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  1. thekwie
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    Facts do not matter to...

    *My utter lack of surprise*
    Post by: thekwie, Apr 21, 2016 in forum: Break Room
  2. thekwie
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    Salary or Percentage Pay for Private Practice

    Hum, Zac, I suppose that depends on how much the associate pulls through the door... As a contractor on a percentage, I am aware that I well and...
    Post by: thekwie, Feb 25, 2016 in forum: Practice Management
  3. thekwie
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    What do you guys make of this: a diagnosis?

    I have drained a couple of these, some have refilled (although it took over a year) and some disappeared. Obviously in the location on your photo,...
    Post by: thekwie, Aug 27, 2015 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
  4. thekwie
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    Neoprene footwear in the neuropathic foot. Is it contraindicated?

    Hi Amanda, My two cents worth "From memory I think it had something to do with heat and moisture transfer but then it's also been suggested to...
    Post by: thekwie, Aug 25, 2015 in forum: Diabetic Foot & Wound Management
  5. thekwie
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    Patent for high heel shoe to exercise the achilles tendon

    I look at that and my plantar fascia immediately starts to ache.
    Post by: thekwie, Aug 19, 2015 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  6. thekwie
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    PACT for fungal nails

    So, a couple of years down the track from the original post: PACT: useful adjunct therapy or useless, practitioner-time-wasting, patient...
    Post by: thekwie, Aug 12, 2015 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
  7. thekwie
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    Private Health Insurance - Free Shoes???

    I have seen some patients in the past who have had some cover for shoes in their top-level extras cover. I believe this was more common in the...
    Post by: thekwie, Mar 25, 2015 in forum: Australia
  8. thekwie
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    Getting rid of bunions ... the quack is strong in this one

    In one of the towns where I work there is a Naturopath/Osteo/Opinionated Nutjob (lovely lady though) who regularly has people rubbing their...
    Post by: thekwie, Jan 13, 2015 in forum: Podiatry Trivia
  9. thekwie
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    Back to Front Feet

    Looking at the photos, the feet do not look "backwards", just in extreme plantarflexion - the calcaneus appears in a normal position. It looks...
    Post by: thekwie, Oct 8, 2014 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
  10. thekwie
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    August 15-16, 2014: Queensland State Podiatry Conference 2014

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jB2QFmXUCo
    Post by: thekwie, Aug 13, 2014 in forum: Conferences
  11. thekwie
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    August 15-16, 2014: Queensland State Podiatry Conference 2014

    Watch out for those cassowaries, Kevin! They are definitely on the list of "Australian Wildlife That Wants to Kill You"!
    Post by: thekwie, Aug 13, 2014 in forum: Conferences
  12. thekwie
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    Clipper opinions

    For the 10 years I've been a pod I've tried a few, but keep coming back to my single action westminsters (they used to be the "DS" but have just...
    Post by: thekwie, Jun 19, 2014 in forum: Practice Management
  13. thekwie
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    Clueless doctors and the doppler !

    Surfboy, the doctors don't just refer to you under an EPC for the Dopplers? The onus to show that we are the experts is on ALL of us, not just the...
    Post by: thekwie, Jun 11, 2014 in forum: Australia
  14. thekwie
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    Liability in the context of misdiagnosis of melanoma as a plantar wart

    Nina, my query exactly...
    Post by: thekwie, Feb 18, 2014 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
  15. thekwie
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    Podiatry Approved Shoe Standard www.podiatristapproved.com

    Target: At it again {THREADS MERGED} I seem to remember last year, Target were advertising "podiatrist approved" school shoes, and were...
    Post by: thekwie, Jan 15, 2014 in forum: Australia
  16. thekwie
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    International Calgary Running Symposium - celebrating the retirement of Benno Nigg

    Re: Internation Calgary Running Symposium - celebrating the retirement of Benno Nigg Anyone know if this will be streamed anywhere ie Portal...
    Post by: thekwie, Jan 6, 2014 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  17. thekwie
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    Patent granted for 'pincer nail' correction tool

    Eeesh. This looks unpleasant.
    Post by: thekwie, Dec 4, 2013 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
  18. thekwie
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    Infected diabetic foot ulcers decision making

    As I was viewing this thread, an ad appeared with a link to this site:...
    Post by: thekwie, Sep 25, 2013 in forum: Diabetic Foot & Wound Management
  19. thekwie
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    Chiropody drills and pacemaker

    Well, if there are, I've been doing some very wrong things for the last decade.... Logically, I see no possible way the drill could affect a...
    Post by: thekwie, Sep 25, 2013 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    Question re research conclusions on obesity and foot posture

    Ah, yes, this is what I was getting at in a not-well-written way, it seemed to me that there was a difference in what was being measured. I hadn't...
    Post by: thekwie, Jun 24, 2013 in forum: Pediatrics
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    Question re research conclusions on obesity and foot posture

    Hi All, Had the good fortune to attend the recent Australasian Podiatry Conference held in Sydney, which was brilliant (best clinically...
    Thread by: thekwie, Jun 13, 2013, 4 replies, in forum: Pediatrics
  22. thekwie
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    How do you decide whether to vaccinate, or not?

