Homeopathy is an alternative or complementary approach to health care that makes a number of claims for it. Homeopathy involved the use of very diluted agents in water. There has been some suggestion that foo problems can be treated with it. However, every single clinical trial of homeopathy has shown that its does not work. Continue reading →
For years now we have been hearing about the minimalist or barefoot running fad which is now almost over as it failed to deliver the promised benefits and the science did not support all the claims being made for it. During this fad the super cushioned Hoka One One running shoes were releases to a Continue reading →
Hallux rigidus is the technical name for a stiff (rigidus) big toe (hallux) joint. It occurs when the joint does not move and is usually painful. The most common cause of the condition is osteoarthritis; in fact, some people use the term hallux rigidus to mean osteoarthritis, but it is not technically correct. Trauma or Continue reading →
The back of the heel bone, just where the achilles tendon inserts into it can be bigger in some people than in others. In those in which it is bigger, this is known as a ‘pump bump‘ as the enlargement is just where the pump style shoes can rub on it. The other name that Continue reading →