Podiatry Legends Podcast

Life should make you happy, and that includes your podiatry business. This is the motto of Jill Woods, the owner of Practice Momentum , and I was fortunate enough to catch up with Jill, in person, on a recent visit to Canberra. Jill Woods was a UK based podiatrist, and after marrying her husband, who was in the military, she realised the possibility of owning a traditional bricks and mortar podiat...

Dr Paul Butterworth is a Podiatric Surgeon and the Course Coordinator for the School of Podiatry at Southern Cross University, Gold Coast Campus, and we both agree that podiatrists are creative people. All you need to do is stop once in a while, look around, and take notice of some the fantastic things podiatrists are doing in our profession. On this episode we discuss: Why lecturing is rewarding....

In 2006, I decided to use pressure/scanning platforms in my biomechanical assessments and patient education, and this is how I met my guest Scott Sorensen. I contribute this technology as one of the main reasons why my podiatry business in Cairns stood out from the crowd and became a market leader. Scott Sorensen lives on the Sunshine Coast, owns a podiatry business called Footpoint , has a CADCAM...

Nick Knight is the owner of NK Sports Podiatry based in the south of England, and he has spent several years refining his skills in the area of lower limb rehabilitation and incorporating this service into his highly successful podiatry practice. Lower limb rehabilitation is not the domain of physiotherapy, and adding rehab to your treatment protocols is like adding another string to your treatmen...

At thirty years of age, Kristi Boles had the world at her feet. She was married with children and was running nine successful podiatry practices in Victoria, Australia; however, her health took a sudden downward turn resulting in heart surgery and a very long lay off from running her businesses. She was also diagnosed with Marfan's Syndrome. On this podcast episode, Kristi openly talks about her s...

If you want to have a long and prosperous career in podiatry, you've got to love what you do each day, and my guest, UK based Podiatrist, Clifton Bradeley does exactly that. Clifton runs a podiatry business called Sub-4 , but previous to this he was a world-class middle-distance runner representing both England and Great Britain and in 1985 he was the first person to run the mile in under 4 mins,...

Shooting videos for your podiatry business become so much easier when you stop worrying about what other people think and just get on with sharing what you know. Dianne Ashcroft from Warrington, England and owner of Lane Ends Podiatry has shot more than 300 plus videos for her podiatry business, and she admits the hardest video to shoot was video number one. However, after shooting and posting her...

The podiatry profession offers so many opportunities and my guest, Jennie Thompson from Sydney, who has been practising podiatry for 37 years, is a Clinical Educator at the University of Newcastle and a mad foodie has proven you can run a successful podiatry business and also chase your passions outside of podiatry. On this podcast episode we discuss: 1:25 - The benefits of being passionate about...

Nick Knight is the owner of NK Sports Podiatry based in the south of England. His business focus is on rehabilitation, gait analysis and orthoses, and he is on a mission to help the podiatry profession grow. Nick believes that all podiatrists benefit when they work together, not in opposition to one another. On this episode we discuss: 4:10 - His journey into podiatry. Initially, he was headed tow...

Andrew Schneider is the owner of Tanglewood Foot Specialists located in Houston, Texas. He is a solo practitioner who has proven that you do not need to own and operate multiple locations and a large team to have a successful, profitable business. He is also a big Disney fan and manages to visit at least once per year. On this episode we discuss: 1:30 - What he likes about owning a well run, strea...

Ted Jedynak lives in Adelaide, South Australia and he is the Master of the Foot Mobilisation Technique (FMT). During our conversation, we discuss how Ted's mindset shifted from running a traditional podiatry practice to creating a 100% foot mobilisation business, and how this shift has led to him teaching and speaking all over the world. We also discuss: 3:30 - Working for himself upon graduation...

Damian Gough is a UK graduate, but in 1995 he moved to Australia, and now lives on the Central Coast of NSW. Damian is the brains behind Virtual Podiatrist , which is an online program that creates evergreen podiatry content for websites. If you're starting a new podiatry business, or you've been in business for some time, and you know your website needs quality content, this could be the fastest...

Dave James is UK based, and he is known as The Foot & Leg Magician. Dave was first introduced to the podiatry because he had a hole in his foot, and no he didn't pull a rabbit out of it, but it was responsible for him making a pivotal career shift from nursing to podiatry. He started his podiatry career quite late and graduated when he was 34-years of age. On this episode we discuss: Working i...

If you want to have a successful podiatry business and a balanced life, you need to learn how to Work Smarter, Not Harder, and in this episode, UK Podiatrist Jonathan Small, from Southam, Warwickshire, explains what this exactly means.  Jonathan is living proof that you do not need a multi-location business or a large team to be a successful podiatrist; you can achieve high levels of success with...

Dr Bela Pandit runs a successful podiatry business in Chicago, Illinois called Pandit Foot & Ankle , and in addition to being a gifted foot and ankle surgeon, she also understands the benefits of diversifying your podiatric skills and expanding the services your podiatry business offers to patients. On the episode we discuss: Her new Instagram page @DrHighHeels, and how this page helps her bec...

When you think footwear and biomechanics Simon Bartold's name should immediately spring to mind. He has worked with elite athletes for more than three decades, been to four Olympic Games, lectured in 42 countries, worked with Asics for 20-years and was head hunted by global footwear company Salomon to head up research, design and development of their road running range. Simon explained that he wor...

When it comes to setting goals and managing a podiatry practice, there is no one better than Dr Peter Wishnie from New Jersey, USA. I met Peter in Nashville in 2013 at a Top Practices event, and his positive thinking towards podiatry had a massive impact on my professional life, which is why he was a must-have-guest on the Podiatry Legends Podcast. On this episode we discuss the following: Practic...

Tony Gavin lives in the United Kingdom and is the Podiatrist/Director of Davenport House Clinic. He is also the mastermind behind OSGO Healthcare , a business created to take the pain out of private practice. Tony Gavin loves creating new businesses, and on this podcast, we discuss his transition from being a prison officer, owning multiple businesses and eventually starting podiatry at 28 years o...

This podcast aims to shed light on all the great things happening in our profession and who is doing them. I want to expose you to some of the fantastic career paths many podiatrists have taken, proving that you can do the same and even more. And along the way, we will have a few laughs. Most of my guests are podiatrists; however, I do have some guests that are not because I also want to broaden o...