Keep On Your Feet
The Foot, Ankle & Gait Clinic
About Jeremy Ousey
Jeremy, the owner at Keep On Your Feet, is well known amongst colleagues for enjoying a healthy debate. So much so that, because he got bored being told he was too wet behind the ears, he initially decided to do further studies so he could justify telling colleagues to update themselves!
As time has moved on, he has collected five degrees - four at a post graduate level and, as it was put to him, is 'thoroughly weaponised'.
So, foot pain: beware!
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With initial aspirations to be a foot and ankle surgeon, his mentor advised him to 'get really good at fixing things without surgery', so that surgery is always the final option. This is a view which mostly holds true to this day, however, this point of view is less about making surgery the last resort, actually about making it the best resort when the time comes.
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Although he is not working under the HCPC, his training in Sports Medicine, Diagnostic Medical Ultrasound, and the Theory of Podiatric Surgery means that he takes a multi-disciplinary approach to your care, all within the confines of a single consultation. This is especially useful as he draws knowledge in from working and training with colleagues from Rheumatology, Radiology, Orthopaedics, Dermatology and Physiotherapy (amongst other) backgrounds.
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When his friends were asked to contribute to his biography, they said: "Once you get past the fact he's English, he's not too bad, really." Unfortunately, the other quotes were more flowery and unable to be used.
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In his free time, he enjoys reading, dancing, and going back to his parents to play with their pugs: Ellenby and Bugsy. Seeing his parents isn't awful either.
Education
2014-2017
Podiatry (BSc(Hons))
University of East London
My BSc in Podiatry is where it all began. The experience gave me an excellent grounding in all aspects of managing conditions related to the feet, not to mention that as the training was in London, I had access to some of the most elite medical facilities available and I was fortunate enough to secure an honorary position with the Newham Podiatric Surgery team. Despite this
2017-2018
Podiatric Sports Medicine (PgC)
Queen Mary's, UoL
Immediately on finishing my undergraduate degree, I was given the opportunity to study the Postgraduate Certificate at QMUL. At the time, an exception was made, allowing me to start this course without having a year in practice - a privilege I earned only because of the team I worked with at Newham.
This course introduced me to working with physiotherapists, osteopaths and doctors as well as allowing me to see where my strengths truly lay in this team of health professionals. I quickly realised that I needed to up my game, and that there was no reason I couldn't integrate the useful parts of their knowledge into my own practice. It was also this degree that introduced me to ultrasound scanning.
2019-2020
Theory of Podiatric Surgery (MSc)
University of Huddersfield
I decided that I wanted to become a foot and ankle surgeon, and so started my Masters in the Theory of Podiatric Surgery. This is where I dipped my toe into the more advanced management of podiatric problems. This degree covered using imaging techniques like X-rays, MRIs, CT scans and ultrasound scans.
It was also the start of where I learned to question what I know. The benefit of undertaking a Master's degree is that it forces us to think about what we know and then how we know it.
Although the PgCert was where I started gaining more skills, it was this degree that led me to really start progressing to being the best version of myself as a podiatrist.
2020-2022
Anglo-European Chiropractic College
Learning my weaknesses through the Theory of Podiatric Surgery degree, I realised that the ultrasound skills I learned at QMUL only just exposed me to the basics. I needed to progress my skillset, especially as I realised that ultrasound is practically the 21st Century's stethoscope.
I studied scanning of musculoskeletal pathology (injuries) and soft tissue pathology (lumps and bumps).
2021-2022
Sports & Exercise Medicine (MSc)
Queen Mary University of London
This was probably my favourite degree to sum my experiences up. With it building on the experience and knowledge gained in the postgraduate certificate in Podiatric Sports Medicine and sharing the learning environment with doctors, physiotherapists and podiatrists: the lectures and training we had pushed our knowledge outside of our comfort zones. On top of this, getting to use research-grade technology to investigate biomechanics and researching the changes that occur to human biomechanics after trauma gave me a new appreciation for the ways which interventions can help to optimise people's journey of recovery. In particular, the knowledge gained by moving away from orthotics as the main intervention, and then considering how rehabilitation and neural rehabilitation play a part to recovery changed my practice and has allowed me to combine my approach with the approaches of more forward-thinking and up-to-date physiotherapy interventions.
Despite the extensive education in, and adjacent to, podiatry, he practices simply as a foot and ankle specialist - incorporating all aspects of his training, rather than as a podiatrist regulated by the HCPC.
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About the Author
Jeremy Ousey is the owner at Swansea's Foot & Ankle clinic: Keep On Your Feet. All the information found on this page was written by him (there's no AI or Chat-GPT here!), and has been carefully chosen to provide you with the information that you need to know about the clinic. Jeremy has a Bachelor of Science in Podiatry, with honours, a Post-Graduate Certificate in Podiatric Sports Medicine, a Post-Graduate Diploma in Medical Ultrasound, and two Master's of Science degrees in the Theory of Podiatric Surgery, and Sports & Exercise Medicine.