Developmental coordination disorder (DCD) is a persistent neurological issue beginning in younger years which impacts the preparing of movements and co-ordination as some thing happens to the signals with the head not being sent appropriately to the body. Because of this, there are disabilities in skilled motor activity as a young child develops. The role of podiatry practitioners in managing a number of the problem of developmental coordination dysfunction showed up in a recent episode of PodChatLive. PodChatlive is a regular live show hosted by Craig Payne coming from Melbourne and Ian Griffiths out of the United Kingdom. They have on regular experts to consider a number of different subjects. Each episode is broadcast live on Facebook and is later on YouTube and as a podcast. The edition in which Developmental coordination disorder was spoken about was the episode on paediatric gait and the expert was the paediatric specialist Nina Davies. They outlined standards for examining the paediatric client and how just under-estimated Developmental Coordination Dysfunction is and how we should be thinking about this as opposed to just pondering a clumsy kid. They furthermore outlined in-toeing walking styles and its particular triggers and therapies. An additional interesting issue was just how fundamental it really is to try and be goal/activity centered and focus on involvement in activity as opposed to searching to “correct” or “fix” things in the growing human.
Nina Davies is a podiatrist who qualified with a BSc(Hons) in Podiatry from Huddersfield University in the United Kingdom and achieved a Masters degree in Podiatric Clinical Biomechanics at the Staffordshire University in the UK. She holds a clinical lead role in the National Health Service in the United Kingdom, focusing in bone and joint podiatry with her clinical workload generally specializing in paediatrics and that involves clinical pathway creation, program advancement along with contributing to the supply of training and mentorship. Nina is in addition a visiting lecturer at Staffordshire University in the UK where she delivers a unit in paediatric podiatry at the post graduate stage.