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Simon Spooner, Bruce Williams, myself and a few others were interviewed recently in an article on foot orthoses for Lower Extremity Review magazine for those that are interested.

Trends in Materials, Part II: Foot Orthoses

 

Not too bad for a journalistic piece.

 

He did seem to do a good job with this article. This one was at least better than that one I was interviewed for in Outside magazine recently on barefoot/minimalist shoes:drinks.

 

Excellent info Simon, I knew Cary would benefit greatly from talking to you. Great stuff.!
Thanks for posting this Kevin.
Bruce

 

I thought this was a bit of strange statement:

"Michael Gross, PT, PhD, a professor of physical therapy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, emphasized that decisions about materials and design are closely linked.

“When people decide to make an orthosis out of hard plastic, they have already made a second decision, which is that the orthosis has to end posterior to the metatarsal heads,” Gross said. “That means there can’t be effective posting in the forefoot.”

This limitation can prevent proper treatment, in his experience."

 

I guess he has never heard of forefoot extensions or topcovers. ;)

What exactly is a "hard plastic".....kind of like "big bulky shoes"?......:rolleyes: