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The busiest time of the year? (seasonal variations)

Discussion in 'General Issues and Discussion Forum' started by Dantastic, Mar 27, 2006.

  1. Dantastic

    Dantastic Active Member


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    Its funny how different problems present at different times of the year.

    Has anyone noticed that presenting complaints may come "in season"? For example, I tend to see a lot of people for heel pain at the onset of spring - when the weather is getting warmer and people are going out for walks in last season's shoes. Or perhaps as winter approaches ingrown toenails are more common because people are beginning to wear closed shoes after a summer of open footwear.

    Now, I realise that these "seasons", so to speak, are not the only time for certain conditions, and there are infinite other aetiological factors for the above-mentioned complaints. However, does anyone else find themselves busier at different times of the year?
     
  2. DaVinci

    DaVinci Well-Known Member

    In summer people probably walk/exercise more and wear more "open" footwear.
    In winter people probably spend more time in "closed" footwear.
     
  3. Donna

    Donna Active Member

    Back to school time... ;)

    Just before school goes back all the kids come in for biomech assessments because the shoe store clerk advised them that they have flat feet...

    Just after school goes back the kids come in with O/C because after 6 weeks of running around barefoot on holidays, they suddenly have infected toes because closed shoes + nylon socks = perspiration + macerated sulci + pressure. Not to mention the kids that stamp on their peers' brand new shoes to "christen" them. Nice :eek:
     
  4. Admin2

    Admin2 Administrator Staff Member

    Seasonal variations in lower extremity amputation.
    J Foot Ankle Surg. 1997 Mar-Apr;36(2):146-50.
     
  5. Cameron

    Cameron Well-Known Member

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    For a long tiem it was thought verrucae were seasonal and viral infections arose in the fall (autumn) and spring until it was documented that parents took their children for care just before school started.

    Cameron
     
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