Should runners alternate their running shoes .

Merry Christmas, Simon. Please wish Alison and Grace a very Merry Christmas, also. Good to see you keeping Podiatry Arena alive. Fun to read your great comments again. Just like old times!

 

So, all this time, the dentist, Gerrard Farrell (scotfoot) has a patent on some type of "foot exercise device"? Maybe that is why he is so keen to post up here on Podiatry Arena? However, compared to Brian Rothbart, Gerrard seems to be a saint. Keep up the good discussions, Gerrard. But please no advertisements about "foot exercise devices"....

 

- A patent?
- A dentist?
Admittedly, I don't spend much time here... but got curious...

- A company: Jomarg Innovation LTD [Link: https://jomarginnovation.com/]
Quote from site: "Coming soon . Exercises to help keep the feet strong and healthy ."

- Companies House: JOMARG INNOVATION LTD. (Company number: SC386883)
[Link: https://beta.companieshouse.gov.uk/company/SC386883/officers]
- Director (& occupation) of above cited company:

Now makes a wee bit more sense why a dentist posts so enthusiastically on a Podiatry forum.

 

To be fair, he hasn’t overtly been advertising, just every thread ends up being about plantar intrinsics strength and how other strengthening exercises don’t cut the muster.

 

So Kevin thinks I "seem to be a saint ".

Thanks Kevin !

One wonders however , just how many more times Kevin and Simon can discover ,for the first time , that I am a dentist with a patent . Seems to happen every six months or so .

 

A “saint” compared to Brian Rothbart, now there’s something to be proud of.

No, there was only one first time of working out who you were and what you were up to here. Never worked out why your patient chinned you though, perhaps you could tell that story? Seriously though, why not start a thread along the lines of: this is me, this is my invention, what do you think... rather than all the covert stuff?

 

Hi Matt
Well done on the detective work in post #43 although I think you'll find you have been had .

Here is a post , from this site , from 2011 .


Foot exercise and strengthening device ; Publication number WO/2010/040974

Discussion in 'Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses' started by scotfoot, Feb 23, 2011.
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1. 
   scotfootWell-Known Member
   Sign Up.Dear all ,
   One embodiment of WIPO publication number WO/2010/040974 can now be found on YouTube under the title "Foot exercise and strengthening device ".
   The device shown in the video is designed to allow the foot to be exercised in a nonambulatory fashion ,such as when seated, and effect improvements in both foot strength and flexibility . The device exercises primarily the intrinsic and extrinsic plantar flexors of the toes although EMG studies suggest that the tibialis anterior and peroneal muscles are also exercised to a significant degree .
   Any thoughts ?
   Kind regards
   Scotfoot
   scotfoot, Feb 23, 2011

 

Wow, can’t believe it’s been 8 years since you started posting here. As you don’t post links to previous threads ( don’t know why not), can you tell us: in that original posting did you say: my user name is Scotfoot, but my real name is Gerard Farrell, I’m a dentist who has patented a foot exercise machine and here is a link to my patent? Was that research which showed changes in EMG activity carried out using your jig? Eight years have passed, so where can I buy your jig? Love the Toe Pro and have been recommending it to patients all year:
https://cdn.shopify.com/s/files/1/2565/7146/files/ToePro16.pdf

 

Or so you say .

 

Hi Gerrard.
Really can't see how I "have been had" (quite the contrary actually). That post you cited (which is coming up to 9 years old) doesn't tell me much (only that you had an interest in a "Foot exercise and strengthening device"). And no, I wasn't aware of such a post, posted nearly 9 years ago. However, my quick search revealed more intricate details in contrast to that post (albeit, Simon had discovered earlier i.e. name & profession) as to a company, of which you're a director thereof & that you have a website in development which appears to be based on foot exercises (or a foot exercise device) you're developing. It's coming up to 10 years since the formation of that company (& 9 years from your first post here)... any further developments/insights as to your foot strengthening invention... or as per your website, foot exercise protocol (i.e. "Coming soon . Exercises to help keep the feet strong and healthy .")?

