About
Built by a podiatrist, for podiatrists
Hi, I'm Mitchell Camm
I graduated from La Trobe University in 2011 with a degree in Podiatry. For five years I worked as a podiatrist, treating patients and seeing first-hand how gait analysis was done in clinical practice — mostly by watching a patient walk and making a judgement call.
It always bothered me. We had great clinical knowledge, but the tools to measure what we were observing just weren't accessible. Motion-capture labs existed, but they were expensive, complex, and completely impractical for everyday clinic use.
From Clinic to Code
In 2016, I made a leap into the tech world, becoming a joint founder in a startup in the education sector and building a career in web and software development. Passtab is now one of the biggest educational software programs in the country, used in 1 in 3 schools in Australia. I've spent the years since working across Drupal, Svelte, and machine learning, mastering how to build the kind of tools I wished I'd had in the clinic.
But I never stopped thinking about podiatry. The idea of going back and combining my clinical experience with my development skills has always been in the back of my mind.
Why PodGait Exists
PodGait is what happens when a podiatrist learns to code. It's the tool I wanted when I was practising, something that turns a mobile phone and a desktop computer into an objective gait analysis system.
No expensive equipment. No complex setup. Just coloured marker dots on the foot, a high-speed video recording, and computer vision software that tracks those markers through every frame to give you real, repeatable numbers.
Navicular drop. Rearfoot angles. Stance phase timing. Measured, not estimated
The Vision
I believe every podiatrist should have access to objective gait measurement to provide the best care for their patients. Not just the ones with a dedicated biomechanical space. PodGait is built to be affordable, practical, and genuinely useful in day-to-day clinical practice. Finances should not limit patient care.