Johan Steenkamp grew up in Mozambique and South Africa and after finishing high school spent two years travelling through the UK & Europe. He eventually went back to South Africa and studied engineering & physics before commencing his podiatry degree. After graduating in 2010, Johan's first podiatry job was in Singapore, followed by Malaysia, S ...…

Steph Cooper is from Western Australia and she is using the knowledge gained from her podiatry degree to help educate future health professionals in a fun and engaging way. Her website The Comical Anatomist is making anatomy fun through whimsical illustrations caricaturing the human body. Steph always enjoyed art at school and enjoyed drawing f ...…

Laura Williams is from East Sussex, UK and runs her podiatry business from S57 Health & Wellbeing Clinic. She is also the author of Grandpa, Diet & Diabetes, and already has books two, three and four all lined up. On this episode, we discuss why everyone has a book in them and why it is essential to get this information out of your head and ont ...…

My guest today is Tina Rainville from Ontario, Canada, and on this episode, we talk about living and working in remote Northern Ontario. The weather conditions can be extremely harsh during winter, sometimes dropping to minus fifty degrees Celsius (-58 F), which is hard to imagine. Living in such a remote area, where many patients of her patien ...…

BONUS EPISODE: Day 3 at the Australian Podiatry Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, 22-24 May 2019. This episode has been recorded LIVE from the exhibitor's hall. Day 3 Guests: Andrew Van Essen (Prospect Podiatry, Adelaide) Ainslie Davies (Buderim Podiatry, Sunshine Coast & APodA Vice President) Andrew Robertson (Ziera Shoes) Darren Stewart ...…

BONUS EPISODE: Day 2 at the Australian Podiatry Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, 22-24 May 2019. This episode has been recorded LIVE from the exhibitor's hall, which is why you will notice a buzz of activity and excitement in the background, and if you happen to be at the conference, please drop in a say hello. You'll find the Podiatry Le ...…

BONUS episode: Day 1 at the Australian Podiatry Conference, Adelaide, South Australia, 22-24 May 2019. This episode has been recorded LIVE from the exhibitor's hall, which is why you will notice a buzz of activity and excitement in the background. I have been joined on Day 1 by: Alisha Mullins (Footpoint Podiatry, Clayfield Brisbane) Michael Lu ...…

Where will the podiatry profession be in the next 10 or 20 years? That's an interesting question, and to give you some insight my guest today is Jackson Tisdell, a 2017 University of Newcastle graduate. Jackson currently works at Forster Tuncurry Sports Podiatry, NSW, which is a biomechanics exclusive podiatry clinic, and he openly shares his t ...…

We've all heard that using video is a great way to market your podiatry business and my guests today, Dr Todd Brennan and Dr Leo Krawetz from Healthy Feet Podiatry in Florida have taken it to a whole new level. At the time of recording this podcast episode, their YouTube Channel had just over 125,000 Subscribers (It's currently at 140,000). The ...…

Life should make you happy, and that includes your podiatry business. This is the motto of Jill Woods, the owner of Practice Momentum, and I was fortunate enough to catch up with Jill, in person, on a recent visit to Canberra. Jill Woods was a UK based podiatrist, and after marrying her husband, who was in the military, she realised the possibi ...…

Dr Paul Butterworth is a Podiatric Surgeon and the Course Coordinator for the School of Podiatry at Southern Cross University, Gold Coast Campus, and we both agree that podiatrists are creative people. All you need to do is stop once in a while, look around, and take notice of some the fantastic things podiatrists are doing in our profession. O ...…

In 2006, I decided to use pressure/scanning platforms in my biomechanical assessments and patient education, and this is how I met my guest Scott Sorensen. I contribute this technology as one of the main reasons why my podiatry business in Cairns stood out from the crowd and became a market leader. Scott Sorensen lives on the Sunshine Coast, ow ...…

Nick Knight is the owner of NK Sports Podiatry based in the south of England, and he has spent several years refining his skills in the area of lower limb rehabilitation and incorporating this service into his highly successful podiatry practice. Lower limb rehabilitation is not the domain of physiotherapy, and adding rehab to your treatment pr ...…

At thirty years of age, Kristi Boles had the world at her feet. She was married with children and was running nine successful podiatry practices in Victoria, Australia; however, her health took a sudden downward turn resulting in heart surgery and a very long lay off from running her businesses. She was also diagnosed with Marfan's Syndrome. On ...…

