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December 12, 2014She has multiple sclerosis and runs. Watch what happens around the 49 second mark of the video to see what happens to her legs at the end of a race. It is worth watching until the end to see how it pans out.
For more: Running with Multiple Sclerosis (PodiaPaedia) and Running and multiple sclerosis (Podiatry Arena)
Staff November 20, 2014This has become someone of a fad from time to time. The idea being of you work and socialize in high heel shoes, then why not do a workout in them to become conditioned to using them. The advantages are that you become more stringer and stable in the shoes that are inherently problematic, so are less likely to develop a problem. The disadvantage is that, the changes of a injury from a fall are high and maybe you should be working out in something that you do not spend much time in to get a more rounded muscle fitness from using different muscles. I do not know what to think of this except that if you are comfortable doing it, then do it.
Staff September 26, 2014Plantar fasciitis is a common problem, probably the most common skeletal problem seen by Podiatrists with many different approaches to its management. A new study just published compared stretching to strengthening in people with plantar fasciitis and found the strengthening group did better. There is some detail here on the strengthening exercises used, however all it not what it seems with the study as there were questions asked about it here and here. That does not mean that the strengthening exercises should not be done, it just means that we are not totally clear on the evidence.
Staff September 19, 2014Saddle bone deformity is a enlargement of bone on the top of the foot just in front of the ankle. That is the part of the foot that often gets referred to as the saddle. The technical name for this is a dorsal metatarsal cuneiform exostosis. Dorsal means top. The base of the first metatarsal and the medial cuneiform are the bones that are involved. Exostosis means enlargement of the bone, hence the name. There are a number of different causes for this, most of them biomechanical. The biggest problem with the saddle bone deformity is pressure on the enlarged bone from the shoe. This may cause a bursitis or may caused shooting pains from a pinched nerve or just be painful from the pressure. The best way to treat a saddle bone deformity is to remove the pressure causing the symptoms. Conservatively this can be with better fitting shoes and or pads shaped like a doughnut to get pressure off the enlarged bone. Surgically, the management is a removal of the enlarged bone.