Audio Interview with Dr. Bruce Williams

In this interview Dr. Williams will discuss the importance of the foot strike to performance and injury prevention, and how shoes, ankle taping, and previous injury can bias athletes toward a certain strike pattern. We also discuss the association between foot strike and foot function and how they relate to the most common injuries in the NBA: Lateral ankle sprains, Patellofemoral inflammation, Lumbar sprain / strain , Hamstring strain, and Adductor strain.

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BIO

Dr. Bruce Williams graduated from Scholl College in 1991 and completed his Podiatric Surgical Residency at St. Mary's Medical Center in Merrillville, Indiana in 1992. He has been in private practice for the last 19 years in Merrillville Indiana. Initially he was in practice with his Father, Dr. Robert M. Williams ( ICPM '72) who is now deceased.

Dr. Williams is a Diplomate of the American Board of Podiatric Surgery and also a fellow and past president of the AAPSM (American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine.) His practice focus is foot and lower extremity biomechanics, computerized gait analysis, and sports medicine. Dr. Williams has numerous published articles in in-shoe pressure analysis and custom foot orthotics. He wrote a chapter on Clinical Gait Evaluation of the Athlete in the book, "Athletic Footwear and Orthoses in Sports Medicine" Springer; editors M. Werd, E. Knight 2010.

Dr. Williams is also the teams podiatrist for Valparaiso University and Calumet College of St. Joseph's.

You can find more about Dr. Williams at BreakThroughPodiatry.com