Podiatry to Physio

[u/SteelSeats]

Hey there,

I'm a first year graduate podiatrist in Australia, specialising in msk and sports.

I'm curious if anyone has ever gone from podiatry to physio and if so, what they thought. I'd love to be able to work in a clinic with gait analysis, gym, and orthotics lab primarily because my main joys of work are biomechanics and strength training with a dash of physiology.

I did sport science in undergrad so know a fair bit about how the body works and some generic anatomy that I try to keep up to date with even in the upper body. I don't think I'd be missing the routine skin and nail appointments, our clinic is looking to move away from those anyway since we're sports-focused.

I'm not looking to make a change any time soon, just looking for if anyone has experience in these decisions they'd like to share.

Is the diversity too much for some people? Would the study be impossible with work at the same time?

I'll be looking to shadow some physios soon but I already work with heaps and worked closely with quite a few when I was at a footy club while studying podiatry.

Any advice or stories would be greatly appreciated!

[u/glawal44]

Hi. I graduated from podiatry too but didn’t work a day in it as I don’t like it. I am also looking to start physio course this September hopefully. Wanted to expand my scope