    Hahaha Tkemp, they can all infect each other...
    Post by: thekwie, May 29, 2013 in forum: Break Room
  23. thekwie
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    How do you decide whether to vaccinate, or not?

    Robert Isaacs, I like your flow chart very much. If I credit you, can I post this to some morons I know who don't think vaccination is necessary?
    Post by: thekwie, May 29, 2013 in forum: Break Room
  24. thekwie
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    Interesting Website on Intrinsic Muscles of Plantar Foot

    Thank you for that. Just tested myself naming/identifying actions (phew, after 9 years of practice I can still do it!). Would be a great tool for...
    Post by: thekwie, Apr 17, 2013 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    The Treatment of Verrucae Pedis Using Falknor's Needling Method: A Review of 46 Cases

    Re: The Treatment of Verrucae Pedis Using Falknor’s Needling Method: A Review of 46 Cases Thank you for this. Only discovered needling 12 months...
    Post by: thekwie, Apr 3, 2013 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
  26. thekwie
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    Swollen legs after post tib taping applied

    Hi Esher, I had a similar thing happen several years ago. Dredging up the details from the dark, deep depths of my mind, I believe the case was...
    Post by: thekwie, Mar 13, 2013 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Effect of different orthotic concepts as first line treatment of plantar fasciitis

    Hmmm, parhaps I've been operating on a crazy misconception for many years. My understanding was always to encourage gastroch/soleus stretching,...
    Post by: thekwie, Mar 12, 2013 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  28. thekwie
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    Looking for information on a nail bed disorder.

    Yep, Blinda, sometimes our typos are more entertaining if we leave 'em and correct 'em in the next post!
    Post by: thekwie, Mar 12, 2013 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
  29. thekwie
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    Looking for information on a nail bed disorder.

    Big knock. Too early on a monday.
    Post by: thekwie, Mar 10, 2013 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
  30. thekwie
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    Looking for information on a nail bed disorder.

    If he is a runner, tennis player, football player etc, or even went on a big hike, any of these can cause trauma without there beoing a single...
    Post by: thekwie, Mar 10, 2013 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    Foot 'detox' scam

    Er, is it deliberate that the ad at the top of the pageis actually for an ionic foot detox? (detoxdefeet.com.au) Is this monitored in any way?...
    Post by: thekwie, Mar 1, 2013 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
  32. thekwie
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    Night splint for plantar fascitis

    Yep that's the one. I have to say, I completely understand patients being non-compliant with any kind of night splint, all of them seem vastly...
    Post by: thekwie, Feb 26, 2013 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Night splint for plantar fascitis

    I had a patient come in with a sock style device: a strap sewn to the end of the toe area of the sock looped back around the leg just below the...
    Post by: thekwie, Feb 26, 2013 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  34. thekwie
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    Foot Health Practitioner using Protected Title?

    "A year to build a new business is not a long time. My very first accountant told me "if it doesn't work in 5 years , give it up" which I think is...
    Post by: thekwie, Dec 3, 2012 in forum: United Kingdom
  35. thekwie
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    Fraudulent pretend patients

    Nat, you're right - it's just asking for trouble isn't it?
    Post by: thekwie, Nov 14, 2012 in forum: Australia
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    Nasty lesion

    Hi zsuzsanna, I agree will Blinda, to paraphrase, eeek! Also, the photos are a little blurry, but it seems to me that the wound may be quite...
    Post by: thekwie, Nov 14, 2012 in forum: Diabetic Foot & Wound Management
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    Fraudulent pretend patients

    I had a similar incident earlier in the year. A patient had attended the clinic twice in 2009, but had claimed for regular treatment every month...
    Post by: thekwie, Nov 13, 2012 in forum: Australia
  38. thekwie
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    Neural prolotherapy

    re the previous reply A link to more info on the: Anti-inflammatory actions of acupuncture. Freek J Zijlstra, Ineke van den Berg-de Lange,...
    Post by: thekwie, Oct 30, 2012 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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