Joel Bell
Sports and Musculoskeletal Podiatrist
BHSc. Podiatry (AUT University, NZ)GCert Health Science (AUT University, NZ)
Certified Personal Trainer (New Zealand College of Fitness, NZ)
Registered with the Podiatry Board of Australia
Joel is a respected musculoskeletal podiatrist that is trusted by professional and elite level athletes to support their sports performance, lower limb health and comfort.
Aside from sporting injuries, Joel has a particular interest in treating shin splints, plantar fasciitis, stress fractures in the foot, achilles tendonitis, osteoarthritis and knee pain.
Joel works meticulously in helping his clients in three key areas. The first is using evidence-based medicine to rehabilitate lower limb sporting injuries from overuse syndromes, direct trauma, those associated with previous injuries and weakness, and other injury sources. Joel’s next focus is on preventing injuries from occurring, recurring and worsening through his expert knowledge of foot and leg biomechanics, and the intricacies of a person’s gait and movement patterns.
Finally, Joel excels in helping his clients improve and optimise their on-field performance during sports. He approaches this in many ways based on a person’s unique needs, including gait retraining, exercise therapy, correcting movement dysfunctions and imbalances, and more.
Prior to joining PhysioCentral, Joel spent eight years at one of New Zealand’s leading sports podiatry clinics where he specialised in treating chronic and acute injuries of the foot, ankle and lower limb. Joel has worked extensively with international sportspeople involved in rugby, netball, running, tennis, and golf.
Being involved in the technical footwear industry for over 12 years, Joel’s thorough knowledge about the impact of footwear on foot function, paired with his ability to make impactful changes to foot biomechanics through his experience with prescribing 3D-scanned custom foot orthotics, makes him a valuable asset and powerhouse for those involved in shoed sports. This includes running, football, netball, basketball, cricket, tennis, golf, skiing and the like.
Joel is results-driven, understanding the importance of getting his clients back on their feet as soon as possible. He marries the uptake of new clinical evidence with both proven techniques from his years of experience, as well as the latest analysis software and scanning tools, to best support his clients. Joel also has a keen focus on ankle-foot orthotics (AFOs), including the Richie brace and Aerospring brace, for conditions including posterior tibial tendon dysfunction (PTTD), drop foot, ankle instability, Achilles and plantar fascia offloading, severe flat foot, and more.
Discover more about how Joel can help with sports podiatry, orthotics, paediatric podiatry, skin and nail podiatry, gait analysis, and diabetic foot care.
Book an Appointment with Joel
joel@physio-central.com
+852 2801.4801
