From the category archives:

Podiatry

Yucatan Crippled Children’s Project Bikeathon

May 17, 2012

Yesterday, May 15, 2012, we completed our first day of the First Yucatan Crippled Children’s Project Bikeathon! Our group of intrepid weekend warriors are bicycling 444 miles in 9 days to benefit this worthy cause.

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Berchtold Callisto Chair – any advice?

May 16, 2012

Hi, I am looking at purchasing a new Berchtold Callisto Podiatry chair from Briggate and I am hoping that someone may be able to give me their thoughts on whether this chair is a good buy or not? Briggate are claiming that there are 745 of these chairs in use with in Australia at the moment.

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Pronation:Busting Some Myths with Disruptive Technology

May 11, 2012

Null Hypothesis: Current technology has implanted seeds that 1. pronation is bad 2

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Intrinsic foot muscle strengthening and hammer toe syndrome

May 9, 2012

I am a chiropody/podiatry student in Canada and I have been looking into the idea of strengthening the intrinsic muscles and how that can slow the progression of, or even correct, cases of flexible hammer toe syndrome. I am looking into this with the idea that barefoot squatting, using one’s own body weight or weighted squats, can enable this. I figure that doing this action barefoot causes the intrinsic muscles of the foot to contract in order to allow proper postural balance and foot stability.

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Federal budget is a missed opportunity

May 9, 2012

Press Release: FEDERAL BUDGET IS A MISSED OPPORTUNITY Quote: The Federal Government has missed out on a very real opportunity to improve the health of Australians living with diabetes. The Government has rejected a proposal by the Australasian Podiatry Council to substantially reduce the diabetes-related amputation rate by increasing Medicare-subsidised podiatry appointments. Australasian Podiatry Council President, Andrew Schox says it’s a deeply disappointing decision.

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The first sub-four minute mile (Today in History!)

May 7, 2012

As well as the Day in history thread , that has not missed a day since 6th April 2008, here is an extra one.

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What happened to Podiatry at the Royal North Shore Hospital?

May 5, 2012

The Sydney Morning Herald are Reporting: Quote: A staffing crisis at Royal North Shore Hospital has spread to the medical ranks, with hundreds of patients told to cool their heels while NSW Health officials recruit almost an entire new podiatry department. A patient who spoke to The Sun-Herald has had to start treating his own feet with a razor blade at home after his past two monthly appointments were cancelled because the hospital has lost all three of its consulting podiatrists

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Psoriasis

May 4, 2012

Psoriasis is a very common skin disorder that affects the life cycle of epidermal cells. Psoriasis causes the cells to build up rapidly on the surface of the skin and desquamation does not occur, leaving lesions that are thick silvery scales and itchy, dry, red patches and occasionally painful. Psoriasis is a chronic disease with [...]

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Recall Scheme for Paediatric patients

May 4, 2012

Has anyone working in the NHS Paediatric Podiatry Departments have details of their recall scheme for their patients? I want to set one up for my Paediatric patients in a NHS Trust.

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