PodChatLive - The Podiatry Podcast

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).

Episodes

July 1, 2025 30 mins

PodChatLive 186: Another running shoe episode!? Carbon plated injury risks, and a systematic review on rocker bottom shoes


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Links from this episode:

Quo vadis advanced footwear technology research?

How conventional or technologically advanced running shoes influence riskand location of injuries

Effects of rocker-bottom shoes on the gait biomechanics of running and walking


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PodChatLive 180: Adidas develop shoe for runners with Down Syndrome, Do orthoses for plantar fasciitis need heel plugs, & When bad science tries to force a causation between foot posture and back pain


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Links from todays episode:

Adidas, FCB develop shoe just for Down syndrome runners

HELPP (HeEL Pain Pathways) Feasibility Study

Custom-made foot orthoses with and without heel plugs and t...

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PodChatLive 179: Words relating to symptomatic flat feet in children, effects of foot orthoses wedging, and questioning whether biomechanical experiments are of any value


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Links from today episode:

Foot orthosis with posterior-medial posting alone produces similar effects than anterior-medial plus posterior-medial postings on the lower limb mechanics and muscle activation during normal wa...

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PodChatLive 178: Even more plantar fasciitis research (is it all really needed?) and individual responses to foot orthoses


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Links from this week's episode:

The 6 best Asics running shoes for women, according to editors and podiatrists

Plantar Fasciitis: An Autobiographical Case Report From the Perspective of an Athlete and Physician

Can kinesio tape negatively affect the treatment by cr...

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PodChatLive 177: London marathon post mortem, Os peroneum, biomechanical strategies to improve running, and pandemic influences on google searches


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Links from this episode:

Biomechanical Strategies to Improve Running: Cadence, Footwear, and Orthoses—A Quasi-Experimental Study

Association between work-from-home policies and United States public interest in foot surgery conditions during the...

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PodChatLive 175: UK National Hallux Valgus Think Tank, Achilles symptoms Vs Achilles pain, and anatomical variation as it relates to pathology


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Links for this week:

The Inaugural United Kingdom National Hallux Valgus Think Tank: Identification of Key Issues and Strategies to Improve Clinical Care for Patient Benefit

Evaluation of the relations between foot & ankle pathologies and anato...

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PodChatLive 174: What orthoses prescriptions Podiatrists write, a scoping review of foot strengthening exercises, and why patients want bunion surgery


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Links from this weeks episode:

Custom Foot Orthoses: A Retrospective Analysis of 1000 Prescriptions From New Zealand Podiatrists

Muscle Strengthening Exercises for the Foot and Ankle: A Scoping Review Exploring Adherence to Best Practice fo...

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PodChatLive 173: April Fools Day & critical thinking, Effects of cadence, footwear & orthoses on running, and Cardiac arrests during marathons


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Links from this episode:

Critical thinking is more important than ever. How can I improve my skills?

Optimizing Running Mechanics, Effects of Cadence, Footwear, and Orthoses on Force Distribution: A Quasi-Experimental Study

London Marathon f...

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PodChatLive 172: Orthoses made from foam boxes Vs scans, steroid injections for foot OA, and Kinesiotape outperforming shockwave therapy for heel pain


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Links from this episode:

You can catch the ‘nocebo’ effect from family, friends – even social media

To scan or not to scan? Comparing the effectiveness and cost differential of insoles manufactured from foam-box casts versus direct scans in...

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PodChatLive 171: A Plantar fasciitis special - Don’t trust what you watch on Youtube about it, and can it be predicted by the Y-balance test?


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Links from this episode:

Y-Balance Test performance for predicting plantar fasciitis in male recreational marathon runners

Comparison of balance performance, gait, foot function, lower extremity biomechanical alignment and muscle strength in individuals wit...

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PodChatLive 170: Navigating diagnostic uncertainty in children’s chronic pain, and running injury risk reduction practices


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Links from this episode:

Running-Centred Injury Prevention Support: A Scoping Review on Current Injury Risk Reduction Practices for Runners

Navigating diagnostic uncertainty in children's chronic lower limb pain

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PodChatLive 167: Properties of the Achilles tendon in children with calcaneal apophysitis, 3D printed orthoses, exercises for runners with shin pain, and the list of shoes banned by Ironman


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Links from this episode:

Comparative Efficacy of 3D-Printed Insoles in Managing Common Foot Conditions: A Review

IRONMAN reveals list of BANNED super shoes for 2025 triathlon season

Mechanical propertie...

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