First Steps: A Guide to Setting Up and Running a Successful Podiatry Practice Paperback - 2015

Tim Flanagan graduated from Durham School of Podiatry in 1995. Working in the private sector had always appealed to Tim - working for himself and making his own decisions for patients and his future. During his time at Durham, he recalls only a small chunk of one lecture in the final year that was geared towards life outside the NHS. After qualification and later in 1995 he joined the NHS in Kent, worked as a Senior II Podiatrist, before being promoted just nine months later to a Senior I Specialist Biomechanics position. Tim started working privately in 1997, fitting the odd patient in during the evenings and quickly built up a loyal following of patients. He left the NHS full time in 2000 and set up a small private practice in Deal, Kent. That was quickly followed by a second practice in Ashford, Kent in 2002 that was purely focused on treating sports injuries and biomechanics. He equipped the clinic with state of the art digital gait analysis equipment and 3D laser foot scanners and quickly became one of the pioneering Podiatrists to be using the equipment outside of the NHS. In 2007 the first edition of this book, First Steps, was released in response to the lack of guidance available to Podiatrists and it has since been included on the final year reading lists for some of the UK Podiatry Colleges. Despite being aimed at UK Podiatrists, the book has also been popular in New Zealand and Australia. Tim worked closely with an American orthotics laboratory and lectured around Britain during 2008 on the subject of Gait Analysis and 3D scanners. He has worked with Sport England, treated Professional Athletes and Celebrities and is also now the author of over eight best selling books for children.