Category Archives: Foot Problems

The NICE clinical guideline on type 2 diabetes

netizens Passed on in good faith. The NICE clinical guideline on type 2 diabetes. Type 2 diabetes foot problems: Prevention and management of foot problems Continue reading →

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Structure and function of the maasai foot

Salient features of the maasai foot: analysis of 1,096 maasai subjects. Choi JY, Suh JS, Seo L. Clin Orthop Surg. Continue reading →

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Do MBT Shoes Work?

What are they? MBT shoes were originally development in Switzerland and were the first of the toning shoes to come on the market. Continue reading →

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Press release re work boots

Press Release: Give old boots the boot! GIVE YOUR OLD BOOTS THE BOOT: AUSSIE FEET PAINFULLY NEGLECTED BOOT OWNERS IN THE DARK ABOUT BOOT LIFE SPAN Quote: Aussies are wearing their safety footwear and their feet into the ground, according to new research released by Blundstone*. A survey of more than 1000 people across Australia found nearly 60% of boot owners admitted to holding onto their boots until they are falling apart. The results are worrying for foot health, with experts warning that wearing worn out boots with compromised safety features increases general foot ailments, and can become a dangerous health hazard when working in high-risk environments. Continue reading →

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Do magnetic insoles work?

What are they? These are insoles that have magnets embedded in them allegedly so that a magnetic field can be applied to the body. Continue reading →

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Dublin Full and Part Time Positions

Full and part time podiatry positions available with full training. Continue reading →

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Foot Reading

Foot reading has become a recent trick doing the rounds at parties. There is a group of people known as foot readers who claim that they can determine a person’s personality by reading and looking at the characteristics of someone’s feet. There are plenty of books on this and there are plenty of people charging money to provide the service. Continue reading →

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Functional Hallux Limitus

What is it? Functional hallux limitus is a problem in which the range of motion of the big toe (“hallux”) joint is limited (“limitus”) when the foot is weightbearing (“functional”). The limitation is not there when the foot is up in the air or non-weightbearing Continue reading →

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Predatory Publishing (and does footwear in runners influence ‘disease’?)

What has that got to do with running? At first glance not a lot, but bear with me. I was first alerted to the concept of predatory publishing by Hylton Menz Continue reading →

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How to Treat Bunions

What is it ? A bunion is an enlargement of the joint at the base of the big toe and is almost always accompanied with a hallux valgus, that is the deviation of the big toe to rewards the lesser toes Continue reading →

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