Competing Theories in Podiatric Biomechanics Seminar

If Kevin is God.

I guess Simon must be the Pope!!

The Ultimate Credential......

In some cases credentials do make you right....when you are GOD.

Ed

 

How lucky are we to be experiencing the second coming of the Messiah?


I guess the laws of physics are moot when you are God.

 

Occam's razor (or Ockham's razor[1]) is often expressed in Latin as the lex parsimoniae (translating to the law of parsimony, law of economy or law of succinctness). The principle is popularly, but incorrectly, summarized as "the simplest explanation is more likely the correct one." Wikipedia

I have lectured to many different professions including Orthopedists and Physiatrists all of whom immediately see the scientific merit in the MASS Posture approach.

Thanks but you are just plain WRONG.

Ed

 

Ed;
once again you perpetuate your ignorance about me and my thoughts on podiatric biomechanics. You also completely failed to get the meaning of my last post.

I have gone out of the way the last several years to avoid posts on the arena about you and your so called theories. I have excused myself from discussions about you from well known and respected colleagues who do not participate in podiatry arena. I have done this to give you a bit of benefit of the doubt since I had never heard you lecture or espouse your beliefs. I have even privately commented to Craig Payne that I felt you and others were treated disrespectfully many times by members of podiatry arena and I felt it was petty and unprofessional.

I have heard you do your pitch to podiatrists at your booth before and I've been around long enough to know a sales pitch when I hear one. Pitchmen will promise the sun and deliver nothing but hot air.

I have had discussions with your former partner Bob Levine about your identical theories on foot function and casting for many years now. I cast in a similar manner as you both do. That is where the similarities stop.

I credit the original podiatry list-serve, Podiatry Arena, and many of the people who frequent both on challenging me to explain my take on podiatric biomechanics from a scientific basis and through references that will help state the case. An open forum debate only works when both or all parties agree to work within certain parameters of discussion. You and others think that those rules of engagement do not apply and that you can continue to make undocumented and unsupported claims as you do regularly to people who don't know enough to challenge you.

All I asked from the last post is that you support your own claims instead of trying to bring down others. You do not know what you are doing and you make yourself out to be a fool in front of real researchers and scientists who were there on Saturday in Chicago. Your lofty claims of "research" are nothing but field trips to the smithsonian and the constuction of giant bones of the feet - I do like those and feel you should mass produce them for sale!.

You will continue with your claims and your little tweeks to get under the skin of Dr. Kirby and others but you will do nothing to dissuade the opinions of the majority of this thread.
Cheers;
Bruce Williams

 

I'm very happy to disappoint you Ed:drinks

 

Bruce,
You have yet to challenge me on a single biomechanical point that I made in the lecture. I went to the Smithsonian to gather data....which I did. That data so far does not support Kirby's claims.... nor does data from the most respected researchers in the field.

Don't presume others will jump to the same conclusions as you.

Our Professional Relations department (888-650-7653 x460) has been receiving several calls the last three days from doctors signing up for training, free certification home study course on CD with practice materials with the purchase of a supply kit ($150.00) which includes a personal pair of orthotics for the practitioner or $99. credit toward your first order and a whole lot more. These are people who attended the lecture.

Let people make up their own minds. They will anyway.

The video should be up by Monday or Tuesday. Greg is working on the lighting and making the slides clearer.... in some cases he is just replacing the live slides with the ones I had and used in my powerpoint presentation.... live feed.... for the purpose of clarity. All of the audio is un-cut.

No editing of content at all.

Levine is a great guy. He learned our paradigm and is partners with Mark Klein and John Feulner who has a small lab in his house. John is an excellent craftsman and knows my technology quite well. John worked for me from July 5, 1998 until, I think 2004. He ran production. After he left we finished development of our first digital calibration device which reduced our warrantees on too rigid or too flexible devices by a factor of 10.....to under 1% evenly distributed for both. So, I would expect similarities in our understanding.

BTW: In a debate: Point Counterpoint: Competing Theories in Podiatric Biomechanics it is expected that you disprove your opponents premise....and support your own premise, which I did....both.....maybe you should review the video.:boohoo:

Wow...now I've gone from a Salesman to a Pitchman. Billy Mays here for Oxy-thotics. LOL

Listen to the message instead of concentrating on denigrating the messenger.

I brought up many fascinating questions that Kevin just ignored......acting as if he had not even heard them. But...I don't want to steal thunder from the video.

Ed

 

Bruce,
You have yet to challenge me on a single biomechanical point that I made in the lecture. I went to the Smithsonian to gather data....which I did. That data so far does not support Kirby's claims.... nor does data from the most respected researchers in the field.

Don't presume others will jump to the same conclusions as you.

Our Professional Relations department (888-650-7653 x460) has been receiving several calls the last three days from doctors signing up for training, certification home study course on CD with practice materials free with the purchase of a supply kit ($150.00) which includes a personal pair of orthotics for the practitioner or $99. credit toward your first order and a whole lot more. These are people who attended the lecture.

Let people make up their own minds. They will anyway.

The video should be up by Monday or Tuesday. Greg is working on the lighting and making the slides clearer.... in some cases he is just replacing the live slides with the ones I had and used in my powerpoint presentation.... live feed.... for the purpose of clarity. All of the audio is un-cut.

No editing of content at all.

Levine is a great guy. He learned our paradigm and is partners with Mark Klein and John Feulner who has a small lab in his house. John is an excellent craftsman and knows my technology quite well. John worked for me from July 5, 1998 until, I think 2004. He ran production. After he left we finished development of our first digital calibration device which reduced our warrantees on too rigid or too flexible devices by a factor of 10.....to under 1% evenly distributed for both. So, I would expect similarities in our understanding.

BTW: In a debate: Point Counterpoint: Competing Theories in Podiatric Biomechanics it is expected that you disprove your opponents premise....and support your own premise, which I did....both.....maybe you should review the video.:boohoo:

Wow...now I've gone from a Salesman to a Pitchman. Billy Mays here for Oxy-thotics. LOL

Listen to the message instead of concentrating on denigrating the messenger.

I brought up many fascinating questions that Kevin just ignored......acting as if he had not even heard them. But...I don't want to steal thunder from the video.

Ed