At the society conerence I was pleased to get a couple of minutes of Craig's time (thanks) out of which arose some discussion on a couple of things. Thought it might be useful to open them up here if people want. They are in fact related issues:
2. Following on from a previous recent thread is the issue of stability and it came out in the conversation. Many pts seem to like the effect of devices as they "feel" more stable. Are our patients right, or: Do we aim to create stability, alter inapproprriate instabilty, replace once type of instability for another?
Before we pursue the goal of learning whether foot orthoses cause "stability", we must first come to an agreement as to what "stability" means.
Here is what my computer dictionary says about "stability":
Ian, what is your definition of "stability" relative to the effect of foot orthoses?
I guess it all comes down to how you want to define the word 'stable' --- I guess you define it how you want to define it. .....maybe in the context of what we are talking about, its the wrong word to use.
The concept that led to what I posted in the Windlass and MBT thread was that maybe we do need period of instability due to the training effect that this affords (ie improving balance; using muscles differently to their everyday use) .... but like any sort of training it needs to be in moderation; graduated etc etc.
Based on the way SImon would define it, we need it to move ...