Kids leg pain, essential clinical skills for health professionals and managing foot conditions – with Associate Professor Cylie Williams

This week on Physio Foundations I spoke with Associate Professor Cylie Williams from Monash University’s School of Primary and Allied Health Care about how podiatrists help children and adults with foot conditions, her current research projects and why we desperately need more podiatrists! Please visit @kidslegpain on Facebook and Twitter and find out how you can help kids with chronic musculoskeletal pain, as a parent, clinician or even a PhD student. This is a discussion aimed at health professionals and health professional students. Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.  In this episode: 0:00 Welcome Cylie 0:14 About Cylie 1:22 Cylie’s current projects and interests 3:20 How you can help with research into chronic pain in children 4:34 How did Cylie become interested in idiopathic toe walking? 5:52 How Cylie’s research is helping identify the right treatments for kids with idiopathic toe walking 6:43 The new Monash Doctor of podiatry course – there’s not enough podiatrists in Australia 10:33 How should podiatrists and physiotherapists work together? 11:30 Podiatrists are good at looking after skin and nails 12:04 Skin and nail problems affect people through the lifespan 12:50 ‘I can’t imagine a world where I didn’t work with physios’ 14:52 Managing chronic health conditions, neurological, vascular conditions 16:00 The complexities of managing foot wounds and ulcers 17:29 ‘Diabetes-related foot wounds can be looked at like cancer’ 18:55 Simple question for somebody with diabetes ‘have you had your feet checked?’ Annual foot checks 19:30 Essential foundational skills – listen, think, reflect 21:06 Leave your ego at the door and listen to your patients 23:18 Funny kids stories, rollerblades, poo 26:59 Kids leg pain – how you can help with research into chronic pain in kids 28:58 @kidsleg pain – follow for more information, parents, clinicians, PhD opportunities Follow @kidslegpain on Facebook or Twitter Cylie’s profile: https://research.monash.edu/en/persons/cylie-williams Cylie’s interview about idiopathic toe walking on the @MonashMRU podcast: https://www.podbean.com/ew/pb-ur3me-10054a2 Cylie’s email: [email protected] Connect with Cylie on Twitter:  @Cyliepaedspod   Follow and subscribe to Physio Foundations on your favourite podcast app. Join the conversation in the YouTube comments or via social media @PerratonPhysio For a list of episodes, transcripts and associated blogs, visit perraton.physio/physiofoundations   Follow @PerratonPhysio on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Linked In. Do you have a topic you would like me to cover on the podcast? Email me: [email protected], or DM me on Twitter @lukeperraton Always seek the guidance of a qualified health professional with any questions you may have regarding your health or a medical condition.