Natural History vs Clinical Evidence
This is a topic that I have blogged about so many times, but it came up for me with a patient I looked at a few weeks ago. The previous posts included topics like: But…but…it worked for me!, Anecdotes...
View ArticleBunion corrector gullibility
Some people must think some people are really stupid. I recently screen shot some pictures posted on a website that I stumbled across and has now been taken down. They must think that people really are...
View ArticleBeetroot juice for chilblains? ….. say what?
Chilblains are generally not that responsive to treatment with most interventions having some effect, but no one intervention really curing them or having any great consistent affect. Lots of people...
View ArticleWhy Podiatrists Should be Concerned About Concussion in Sport
Concussions have always had a particular interest for me. The politics around concussion in sport and the alleged cover-ups and the significant public health consequences have long been a fascinating...
View ArticleMy Not So Scientific Study on Calcaneal Apophysitis (Sever’s Disease)
I have previously written on all my clinical work, research and teaching experiences with calcaneal apophysitis and just how much I realised I did not know and just how much I learnt when my own child...
View Article‘Grounding’ or ‘Earthing’ is still bollocks
It is disappointing to feel the need to write about ‘Grounding’ or ‘Earthing’ again. I have done it before here and here. Many others have done the same as it is great fodder for skeptical writers....
View ArticleVitamin D and the Foot
I have been doing my weekly update on research and views for a few years now and you start to see patterns in the research and the literature. One that really stood out like a sore thumb was vitamin D....
View ArticleHydroxychloroquine for COVID-19 … my take
I am far from being any sort of infectious disease, emergency medicine or pharmacology expert and way out of my lane on this one, but if ‘Karen from Facebook’ can have a view, then why can’t I? What I...
View ArticleWhat is the best-selling product on Amazon.com for ‘Sever’s Disease’?
I was doing some digging around Amazon.com to see what sorts of products people are buying for the self-care of their foot problems and this one for Sever’s disease stuck out like a sore thumb. I can’t...
View ArticleZinc Supplements for Verrucae on the Foot
The bottom line is that supplements only work if there is a deficiency. If you take in any more than the body needs, the body just excretes it or stores it and it makes no difference except running the...
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