podiatry , Brisbane has got it pretty well worked out. Family, work, health and fitness, and time off for holidays and socialising with friends are all important, but what's more important is to find the right balance that works best for...

Benn Boshell is from the UK and works at Hatt Health & Movement Clinic , and today we talk about finding your passion within the podiatry profession and that it's okay if your thinking changes over time. Initially, Benn Boshell was going to be a Podiatric Surgeon, there was no question about this, but after completing his Masters in Podiatric Surgery, he decided to head down a different path....

Johan Steenkamp grew up in Mozambique and South Africa and after finishing high school spent two years travelling through the UK & Europe. He eventually went back to South Africa and studied engineering & physics before commencing his podiatry degree. After graduating in 2010, Johan's first podiatry job was in Singapore, followed by Malaysia, Sydney and for the last four years Perth, where...

Steph Cooper is from Western Australia and she is using the knowledge gained from her podiatry degree to help educate future health professionals in a fun and engaging way. Her website The Comical Anatomist is making anatomy fun through whimsical illustrations caricaturing the human body. Steph always enjoyed art at school and enjoyed drawing for fun, but her new passion was ignited after attendin...

Laura Williams is from East Sussex, UK and runs her podiatry business from S57 Health & Wellbeing Clinic. She is also the author of Grandpa, Diet & Diabetes, and already has books two, three and four all lined up. On this episode, we discuss why everyone has a book in them and why it is essential to get this information out of your head and onto paper so your knowledge can be shared with o...

My guest today is Tina Rainville from Ontario, Canada, and on this episode, we talk about living and working in remote Northern Ontario. The weather conditions can be extremely harsh during winter, sometimes dropping to minus fifty degrees Celsius (-58 F), which is hard to imagine. Living in such a remote area, where many patients of her patients are travelling hours to receive treatment, has taug...

Where will the podiatry profession be in the next 10 or 20 years? That's an interesting question, and to give you some insight my guest today is Jackson Tisdell, a 2017 University of Newcastle graduate. Jackson currently works at Forster Tuncurry Sports Podiatry, NSW, which is a biomechanics exclusive podiatry clinic, and he openly shares his thoughts and experiences in the profession so far. On t...

We've all heard that using video is a great way to market your podiatry business and my guests today, Dr Todd Brennan and Dr Leo Krawetz from Healthy Feet Podiatry in Florida have taken it to a whole new level. At the time of recording this podcast episode, their YouTube Channel had just over 125,000 Subscribers (It's currently at 140,000). They began using video in 2009 because they were told vid...