Andrew Jones is the go-to podiatrist for elite athletes and anyone needing particularly clever problem-solving for health-related foot conditions. He is recognised as one of New Zealand's leading podiatrists and runs the Waikato Podiatry Clinic . His business success has been built by following a Win-Win-Win Philosophy. On this episode we discuss: His transition from sheep shearing to feet, via a foot problem he sustained in the Rotorua marathon. Caring for your patients, but at the same time ca...
Jul 25, 2019•35 min
Scott Greenbank works in private practice on the Sunshine Coast Hinterland, Queensland and is one of the founders of a very successful Facebook Group: Podiatry - Bridge The Gap . He has a great passion for professional development and mentoring younger podiatrists, and also how a better understanding of manual therapies can benefit the podiatry profession. On this episode we discuss: Benefits of becoming involved in sports at a deeper level Having a better understanding of the concepts of manual...
Jul 16, 2019•46 min
Joseph Frenkel is the owner of Heel Me Podiatry & Wound Care, St Kilda, Victoria. He is a La Trobe University Graduate and completed his Master of Science with a specialty in Wound Healing and Tissue Repair at Cardiff University, and his Professional Diploma of Dermatology at Bond University. If you've never looked at wound care as an exciting topic or area of interest in podiatry, I think you may change your mind after listening to this particular episode. On this episode we discuss: Had a ...
Jul 10, 2019•45 min
When it comes to being a success podiatrist, we all have different ideas on what real success looks like, and I think my guest Craig Schooth from Sunnybank Hills Podiatry , Brisbane has got it pretty well worked out. Family, work, health and fitness, and time off for holidays and socialising with friends are all important, but what's more important is to find the right balance that works best for you, not what someone else tells you it should be. On this episode we discuss: Being a mature aged s...
Jul 03, 2019•46 min
Benn Boshell is from the UK and works at Hatt Health & Movement Clinic , and today we talk about finding your passion within the podiatry profession and that it's okay if your thinking changes over time. Initially, Benn Boshell was going to be a Podiatric Surgeon, there was no question about this, but after completing his Masters in Podiatric Surgery, he decided to head down a different path. On this episode we discuss: Why he decided to make a pivot in his podiatry career path. The benefits...
Jun 28, 2019•40 min
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, Sydney and for the last four years Perth, where he is now very much settled with his wife and 9-month old daughter. On this episode we discuss: Gra...
Jun 18, 2019•43 min
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 for fun, but her new passion was ignited after attending a Pixar workshop. On this episode we discuss: Being commissioned by a local Orthopaedic Surgeon fo...
Jun 12, 2019•35 min
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 onto paper so your knowledge can be shared with others. You don't know whose life you will change. On this episode we discuss: Why health education i...
Jun 07, 2019•43 min
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 patients are travelling hours to receive treatment, has taught Tina the benefits of running an efficient clinic. She currently owns and operates Rainville Healt...
May 29, 2019•42 min
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 thoughts and experiences in the profession so far. On this episode we discuss: How the profession has exceeded his expectations The benefits of good mentor...
May 21, 2019•59 min
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). They began using video in 2009 because they were told video was going to be a valuable marketing tool in the future for podiatry. They admit their early vide...
May 14, 2019•43 min
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 possibility of owning a traditional bricks and mortar podiatry business was no longer an option because they were never sure where they'd be posted next. Some p...
May 09, 2019•50 min
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. On this episode we discuss: Why lecturing is rewarding. The creative side of podiatry. Educating students to think outside the box. "We have rules we must ...
May 01, 2019•46 min
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, owns a podiatry business called Footpoint , has a CADCAM manufacturing business and also supplies Bodytech biomechanical assessment systems . On this episod...
Apr 25, 2019•33 min
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 protocols is like adding another string to your treatment bow, but it's essential to know your limits and boundaries. On this episode we discuss: How Nick g...
Apr 17, 2019•37 min
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 this podcast episode, Kristi openly talks about her sudden, unexpected health issues and also how she has transformed her own life, and that of her patie...
Apr 10, 2019•37 min
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 was the first person to run the mile in under 4 mins, indoors on English soil. His time was 3:57:88, and he was on track to compete at the 1988 Olympics u...
Apr 02, 2019•48 min
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 easy for podiatrists in both Australia and the UK and helps take away the pain of compliance with registration boards. Josh Truscott graduated from Latr...
Mar 25, 2019•39 min
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 video number one. However, after shooting and posting her first video Dianne realised she didn't die, so she just kept doing them because she understood the ...
Mar 19, 2019•52 min
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 discuss: 1:25 - The benefits of being passionate about things outside of podiatry 3:35 - The reality of running a podiatry business. No one teaches us how ...
Mar 13, 2019•31 min
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 - His journey into podiatry. Initially, he was headed towards a military career, then physiotherapy, only because he did not know what a podiatrist was, but ...
Mar 06, 2019•35 min
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 discuss: 1:30 - What he likes about owning a well run, streamlined solo practice. 2:00 - Doing enough marketing versus too much marketing, and how this relates ...
Feb 27, 2019•35 min
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 also discuss: 3:30 - Working for himself upon graduation on a very tight budget and how knowing nothing about business didn't stop his enthusiasm. He didn't ...
Feb 19, 2019•47 min
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 website needs quality content, this could be the fastest way to produce it, so you can get on with what you do best, which is seeing patients. On this episod...
Feb 12, 2019•38 min
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-years of age. On this episode we discuss: Working in the NHS and having a part-time business on the side. Why he eventually left the NHS and the safety...
Feb 06, 2019•47 min
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 podiatrist; you can achieve high levels of success with a single location in a relatively small town if you set things up correctly. On this episode we discus...
Jan 30, 2019•31 min
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 page @DrHighHeels, and how this page helps her become more relatable and approachable. Why using short videos for Facebook and Instagram work so well ...
Jan 23, 2019•33 min
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 their road running range. Simon explained that he worked with some of the best sporting clubs and sports practitioners after graduating, and he did this ...
Jan 17, 2019•49 min
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 Podcast. On this episode we discuss the following: Practice Management and the Virtual Practice Management Institute that Peter Wishnie runs with Tina Del Buo...
Jan 07, 2019•37 min
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 businesses and eventually starting podiatry at 28 years of age. We also discuss: Opening a multi-disciplinary clinic upon graduation and purchasing property ...
Jan 07, 2019•35 min
