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View ArticlePronation Mythology
It gets really scary when you surf around the blogosphere and see how ‘pronation’ and ‘overpronation’ is being pontificated on by pseudo-experts and giving advice when they clearly have no idea what...
View ArticlePlantar Fasciitis Snake Oil
Snake oil is a remedy that is sold for a condition that does not work any better than a placebo. How many remedies that are ‘sold’ for plantar fasciitis don’t work better than a placebo? There is...
View ArticleThe quack is strong in this one
This caught my eye on Twitter and was also posted on Podiatry Arena. Such a great day speaking at the Hants #socap meeting. We changed a ladies foot function by mobilising her wrist… #IntergratedSystem...
View ArticleEast Meets West From The Bottom Up
What do you think of this book: East Meets West From The Bottom Up Podiatry can fix fibromyalgia? Its not really junk science or pseudoscience, its no science!
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There is something wrong on the internet!
This turned up in my Facebook feed, so I had to respond. Luckily I kept a screen shot as within five minuets of calling them out, they deleted my post. The two links I posted were to two systematic...
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JAPMA lets us down again: Shock wave for mortons neuroma
Back in 2009, the Journal of the American Podiatric Medical Association (JAPMA) published this impressively titled study: Extracorporeal Shockwave Therapy for Interdigital Neuroma: A Randomized,...
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Within group vs between group analysis of trial data and the way too many...
In my takedown analysis in the last post of two papers on morton’s neuroma, I pointed out that both studies were analysed wrong and that this should have been pulled up in the pre-publication peer...
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Restiffic Foot Wrap for Restless Legs Syndrome
Restless legs syndrome is a common problem, too often without a satisfactory solution. Because of this, there is plenty of bad advice being given and many different treatments options available; many...
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Reflexology Clinical Trials
Reflexology is just made up mythology. There is no known physiological link between parts of the foot and organ systems in the body, let alone any involvement in these disease processes. Every single...
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If you are going to comment on research studies in social media…
…please read and understand the study first. Don’t embarrass yourself by just commentting based on the what you think the title of the study means. For example, this recent study was published. The...
View ArticleIs forefoot varus related to patellofemoral osteoarthritis?
It is if you believe this study that just appeared in prepublication. However, yet again the editorial and peer review processes let us down as that is not the case at all. The authors and the peer...
View ArticleThe models, paradigms or frameworks that underpin the clinical practice of...
Clinical practice is always going to be underpinned by models, paradigms or frameworks. Life is underpinned by such approaches, so there is no reason to assume that clinical practice isn’t as well,...
View ArticleWhat ‘foot’ related topics are most often Google’d?
Every December for the last few years on my other blog, I tabulate how often each of the running shoe brands are searched for in Google for a bit of fun. As I have too much time on my hands (….not!), I...
View ArticleSometimes academics do overthink things
I have to be careful what I say here as I am criticizing my professional colleagues, but … A while back there was this a couple of studies on proximal changes in those with Achilles tendinopathy. I...
View ArticleDo you have time to read 3000 research papers a year?
3000 is almost how many that were published of relevance to podiatry and related topics in 2016. Did you read them all? On top of that, there are social media and blog posts about relevant topics. That...
View ArticleWho are these fan boys that one does speak about?
There is no doubt that I regularly poke fun at what I call the “fan boys”, or more correctly the “fan boi’s”, in blog posts and lectures. It is hard not to resist those who paint such targets on...
View ArticleThe APMA are taking some heat for this advice on childrens shoes and its hard...
On the website of the American Podiatric Medical Association, is this advice regarding children’s footwear with this graphic provided by the children’s shoe manufacturer, StrideRite. It is not too...
View ArticlePublication Rate of Conference Abstracts
Conferences presentations and in the conference abstract books there are often gems and lots of pearls of useful information. I often blog live from conferences (eg here and here) or peruse abstract...
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