Lower Extremity Review
Footwear is a global business, with small and large companies co-existing, often purporting design differences or mechanical properties as their ‘edge’ within a competitive market. There is little consistency between commercial grade footwear brands for…
By Cylie M. Williams, Stewart C. Morrison, Kade Paterson, Katherine Gobbi, Sam Burton, Matthew Hill, Emma Harber, and Helen Banwell
There are so many types of injuries, but we have to start putting together a good picture of what happened and can it be prevented in the future. You can actually have a positive impact on all the different types of injuries, at least in the rehabilitation, by knowing the most you can.
By Richard Blake, DPM
Growing up playing sports, I would hear coaches call some kids “injury prone.” Now that I have my doctorate in physical therapy and work as a youth sports physical therapist, I have a different perspective on what it means to be “injury prone.” It is not just a coincidence, nor are the forces of the universe conspiring to end a child’s potential…
By Jay Blumberg, PT, DPT
Plantar warts have plagued humans for thousands of years, but newer therapies, including immunotherapy and microwave treatments, offer promise in improving therapeutic outcomes for these frustrating challenges. Warts and verrucae are benign growths occurring in the skin and mucous membranes due to infection with various strains of the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV).
By Ivan Bristow, PhD, FFPM, RCPS (Glasg)
We all know that several of the things we’ve been doing for years to treat plantar warts are just not that effective. It’s frustrating for the patients and it’s frustrating for us as clinicians. So we have to think outside the box. And that’s what got me interested in learning more about microwave therapy for this everyday condition that…
By Robert Conenello, DPM, FACFAS
It has been demonstrated that foot problems increase the risk of falls in older people. Fear of falling has been described as ongoing concern about falling that ultimately limits the performance of daily activities.
By Fateme Pol, Zahra Khajooei, Sayed Mohsen Hosseini, Alireza Taheri, Saeed Forghany, and Hylton B. Menz
The 3 aspects of pain – mechanical, inflammatory, and neuropathic – should be considered, tracked and discussed at every visit for patients on a rehabilitation pathway. In this book on mechanical treatments for various injuries and pain syndromes, a discussion into the 3 sources of pain is as crucial as an understanding of the 3 phases of…
By Richard Blake, DPM
“The climate emergency is a multidisciplinary, multisectoral crisis that transcends professional and organizational barriers. Health professionals can help bring sharp focus to the urgent reforms required from individuals, organizations, and governments”.
By Angela Margaret Evans, AM*
Achilles tendinopathy (AT) is one of the most frequent overuse injuries in athletes, yet there is still a gap in the evidence for the efficacy of any modality of treatment in high-quality studies.
By Diego Ailton Prudêncio, Nicola Maffulli, Filippo Migliorini, Thiago Teixeira Serafim, Luis Felipe Nunes, Luciana Sayuri Sanada, and Rodrigo Okubo
The highest proportion of milk crate-related lower extremity injuries involved the patient falling off a milk crate followed by being struck by a milk crate and tripping over a milk crate. The most common type of lower extremity injury was contusion or abrasion.
By Mathias B. Forrester, BS
It should come as no surprise that the process of buying and selling businesses is affected by the general health of the economy. More expensive borrowing, market uncertainty, and shifts in consumer demand are all factors that can make both buyers and sellers wary about pursuing transactions.
By David Fergusson
I’ll try and provide you with an overview of the technologies and techniques involved in plantar pressure analysis, how that data is normally reported, and what you can do with the data so it can benefit your clinical management and evidence-based medicine. I’ll also provide examples from the…
By Nachiappan (Nachi) Chocklingam
This meta-analysis of 7 acute studies found intermittent short breaks of standing led to a significant reduction in postprandial glucose compared to prolonged sitting. Light-intensity walking was found to be a superior intervention compared to standing and prolonged sitting.
By Aidan J. Buffey, Matthew P. Herring, Christina K. Langley, Alan E. Donnelly, and Brian P. Carson
Bone repair and regeneration (osteogenesis) relies on a series of intricate events supported by the processes of osteoinduction and osteoconduction. Osteoinduction is the mechanism by which osteogenesis is induced. At this stage, immature cells develop into preosteoblasts.
By Windy Cole, DPM, CWSP
What is it to say you use a biomechanical approach for your patients? Biomechanics means the functional mechanics of the body. Our bodies are unbelievable. They are very powerful, and fairly resilient. Why do they get injured? What systems or other body parts affect the injured body part?
By Richard Blake, DPM, MS
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