Ian Griffiths

Ian is a Podiatrist with over 20 years of clinical experience, specialising in sports podiatry, lower limb biomechanics, and foot orthoses.

I split my time between clinical practice/seeing patients and academia, and hold teaching roles at various institutions across the world.

I am a lecturer in Sports and Exercise Medicine at Queen Mary University of London, leading the biomechanics module on the MSc degree, and also an adjunct lecturer on the Doctor of Podiatric Medicine degree at Monash University in Melbourne, Australia, and a visiting lecturer at Ziauddin University in Karachi, Pakistan.

I have been awarded Fellowships in Podiatric Medicine by both the Royal College of Podiatry, and the Royal College of Physicians & Surgeons of Glasgow, and am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. I am also an executive board member for the Podiatric Sports Medicine Specialist Advisory Group.

I am invited to speak at conferences worldwide on the topics of lower limb biomechanics and foot orthoses, and continue to publish research and also act as a peer reviewer for several sports injury and physical therapy journals.

I have been fortunate enough to be part of the research teams which have published the largest and most extensive systematic reviews on the management of heel pain (plantar fasciitis), and the influence running shoes can have on injury risk.

My biggest joy is in helping amateur sportspeople be fit, healthy and resilient and empower them to understand how to organise their training and optimise their chances of reducing injury rates.