PodChatLive is the periodic live chat for the ongoing education of Podiatry practitioners and also other health professionals that might be included. The show is hosted by Craig Payne from Melbourne, Australia and Ian Griffiths from England, United Kingtom. The livestream goes out live on Facebook after which is later on revised and transferred to YouTube so lots more people can access it. Each livestream includes a different guest or selection of guests to talk about some other area each week. Requests are usually posted live during the Facebook stream and answered live by the Craig and Ian and guests. The audio edition is published as a PodCast available on iTunes and also Spotify and the other common podcast resources. They have gained a considerable following among podiatrists and that is improving. PodChatLive may very well be one of many ways through which podiatry practitioners will get free qualified professional development time or ongoing medical education credits.
Episode 18 of the show looked over cycling and podiatry and connected problems. The guests were the physiotherapist, Robert Brown and the podiatrist, Nathan White. Rob Brown has been the previous head Physiotherapist for the Orica-GreenEdge professional cycling team and today specializes in cycling analysis, injury and bicycle fit. Nathan White has worked closely with many different elite cyclists all over Australasia and is the co-founder of the customized orthoses company Cobra9 Cycling Orthotics. In the episode on bicycling they described exactly what a bike fit consists of and how significant the bike fit would be to prevent injury and increase cycling economy. They also discussed the common foot conditions bike riders present with and the clinical reasoning behind taking care of them. This was fundamental due to the dynamics of the cycling footwear as well as the bio-mechanics of bicycling which is very distinctive to running and walking. They additionally had an deatailed discussion around the foot level treatments both within the footwear (orthoses) and exterior to it (at the interface with the cleat/pedal).
