Severs disease or Calcaneal apophysitis in the heel bone is a common problem in kids and a full show of the video livestream, PodChatLive was about this issue. PodChatLive is a live chat stream that originally goes out through Facebook and is later on published to YouTube. The audio adaptation is also published as a podcast for the customary podcast platforms. For that show on calcaneal apophysitis, the two hosts, Craig Payne and Ian Griffiths chatted with Alicia James regarding the most up-to-date ideas on calcaneal apophysitis (Severs disease). She carried out a PhD on the condition therefore was obviously a good selection of expert. They pointed out what is thought about the causes of Severs disease and some of the more widespread therapies, particularly the role of knowledge and the way to handle the objectives of the kid and their parents. Calcaneal apophysitis is essentially self limiting and definitely disappears by itself, so it is often a situation of coping with lifestyle and sporting activities in that time period.
Alicia James has worked in public multidisciplinary clinics assessing and treating paediatric foot and lower leg disorders. She is presently the Head of Podiatry at Peninsula Health and a Director at the Kingston Foot Clinic and Children’s Podiatry. Alicia has a very strong commitment to the podiatry profession, having earlier been a director for the Australian Podiatry Association (Vic) board and a past president of the Australian Podiatry Association (Vic) as well as being a past chairperson of the Victorian Paediatric Podiatry Special Interest group. She was given the Jennifer O’Meara Award early in 2010 for her contributions. Alicia is also a credentialed Paediatric Podiatrist as awarded by the Australian Podiatry Council, being only one of the five podiatry practitioners around Australia that have achieved this so far. She was not long ago awarded her PhD for carrying out a sizable clinical study of treatment options for calcaneal apophysitis in kids.
