--- title: "Podcast: Understanding How Forces Affect Foot Function" description: Listen to this podcast to learn how forces affect humans in our daily lives, about the systems our bodies use to manage these forces over time, and how they can become greater than what our bodies can tolerate. image: https://blog.xsensor.com/hubfs/IntelligentDynamicSensing_Podcast.png --- [![XSENSOR](https://blog.xsensor.com/hubfs/raw_assets/public/XSENSOR_February2021/images/logo.svg "XSENSOR")](https://www.xsensor.com/) - [Solutions & Platform](https://xsensor.com/solutions-and-platform/solutions-platform-landing) - SOLUTIONS - - - [Continuous Skin Monitoring](https://www.xsensor.com/solutions-and-platform/csm/continuous-skin-monitoring) - [Patient Bed Monitoring](https://www.xsensor.com/solutions-and-platform/csm/patient-bed-monitoring) - [Wheelchair Seating](https://www.xsensor.com/solutions-and-platform/csm/wheelchair-seating) - [Surgical Table Monitoring](https://www.xsensor.com/solutions-and-platform/csm/surgical-table-monitoring) - 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***Learn ****what forces affect our bodies, including those that affect our feet like gravity or ground reaction force.* - ***Understand ****the different asymmetries that can affect foot function and plantar pressure.* - ***Experience ****how our body’s systems for dealing with these forces can change over time.* **Speakers:** Bruce Malkinson, Chief Operating Officer [***XSENSOR Technology***](https://www.xsensor.com/)Paul Graham, Founder of Stepforce, Musculoskeletal Podiatrist, & Clinical Educator in Plantar Pressure Analysis [***Stepforce***](https://stepforce.com/) ***[![Watch our FREE webinar replay now.](https://no-cache.hubspot.com/cta/default/8277230/faf285f9-60f6-4541-bb26-a7ecfa2de664.png)](https://cta-redirect.hubspot.com/cta/redirect/8277230/faf285f9-60f6-4541-bb26-a7ecfa2de664)*** Tags: [Human Performance](https://blog.xsensor.com/tag/human-performance), [Podcast](https://blog.xsensor.com/tag/podcast), [Intelligent Insoles](https://blog.xsensor.com/tag/intelligent-insoles) [Back to Blog](https://blog.xsensor.com) ## Related Articles ## [Podcast: Creating a Lower Body Testing Protocol in Sport Using Plantar Pressure Mapping](https://blog.xsensor.com/podcast-creating-a-lower-body-testing-protocol-in-sport-using-plantar-pressure-mapping) Bruce Malkinson (XSENSOR Technology Corporation) is joined by Antonio Robustelli (OmniAthlete... 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