Podiatric Biomechanical Theories with Anja Behling

Alex is joined by Anja Behling, a Biomechanist and PhD Candidate to discuss her latest paper "Chasing footprints in time - reframing our understanding of human foot function in the context of current evidence and emerging insights". Originally designed as a historical review of podiatric biomechanical theories to assist non-Podiatrists attempting to understand how we consider foot function, during the process of writing it developed into a paper highlighting the lack of empirical support for many ways we biomechanically consider the foot and how we treat it. In this episode Alex picks Anja's brain on the lack of research for traditional theories, emerging new insights into foot and ankle function and together they work to figure out how we can best understand the foot and ankle with the current research available. About Anja: Anja is a PhD Candidate in foot and ankle biomechanics working under the supervision of Podiatrist and foot biomechanics researcher Dr Luke Kelly at the University of Queensland and is co-advised by Dr Michael Rainbow at Queen’s University in Kingston, Canada. Originally completing a bachelors degree in biomechanics from Deutsche Sporthochschule Koln in Germany, she went on to complete a Masters of Performance Analysis and work alongside another juggernaut in biomechanics foot(wear) research, Dr Benno Nigg. With 9 current publications, including what I'd consider a seminal paper in foot and ankle podiatric biomechanics, she's someone I feel safe saying is worth watching her work in the future."