On the list of key concepts that most clinicians want to do is have the proper diagnosis of their patient's condition right. Until they get that appropriate, then conclusions as to the ideal treatment can not be made and advice offered for the best course of action proposed. Ordinarily any diagnosis was based upon the physical evaluation in addition to a look at the background of the issue and limited imaging such as an x-ray. If your diagnosis could not be established out of that data, then it became a matter of pursuing the client to observe how the symptoms progress and so the diagnosis could become clearer. These days aside from the basic and simple x-ray we've got a great deal more complex imaging techniques including ultrasound and that is making the diagnosis process so much easier. An show of the podiatry live, PodChatLive was focused on the issue of diagnostic ultrasound to help you examine disorders in the foot.

In this episode of PodChatLive the hosts invited on Stuart Wildman to talk about his experiences with the use of diagnostic ultrasound. He is a Physiotherapist, musculoskeletal Sonographer and Director of The Ultrasound Site Ltd based in the UK. They outlined some of the politics and teaching with regards to ultrasound use, specifically what the advantages and restrictions of ultrasound are generally, and the tissues and pathologies that may be pictured around the feet and ankle with ultrasound. Stuart is the Owner and Director of The Ultrasound Site Ltd which he launched in 2013. Stuart splits his time between Radiology and Physiotherapy where he performs both diagnostic and guided interventions in both environments. Stuart Wildman qualified from the University of Southampton in the UK in 2003 with a BSc in Physiotherapy, and proceeded to achieve an MSc in Advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Physiotherapy at The University of Hertfordshire and a PostGrad Certificate in MSK Sonography at Canterbury and the Christ Church University.

 

A recently popular method to handle excessive use injuries which can be common in runners is to use gait retraining. That is changing how a runner runs using a totally different style. It's a good idea that if you have an overuse injury from running one way, then modify the way you run. There is still much to be learned about this process, however it is becoming a lot more common and a lot of health professionals along with running technique coaches are using this to assist runners. There is a newly released episode of PodChatLive that was devoted to this issue. PodChatLive is a livestrem for podiatrists and other health care professionals hosted by Craig Payne in Australia and Ian Griffiths in England. They go live on Facebook with a brand new guest each week. The taped version is then uploaded to YouTube and a podcast edition is in addition available.

In the episode of PodChatLive on gait retraining in runners Ian and Craig talked with this with James Dunne. James is a very highly regarded running coach as well as the owner of the Kinetic Revolution to help runners with their training and running techniques. In the episode they talked about why then when we would choose to modify a runners running technique, and how a clinician may well do that. It shouldn’t surprise anyone that an individual approach is essential, and there are no blanket methods. One size doesn't fit all. They discussed the bidirectional and symbiotic partnership between running coachs and Podiatrists. James is a runner, a sports rehabilitation therapist and coach from Norwich in the United Kingdom. James has a qualification in sports rehabilitation. He started the Kinetic Revolution coaching website back in 2010 as a method of spreading just what he learned on his journey as an ex-pro rugby player to working in the sports injury community, and to him learning to be a marathon runner.