Podiatry practitioners may play a special role as part of the coverage during a variety of sporting events, primarily at fitness activities including the marathon where the feet are confronted with lots of load. Blisters and other traumas are frequent during these kinds of activities. The latest episode of the podiatry livestream, PodChatLive talked about the role of podiatry at different types of sports activities. The expert who the hosts spoke with in that live was Mandy Abbott who is a lecturer in podiatry at Glasgow Caledonian University in Scotland, the United Kingdom. She is also the Clinical Director for the Special Olympics United Kingdom and was Lead Podiatrist at the Commonwealth Games in 2014, the European Games in 2015 plus the World Indoor Athletics in 2018. These kinds of roles gave her a really special insight into the role which podiatry can take advantage of in offering expert services at most of these sport events. The episode reviewed about how precisely best to ready yourself for being part of a multidisciplinary team at these big activities or occasions. You will need to recognize acute injury’s treatment and be very skilled at taping solutions. Mandy gave information into the actual sort of things that Podiatry has a tendency to deal with at such sports, and also the personal/professional value in participating at these kinds of events.

Mandy Abbott’s main interests are in sports injuries as well as lower limb function. She works with numerous sports specialists such as a number of soccer clubs. In the position being a Clinical Director for Special Olympics, Mandy has been involved with national and world activities and has been able to involve podiatry students in foot screening of athletes having intellectual disabilities. Mandy's research interests have been in the consequences of foot supports on human movement. She has been given her Fellowship of the College of Podiatrists in Podiatric Medicine through the Society of Podiatrists and Chiropodists.