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Clinical Biomechanics Boot Camp; Vancouver, Canada; 16 (Sunday) & 17 (Monday) October 2016

Clinical Biomechanics Boot Camp; Vancouver, Canada; 16 (Sunday) & 17 (Monday) October 2016 Please Book Early to secure a place. This is version 3.0 of the Clinical Biomechanics Boot Camps, which is a complete rewrite of previous versions! Discussion and feedback on previous Boot Camps Selected Content (content is constantly evolving and being added to): – Short or long term use of foot orthotics Continue reading →

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Limps `n Lumps

`Limps & Lumps` Podopaediatrics meets Dermatology is coming to Birmingham.. Speakers, Robert Isaacs & Belinda Longhurst Date: 13/08/16 Venue: Bromsgrove Britannia (formerly Hilton) Hotel, Birmingham Road, Birmingham B61 0JB Cost: 110 squid, includes course notes, lunch & refreshments Podopaediatrics, Robert Isaacs. Continue reading →

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The Double Medial Malleolus: A New Physical Finding in Talocalcaneal Coalition

The Double Medial Malleolus: A New Physical Finding in Talocalcaneal Coalition . Rocchi V et al J Pediatr Orthop Continue reading →

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Effect of a Foot Massage in Schizophrenia

Research on the Effect of the Foot Bath and Foot Massage on Residual Schizophrenia Patients. Kito K, Suzuki K. Arch Psychiatr Nurs Continue reading →

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Muscle Trigger Points and Pressure Pain Sensitivity Maps of the Feet in Fibromyalgia

Muscle Trigger Points and Pressure Pain Sensitivity Maps of the Feet in Women with Fibromyalgia Syndrome. Tornero-Caballero MC et al Pain Med. 2016 Jun 1 Continue reading →

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Patient positioning

If a patient has a lot of heel callous, do others get the patient on their front, so that the heels can be treated both, more safely and effectively? I feel that even if you have a body block heel raise, it is still better in many instances to get the patient on their front. I have done this with several patients recently who have found it much better to carry out heel callous treatments in this manner. Continue reading →

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Customer returns of ill-fitting merchandise: New Survey

netizens Passed on in good faith According to the new study $62.4 billion worth of apparel and footwear is returned every year due to incorrect fit. That works out to about 57 percent of footwear and 64 percent of apparel purchases. http://footwearnews.com/2016/busines…online-226642/ toeslayer Continue reading →

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EMLA cream prior to verruca treatment

A Double-Blind, Randomised, Placebo-Controlled Trial of EMLA Cream (Eutectic Lidocaine/Prilocaine Cream) for Analgesia Prior to Cryotherapy of Plantar Warts in Adults. Continue reading →

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Verrucae treatment solved by the ultimate recycling

This must be the best recycling ever .Have a cup of tea and recycle the bag on to the patients vp’s.( maybe allow the bag to cool a little first):morning: http://boredomtherapy.com/ways-to-re…67837484&pas=1 apparently dried green teabags can be used to treat warts. Add this to the list for Robert Isaacs 😀 geoff Attached Images 05-reuse-tea-bags.jpg (163.5 KB) Continue reading →

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Feet/ Foot dataset?

Hi, After doing some searching here on the forums and www I am struggling to find any potential datasets for foot morphological measures. In a similar way to WHO or NHANES data, perhaps that’s a weak comparison. Can anyone suggest a large dataset of lengths, breadths, widths and heights etc that I could compare some research data to? Continue reading →

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