If you want to have a long and prosperous career in podiatry, you've got to love what you do each day, and my guest, UK based Podiatrist, Clifton Bradeley does exactly that. Clifton runs a podiatry business called Sub-4, but previous to this he was a world-class middle-distance runner representing both England and Great Britain and in 1985 he w ...…

To become a better podiatrist you cannot underestimate the value of ongoing education, and as part of our registration requirements you must be involved in continuing professional development, CPD, but living in rural areas do not always make this easy compared to our city counterparts. Josh Truscott, the owner of Ultimate Podiatrist, makes CPD ...…

Shooting videos for your podiatry business become so much easier when you stop worrying about what other people think and just get on with sharing what you know. Dianne Ashcroft from Warrington, England and owner of Lane Ends Podiatry has shot more than 300 plus videos for her podiatry business, and she admits the hardest video to shoot was vid ...…

The podiatry profession offers so many opportunities and my guest, Jennie Thompson from Sydney, who has been practising podiatry for 37 years, is a Clinical Educator at the University of Newcastle and a mad foodie has proven you can run a successful podiatry business and also chase your passions outside of podiatry. On this podcast episode we d ...…

Nick Knight is the owner of NK Sports Podiatry based in the south of England. His business focus is on rehabilitation, gait analysis and orthoses, and he is on a mission to help the podiatry profession grow. Nick believes that all podiatrists benefit when they work together, not in opposition to one another. On this episode we discuss: 4:10 - H ...…

Andrew Schneider is the owner of Tanglewood Foot Specialists located in Houston, Texas. He is a solo practitioner who has proven that you do not need to own and operate multiple locations and a large team to have a successful, profitable business. He is also a big Disney fan and manages to visit at least once per year. On this episode we discus ...…

Ted Jedynak lives in Adelaide, South Australia and he is the Master of the Foot Mobilisation Technique (FMT). During our conversation, we discuss how Ted's mindset shifted from running a traditional podiatry practice to creating a 100% foot mobilisation business, and how this shift has led to him teaching and speaking all over the world. We als ...…

Damian Gough is a UK graduate, but in 1995 he moved to Australia, and now lives on the Central Coast of NSW. Damian is the brains behind Virtual Podiatrist, which is an online program that creates evergreen podiatry content for websites. If you're starting a new podiatry business, or you've been in business for some time, and you know your webs ...…

Dave James is UK based, and he is known as The Foot & Leg Magician. Dave was first introduced to the podiatry because he had a hole in his foot, and no he didn't pull a rabbit out of it, but it was responsible for him making a pivotal career shift from nursing to podiatry. He started his podiatry career quite late and graduated when he was 34-y ...…

If you want to have a successful podiatry business and balanced life you need to learn how to Work Smarter, Not Harder and on this episode UK Podiatrist Jonathan Small, from Southam, Warwickshire explains what this exactly means. Jonathan is living proof you do not need to have a multi-location business with a large team to be a successful podi ...…

Dr Bela Pandit runs a successful podiatry business in Chicago, Illinois called Pandit Foot & Ankle, and in addition to being a gifted foot and ankle surgeon, she also understands the benefits of diversifying your podiatric skills and expanding the services your podiatry business offers to patients. On the episode we discuss: Her new Instagram p ...…

When you think footwear and biomechanics Simon Bartold's name should immediately spring to mind. He has worked with elite athletes for more than three decades, been to four Olympic Games, lectured in 42 countries, worked with Asics for 20-years and was head hunted by global footwear company Salomon to head up research, design and development of ...…

When it comes to setting goals and managing a podiatry practice, there is no one better than Dr Peter Wishnie from New Jersey, USA. I met Peter in Nashville in 2013 at a Top Practices event, and his positive thinking towards podiatry had a massive impact on my professional life, which is why he was a must-have-guest on the Podiatry Legends Podc ...…

Tony Gavin lives in the United Kingdom and is the Podiatrist/Director of Davenport House Clinic. He is also the mastermind behind OSGO Healthcare, a business created to take the pain out of private practice. Tony Gavin loves creating new businesses, and on this podcast, we discuss his transition from being a prison officer, owning multiple busi ...…

I know the title of this podcast podiatry legends is a bit odd, but if you look at the word LEGEND, it means an extremely famous or notorious person, especially in a particular field or profession. So I don’t think I have any notorious podiatrists lined up as guests, but I do believe I have a group of podiatry guests that are already doing grea ...…