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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: pseudoscience
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
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
Calling out the loons
I have started a new category for posts: Fallacies > Loons . I have no problems with professional disagreements; they exist and more often then not are usually respectful. I have always had a problem with the misunderstanding, misquoting, misuse and misinterpretation of research and science, which was a large part of the motivation for starting this blog. Continue reading
Posted in Podiatry, Running Shoes, Sports Medicine
Tagged loons, podiatry, pseudoscience, running shoes, snake oil
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