Zoe Wilson & Nick Knight

MSK Specialist Podiatrist, ZW Clinics
Director and Podiatrist, NK Active

Zoe Wilson (www.zwclinics.com) is an MSK Specialist Podiatrist based in the Lake District in the North of England. Zoe graduated from the University of Salford in 2015 and went on to complete her Master’s Degree in Theory of Podiatric Surgery in 2017. Since then Zoe has built two successful private practices which have now been formed into one larger clinic, ZW Foot & Lower Limb Centre, Kirkby Lonsdale. An avid and keen professional Zoe launched her first course in February 2023, “An introduction to prescribing The Richie Brace”. Zoe loves Podiatry and all that our profession has to offer the world! Zoe continually works towards delivering outstanding care to her patients and delivers a range of services including Physiotherapy, Podiatric Surgery consultations, 3D Gait analysis, Multidisciplinary consultations, Diagnostic Ultrasound, Injection therapy, AFO Therapy (Richie Brace) and CMFO (Custom made foot orthoses). Zoe is actively involved in speaking on a National and International scale on specialist subject areas of Adult Acquired Flatfoot and Foot Drop.

Nick Knight runs NK Active (www.nkactive.co.uk), a dedicated MSK Rehab and Podiatry service, with a focus on getting results and putting research into practice. He has an interest in Plantar plate injuries, 3D gait analysis and MTSS. He published his research into MTSS in runners and wants to bridge the gap between research and clinical practice. He has been fortunate enough to be on the Salomon think tank, part of the 2012 Podiatric medical team at the Olympics. He is also a visiting lecturer at the University of Southampton.

Foot Orthoses in Clinical Practice: Fascinating insights into innovation of offloading

This session brings two Musculoskeletal Podiatrists, Nick Knight of NK Active and Zoe Wilson of ZW Clinics to discuss their journey in providing Custom made foot orthoses to patients presenting with all manner of foot types, pathology, footwear and activity. The discussion will be centred around specific materials and how we integrate foot orthoses into the treatment plan. Zoe and Nick will also be discussing the new and innovative world of 3D printing and giving an honest account of how this new method of providing in house orthoses could change and certainly has changed the way we think about offloading.