Sam Turner

Stick with it - tips and tricks for foot and ankle taping

Get hands-on experience exploring taping methods in a practical setting. This includes quick-fire coverage of why we tape, watch-outs, and what the evidence supports before you pick up the tape.

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Sam Turner

Sam Turner is a Melbourne-based Sports & Exercise Podiatrist with a particular clinical focus on football, spanning both AFL and soccer. He holds dual qualifications in Podiatry and Prosthetics & Orthotics from La Trobe University — a combination that gives him a distinctive, integrated approach to orthotic prescription and footwear outcomes for his patients at Life Performance Sports Medicine.

Early in his career, Sam sought out and trained alongside some of the leading minds in orthotic prescription, building deep expertise not only in prescription but also in the manufacturing, modification, and fitting of orthoses to footwear—knowledge that continues to underpin his clinical practice today.

Sam currently serves as Consultant Podiatrist for the North Melbourne Football Club (AFL, AFLW and VFLW) and several VFL and NPL football clubs, having previously held the same role with Western United FC's Men's and Women's A-League teams. Alongside his clinical work, he contributes to the next generation of podiatrists as a Clinical Educator at La Trobe University and a Casual Academic at Victoria University.

Through his brand, That Football Podiatrist, Sam shares his ongoing work in football boot prescription and biomechanics with the broader podiatry community.