STA107: Focus on Foot & Ankle’ Pt 1: ’Foot Anatomy’ with guests Dr Emma Cowley & Nick Knight

This month on the Sports Therapy Association Podcast, we start a new focus topic: 'The Foot & Ankle'. Three episodes, each one bringing you expert guests discussing and sharing their experience & knowledge regarding 'Foot & Ankle' injury management. In this first episode, we look at the ANATOMY of the foot & ankle, with special guests Dr Emma Cowley, Director of 4D Podiatry & Senior Teaching Fellow at Southampton University, and Nick Knight, MSK/Sports Podiatrist & Owner of NK Sports Podiatry. Topics discussed in this episode include: Why is the foot such an area of mystery?  How the human foot differs from all other animals.     Stiff big toes and the Windlass Mechanism    How has our understanding of foot anatomy & function evolved?      Podiatrists, Physios, Sports Therapists - there's good & bad in all professions.   How do you tell patients that your approach to the foot & ankle has changed?     Why do many educating bodies still turn out outdated information?  Cadavers, Sweden and drilling pins into people. The importance of the words we use with patients.   Reliability of tests for foot & ankle Overpronation - should we still use that word? Understanding 'pain' with the foot & ankle. CPD opportunity: Improving your assessment skills with Nick Knight (face-to-face in Romsey, UK) Research opportunity: Dr Emma Cowley's work at Southampton University  Useful Links   4dPodiatry Website NKActive Website Our sincere thanks to Dr Emma Cowley and Nick Knight for giving up their time to be guests on the Sports Therapy Association Podcast. Please Support Our Podcast! If you appreciate what we do, please take a couple of minutes to leave us a rating & review on Apple Podcasts. It really does make all the difference in helping us reach out to a larger audience. iPhone users you can do this from your phone, Android users you will need to do it from iTunes. Questions? Email: [email protected]