Colin Papworth

Podiatrist / Clinic Owner – MSK / Running Assessment and Treatment

My podiatry career has been refined and expanded to look at all aspects of human movement. My treatment aim is get people moving again and enduring the patient has an understanding of how and why they move as they do. So as a podiatrist I need to understand the link between injury and function, explain this to our patients and then devise a treatment plan that works for them. I use many aspects of traditional podiatry and combine this with movement and breathwork to help the patient become active again. This is what most of them want to do and we have to work them. Teaching people to walk and run is a really common part of the job. I run workshops for biomechanics assessments for common conditions and also for running injuries. I qualified in 1999 and have worked in both NHS and private clinics and now have my own clinics based in Chesterfield and the Peak District. I have worked in running shops, MOD rehab centres and with various sports based practitioners.

Functional Biomechanics Made Easy. Why assessment is key, what to look for and how to keep these patients moving.

I will discuss the reasons why the body has to move to help the body recover, the assessment process being key to identify the issues that have caused the overloading and then how we can change these damaging loading forces using our toolbox of options. I will use case studies of different common conditions we see and how we addressed them. Introduce what to look for in an assessment and talk about using different methods to keep the patient moving as much as possible. We will also discuss how to teach someone to walk again.