Ep. 180 – Managing Foot and Ankle Injuries: Clinical Insights from Liz Bayley | PT pro talk

💭” Toes in extension is the position to train the foot in because it's functional - that's where we produce force.’’ - Liz Bayley Our guest Liz Bayley MSc, MCSP, HCPC, is a specialist dance physio with ‘Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance’ in London and was the head physio on Disney’s ‘The Lion King’, from 2021-2024 in London’s West End. Outside of dance, she has worked with Middlesbrough Football club, players from the UAE Pro League, and the National Basketball Association in the USA. Liz teaches international courses on the foot and ankle, and dance specific physiotherapy. In January 2025, she was a speaker at Sports Kongres in Copenhagen, talking about hypermobility and injury prevention in dancers. She wrote the section on ‘Posterior Ankle Impingement’ for the new edition of ‘Clinical Sports Medicine’, which will be released in 2026. Liz works with professional dancers in London, in shows such as ‘Mary Poppins’, ‘Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake’, and ‘Back to the Future’. She manages injuries in dancers around the world via telehealth, including European Ballet companies and world champion Irish Dancers, returning them to competition level. This episode is a complete guide for clinicians seeking to expand their evaluation and management tool kit. Liz's insight ranges from evidence-informed practice to specific biomechanics, return-to-play criteria, and personalized strategy for high-performance and dance populations. Liz Bayley presents clinically valuable, performance-oriented strategies for diagnosing, managing, and preventing foot and ankle injury. She offers dual qualifications both in dance and physiotherapy, which contribute a reflective, anatomically sound, and functional approach to rehabilitation of injury and optimization of movement. 📚You will learn about: Common foot and ankle injuries by region Key tips for subjective and objective assessment Treatment strategies Rehab mistakes to avoid, dancer-specific insights, and more 🔎 Liz Bayley’s resources of information: Social media, podcasts IADMS Journal of Dance Medicine & Science, The BMJ, and JOSPT Reliability testing of foot and ankle strength specific to Ballet using the ForceFrame and DynaMo by I. Thotawatta, A. Azevedo, S. Mayes, S. Bryce, E. Rio 📲 Liz Bayley’s contact information: Website: https://lizbayleyphysio.com/ 🐦X: @lizbayleyphysio 💻LinkedIn: Liz Bayley 📸Instagram: liz_bayley_physio ✉️Lizbayleyphysio@gmail.com PS: To join the HEP interest list, please click here: https://www.ptprotalk.com/hep-interest 👉𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 ⁠𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸⁠ 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗾𝘂𝗶𝗰𝗸 𝘀𝘂𝗿𝘃𝗲𝘆 :https://forms.gle/YspLGAzHph2fVord8 𝗔𝗯𝗼𝐮𝐭 𝐏𝐓 𝐏𝐫𝐨 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤 𝐏𝐨𝐝𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐭 In this channel, you will find physical therapy-related content, like interviews with experts that share their views and experiences, providing relevant information to help physical therapists improve their practice and patient care! 📩 Don't miss out on podcast updates! https://www.ptprotalk.com/ 🌐𝐅𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐨𝐰 𝐌𝐞 𝐎𝐧 𝐒𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐬 🔹 Instagram: https://bit.ly/ptprotalkig 🔹 Facebook: https://bit.ly/ptprotalkf 🔹 LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/ptprotalkl 🔹 Twitter: https://bit.ly/ptprotalkx 📩 Email: mariana@ptprotalk.com 💁‍♂️ 𝗦𝘂𝗽𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁 𝗣𝗧 𝗣𝗿𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝗹𝗸 𝗣𝗼𝗱𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁 PT Pro Talk Podcast is made possible thanks to the generous support of forward-thinking and innovative partners: 🔹 NeckCare 👉 https://bit.ly/3E1uYof 🔹 SaRaHealth 👉 https://bit.ly/saraytb 𝗧𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗸𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴: Ep. 180 – Managing Foot and Ankle Injuries: Clinical Insights from Liz Bayley | PT pro talk #FootAndAnkle #FootInjury #AnkleInjury#AnkleRehab#PhysicalTherapyTips 𝗥𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝘀 : foot and ankle injuries ankle rehab tips Managing Foot and Ankle Injuries: Clinical Insights from Liz Bayley common foot injury mistakes ankle sprain recovery Clinical Insights from Liz Bayley physical therapy ankle foot rehab techniques PT for ankle injuries foot and ankle rehab sports injury management ankle injury prevention ankle stability training Liz Bayley podcast rehabilitation for foot injuries physical therapy foot care foot injury treatment tips