I'm all for strengthening exercises & ways to improve such in way of an invention of a (user-friendly) device (good luck). As Simon as suggested, being more upfront from the beginning may have helped your cause a wee bit better... possibly also being a bit more open to the educated/experienced views of Podiatrists on this forum. However, numerous threads & subsequent posts pertaining to just one area/theme/topic (foot strengthening exercises)... by a Dentist (with evident preconceived notions on the topic & evident vested interest) is naturally going to attract curiosity or scepticism on a Podiatry forum. I suppose it would be like myself going onto a Dentist forum (if one exists) & submitting numerous threads & posts under the avatar of 'OzzyIncisor'... asking numerous (rhetorical) questions pertaining to periodontal issues (i.e. it's effect on holistic/systemic inflammation - hence its importance on holistic health); requesting views on flossing devices/protocols... whilst having intentions of inventing a more user-friendly flossing device. Or maybe even expressing views against the toxic effects of fluoride (this is a controversial one); why the wretched stuff shouldn't be added to our drinking water... as well as our toothpaste... whilst asking questions pertaining to more healthier ingredients... with intentions of developing a healthier toothpaste. However, I wouldn't be surprised if the Dentists/Hygienists of the forum became curious or sceptical of my presence... as I & others have become of you on this forum... but by all means, continue to contribute.

That said, all the best on your foot exercise developments... &...
Merry Christmas.

 

My name and city appear at the bottom of every one of my posts .That's 663 times at present .

Ps .Re the links you provided in post #43 . Try them now .

 

I thinks so that it is important

 

And I believe that 662 of those posts have been about the plantar intrinsic muscles...I wonder why that is?

 

So a year ago you and Simon "outed " me ,for the umpteenth time , as a dentist called Gerrard Farrell with a foot exercise device patent . In this thread you "outed " me again .

In the the above post you seem to have "ined" me again , no doubt so that you can cunningly out me again in a few posts time.
Starting to sound like the hokey cokey ..

 

I don't know how I am "outing" you since you are a dentist and your name is Gerrard Farrell and you do have a foot exercise device patent. Most would say that I am simply pointing out the obvious on this forum which is expressly intended for podiatrists and other foot-health professionals. As others have noted, there must be a reason why a dentist would post so much on this forum since their area of specialty in the body is about as far from the area of the body which podiatrists specialize in. The foot exercise device patent and subsequent marketing of that device explains it all very nicely for me.

No hard feelings, Gerrard. Just trying to understand your motivation for posting so much on this academic podiatry forum. I believe you, as a dentist, have been the most frequent contributor to Podiatry Arena over the past year. Don't know what that means, however.

Happy holidays.

 

Kevin
Now you both know and wonder in the same thread .
In ,out ,shake it all about ......

 

In the interests of "entente cordiale" , I have expanded my signature which can be now be found on all of my posts . Other than no longer posting on the site I can do nothing more , and unless Craig decides otherwise , that is not going to happen .

 

Simon ,
In a previous thread you said you have been recommending the Toe pro to your patients. I took a look on their site but cant find any evidence it works to strengthen the intrinsics .
In fact, I cannot find any evidence anywhere , that calf raises in general ,work to strengthen the intrinsic foot muscles . Could you direct me to any such evidence ?

 

I linked to Michaud’s piece earlier in the thread. Seems a reasonable synergy of available information. Not aware of any controlled trial. Can you reference evidence that shows that the toe pro exercises are ineffective?

I also asked a couple of questions of you earlier: were the EMG studies conducted using your jig? And where can I buy your exercise jig? To those we might as well add: where is the evidence that you jig works to increase intrinsic muscle strength?

Do you still think the CNS is “confused” by runners switching shoes? To that end, if this thread is no longer about rotating running shoes and is just going to be another one of your threads about strengthening the intrinsic muscles, I have no further interest.

 

Re change in direction of thread ,you did that when you started to talk about my patent .
Re evidence that my device works , yes I have a university study that says it works .
Re no further interest, good ,go start your own threads .

 

No worries. I’ll leave you to talk to yourself like you do in about 90% of your threads here.

 

Continuing the thread , do people prefer the feel of a shoe with a medial arch support over a shoe without one , but which is similar in all other regards ?
I think it's quite possible that the pressure taken off the plantar fascia by non prescriptive medial arch supports is the reason many modern running shoes are associated with high impact transients . Keep most of the cushioning but not the medial support and that might be a good starting point for a running shoe .

 

Other changes would include doing away with the toe spring to allow the proper functioning of the initial phase of the windlass mechanism, a wide toe box to allow toe movement and of the met heads relative to each other , and a low or zero heel drop .