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    Treating plantar fasciitis; American Physical Therapy Association guidelines

    Heel Pain – Plantar Fasciitis: Revision 2023 Clinical Practice Guidelines Linked to the International Classification of Functioning, Disability...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Dec 4, 2023, 16 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    The story of intrinsic foot muscle strengthening and how it was solved

    Once upon a time, as running for health reasons became more popular, a group of experts got together and helped design shoes that made running...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Nov 11, 2023, 1 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Targeted exercises for the diabetic foot

    I came across this on the internet and was startled by it. Does evidence about the benefits of strengthening the diabetic foot exist which has...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Nov 6, 2023, 3 replies, in forum: Diabetic Foot & Wound Management
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    Podiatry based interventions to prevents falls in the elderly

    It looks pretty certain that the intrinsic foot muscles play an important role in static and dynamic balance and we also know that these muscles...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Oct 17, 2023, 14 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    For the foot during standing, think canoe and outrigger

    I have said elsewhere that the long and short toe flexors help spread the load across the foot but, on reflection, and considering one very...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Oct 1, 2023, 2 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  6. scotfoot
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    ACL injuries in female footballers

    ACL injuries are a lot more common in female footballers compared to male and a number of potential reasons for this have been proposed for this ....
    Thread by: scotfoot, Sep 16, 2023, 3 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Strengthening weak feet

    Research shows us that just wearing more minimal shoes will see a near 60% increase in toe flexor strength over 6 months but no further increases...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Aug 12, 2023, 10 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  8. scotfoot
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    Designing a shoes to reduce falls in the elderly

    What are the features a shoes should have if its purpose is to reduce falls in the elderly when compared to other shoe designs? Well ,IMO- 1 It...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Jul 22, 2023, 3 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Arch flexibility and gait

    Apparently, medial arch flexibility, and flexibility at the Navicular/medial Cuneiform joint in particular, may be key to upright gait . A well...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Jun 10, 2023, 4 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  10. scotfoot
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    Teaching foot exercises.

    So after thinking around the subject for 13 years plus, I seem to have finally figured out how to teach the "doming" foot strengthening exercise...
    Thread by: scotfoot, May 27, 2023, 6 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Treating running injuries in adolescents

    Adolescent exercise-related lower leg pain musculotendinous characteristics Alexandra F DeJong Lempke 1 2 3, Sarah Jackson 2 3 4, Andrea...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Feb 9, 2023, 1 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  12. scotfoot
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    A permanent solution to plantar fasciitis ?

    How do you fix plantar fasciitis long term :Use footwear that allows the toe flexor muscles to work properly and so take load off of the plantar...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Jan 29, 2023, 1 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  13. scotfoot
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    Treating plantar fasciitis with foot strengthening

    It seems to me that if you want to reduce load on the PF by strengthening the intrinsic and extrinsic toe flexor muscles you must also ensure that...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Dec 8, 2022, 49 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  14. scotfoot
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    The importance of the foot muscles.

    Until now I had always thought that the extrinsic foot muscles would likely have a considerably greater role to play in actually propelling the...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Oct 16, 2022, 2 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  15. scotfoot
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    Learning to dome the foot (short foot exercise)

    In a nut shell this ; how do you teach/perform foot doming for intrinsic foot muscle strengthening? IMO, sit on a chair with one leg extended...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Oct 1, 2022, 5 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Lower limb injuries; vicious circles

    Footwear makes our feet weak even if we are active. So there is a foot strength/ rest of body strength imbalance, even before an exercise program...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Sep 1, 2022, 3 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  17. scotfoot
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    The foot as a lever :Factors influencing stiffness and efficiency

    Even in the greatly weakened state that habitual use of modern shoes causes, the intrinsic foot muscles significantly contribute to foot stiffness...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Jul 28, 2022, 2 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  18. scotfoot
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    Plantar fasciitis and foot strengthening

    This clinical trial has just been registered . In my opinion it is likely to be a wild goose chase....
    Thread by: scotfoot, Jul 22, 2022, 2 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  19. scotfoot
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    Hallux valgus and foot strengthening

    Very encouraging to see this publication . The strengthening exercises being used are the ones that Mickle et al found to be effective for foot...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Jul 2, 2022, 18 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  20. scotfoot
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    The myth of toes curling to grip the ground

    If you try and balance on one foot with weak intrinsic foot muscles you might well see the lesser toes adopt a "hammer toe" like arrangement to...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Apr 28, 2022, 113 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  21. scotfoot
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    Falls following foot surgery.

