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Recent Posts
- Wondering what these itchy bumps are
- Wondering what these itchy bumps are
- Custom foot orthotics in cycling
- Biomechanical Assessment of Work Footwear
- Treatment of ankle sprains
- LBG Summer School 2017
- STJ axis spatial location and rotational equilibrium
- The effects of foot strike on running economy in distance runners
- Homeless feet
- Buerger's Disease
- Interventions for congenital talipes equinovarus (clubfoot).
- Bumps on toes
- Small hole on bottom of foot
- After bunion surgery
- Help: Tiny Small Bumps Located On Sole Of Feet and Side of Pinky & Big Toe
- Unbelievable sharp/electric pain on lateral foot + little toe
- Wondering what these itchy bumps are
- Search Engine Popularity of Different Running Shoes Brands
- Yet again, more of the same …
- Failure to diagnose 10+ years chronic heel pain right foot
- Failure to diagnose 10+ years chronic heel pain right foot
- Help: Tiny Small Bumps Located On Sole Of Feet and Side of Pinky & Big Toe
- Help: Tiny Small Bumps Located On Sole Of Feet and Side of Pinky & Big Toe
- After bunion surgery
- After bunion surgery
- Podiatry Courses
- Podiatry Courses
- Bumps on toes
- Bumps on toes
- Superfeet to offer 3d printed insoles
- Embryonic development in the human foot
- Management of Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome
- Talocalcaneal coalition
- Mueller-Weiss Disease of the Tarsal Navicular
- ISPO Australian membership
- The Google Trends Thread
- Foot care practices in those with lymphoedema
- Foot orthoses for unstable feet
- Talar Peroneal Syndrome
- Fate of Obamacare under President Trump
- AmnioFix (amniotic membrance) injections for plantar fasciitis
- Clinical Trials Updates
- Cholesterol level in non-insertional Achilles tendonopathy
- Failure to diagnose 10+ years chronic heel pain right foot
- Running Economy and Foot Strike Pattern
- I know it is only a pilot study, but …. injuries in minimalist runners
- Is the drop of a running shoe associated with injury risk?
- Monday morning laugh
- Barefoot Running and ‘Overpronation’
- Impacts and injury and the transition to minimalist running shoes
Tag Archives: fallacy
Science vs Pseudoscience
There is probably not a lot I can say about this; the image speaks for itself. It was put together by the Skeptics Guide to the Universe (I listen to their podcasts on my longer runs). I also used this image below in a previous post and its worth repeating as it still resonates with me. Continue reading
The ‘appeal to antiquity’ fallacy
I have already written on a number of other fallacies that often get used. The ‘ appeal to antiquity ‘ is another commonly used logical fallacy that is often used when the assumption is that something is better because it is older, is traditional, or has “always has been done.” An often cited example is: “ Homeopathy has been around 300 years, so it must obviously work “¹. According to Logical Fallacies.info : Appeals to antiquity assume that older ideas are better, that the fact that an idea has been around for a while implies that it is true. Continue reading
‘Thou shalt not commit logical fallacies’
Anyone with an interest in science is probably familiar with the logical fallacies so widely used by the touters of quackery, pseudoscience and woo. I have written about a number of them in the context of ‘running’ and there are a lot more to come. Continue reading
‘Wishful Thinking’
‘ Wishful thinking ‘ is a fallacy or, more appropriately, a cognitive bias that puts people in the radar of skeptics. According to the Skeptics Dictionary : Wishful thinking is interpreting facts, reports, events, perceptions, etc., according to what one would like to be the case rather than according to the actual evidence Continue reading
OMG, have we got this so wrong!
After years of toiling away in the biomechanics lab, devouring all the research I could, publishing research, attending and speaking at conferences and treating 1000′s of patients and passing all that wisdom on to students, I have recently learnt that I got things so very very wrong. You see, all that fuss about overpronation , really had nothing to do with biomechanics and running form at all, it was due to: people with flat feet generally feel that they lack support in life or are not supported by those around them…It is as if the foot collapses in an attempt to feel grounded and supported Continue reading
The ‘Appeal to Authority’ Fallacy
An appeal to an authority is an argument that attempts to establish its conclusion by citing a perceived authority who claims that the conclusion is true. In all cases, appeals to authority are fallacious; no matter how well-respected someone is, it is possible for them to make a mistake. Continue reading
Why Ineffective Treatments Sometimes Work
I periodically have a problem with my Achilles tendon. Continue reading
