I write for a hillwalking magazine, and I recently received an email from someone I've never met (much less had a consultation with) who claims to be a podiatrist. After viewing a 10 second clip of me walking, this podiatrist concluded that I suffered from knee pain resulting from a biomechanical dysfunction of my lower limb. He suggested that I would benefit from a pair of orthotics to correct my foot posture.
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All very helpful of him. Except for one thing: I don't suffer from knee pain and to the best of my knowledge have never suffered from any biomechanical dysfunction of my lower limbs, or any part of any of my limbs for that matter.
To be fair to this podiatrist, making a correct diagnosis would have been very difficult owing to the fact that throughout the short video clip I was a long way away from the camera, and so appeared very small on the screen. It was also a foggy day, so visibility wasn't particularly good. Besides which, I was wearing baggy trousers and the wind was blowing them all over the place, making it impossible to accurately analyse my gait. His expert analysis was probably further hampered by the fact that I was walking downhill towards the camera and using trekking poles at the time.
Still, it's the thought that counts, eh?
Needless to say, I'm not taking this 'podiatrist's' email too seriously.
However, it did make me wonder whether it's accepted podiatric practice to prescribe orthotics for 'biomechanical dysfunctions' when the patient isn't suffering from any symptoms.
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