    If foot or ankle surgery is planned should these structures be strengthen before the surgery? Also, should special attention be paid to...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Apr 14, 2022, 2 replies, in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
  22. scotfoot
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    Toe curling exercises and the adductor hallucis oblique head

    "The ADDH-OH is the primary contributor to TFS production among the plantar intrinsic and extrinsic foot muscles as the result of the stepwise...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Mar 26, 2022, 1 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  23. scotfoot
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    The plantar fascia and pressure under the toes

    I have read that tension in the plantar fascia translates into downward pressure from the digits onto the ground and I also believe that the...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Feb 27, 2022, 22 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  24. scotfoot
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    Supportive or minimal shoes

    Injuries aside , which type of shoes are the most comfortable ? What features do they have ?
    Thread by: scotfoot, Dec 24, 2021, 2 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  25. scotfoot
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    Do shoes weaken our feet ?

    A paper was just published by Dr Chris D'Aout and his co-workers which ,when taken with other such studies, strongly suggests that modern...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Oct 16, 2021, 5 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  26. scotfoot
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    Sensory-Motor Mechanisms and falls risk in DPN patients

    From a recent paper Reeves et al 2021 https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina57050457 "Quote . Falls in people with diabetes is actually an even...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Aug 29, 2021, 2 replies, in forum: Diabetic Foot & Wound Management
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    Treating pain in adult flat foot -exercises more effective than orthotics

    The Impact of Foot Orthoses and Exercises on Pain and Navicular Drop for Adult Flatfoot: A Network Meta-Analysis Ngoc-Tuyet-Trinh Hoang 1,2,† ....
    Thread by: scotfoot, Jul 30, 2021, 2 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Do toe springs shorten feet

    Please correct me if you think I am wrong but, as I see it, if you balance on an ice hockey puck ,your base of support is not the length of your...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Jul 17, 2021, 1 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Do we all have feet half as strong as they should be ?

    This abstract was just published on the internet . Basically , adolescent female gymnasts where found to have 80-86 % greater toe flexor...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Jul 8, 2021, 5 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  30. scotfoot
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    Management of plantar heel pain: a best practice guide informed by a systematic review, expert clini

    A helpful guide for the management of plantar heel pain has recently been published by D Morrisey et al . I have one concern about the paper and...
    Thread by: scotfoot, May 7, 2021, 14 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  31. scotfoot
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    The abductor hallucis muscle ;what does it do ?

    As people will know ,the abductor hallucis muscle is one of the larger intrinsic muscles of the foot ,but what does it actually do ? If you look...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Mar 27, 2021, 3 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  32. scotfoot
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    The foot as an organ of circulation

    In my opinion the entire foot is an osseofascial pump, critical to venous return from the foot and lower limb . Backing this assertion are these...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Mar 14, 2021, 11 replies, in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
  33. scotfoot
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    The functional importance of human foot muscles for bipedal locomotion

    The functional importance of human foot muscles for bipedal locomotion Dominic James Farris, Luke A. Kelly, Andrew G. Cresswell, Glen A. Lichtwark...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Mar 7, 2021, 3 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  34. scotfoot
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    The extensibility of the plantar fascia influences the windlass mechanism during human running

    I am absolutely baffled by aspects of this paper, which contains material which seems to me to make no sense . The specific part of the paper I am...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Feb 27, 2021, 6 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  35. scotfoot
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    Intrinsic foot muscles .A substantial collective mass .

    Fascinating images of the intrinsic foot muscles from Melinda M Smith and her colleagues . New insights from @MelindaM_Smith , @NatJCollins ,...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Oct 3, 2020, 7 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  36. scotfoot
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    Are Australian physiotherapists the best in the world ?

    Australian physiotherapy is in the news for excellence . It would appear that in sports such a Aussie rules football and artistic occupations...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Sep 8, 2020, 5 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
  37. scotfoot
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    Feet are in Vogue , literally.

    Here is a link to an article on foot health and mechanics just published in Vogue magazine . Hot topic these days....
    Thread by: scotfoot, Aug 31, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    Chronic ankle instability and the short foot exercise

    Recently a number of papers have been published which link the short foot exercise with improvements in chronic ankle instability . Some have...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Aug 6, 2020, 1 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Windlass mechanism not main stiffener of the foot at push off !

    So another very interesting paper from Farris and Kelly (see link below ) . This paper lays out a case that the windlass mechanism is not the...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Jul 19, 2020, 23 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    The stuff between the bony arch of the foot and the plantar fascia

    Every now and again I find myself coming back to the same question . Superiorly we have the bony arch of the foot , and on the plantar aspect we...
    Thread by: scotfoot, Jul 3, 2020, 12 replies, in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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