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Piriformis Syndrome and Pronation by Northcoast Footcare Facebook

Posted Mon 21 Dec 2009 10:04pm and radiating pain down the back of the leg, commonly known as “sciatica.” Pronation is a complex motion of the foot in which the foot moves up and away from the center of the body. The image to the right illustrates the motion of pronation when weight is not on the foot. Pronation is a normal motion during walking and occurs after the heel contacts the ground Read on »

Want to Pronate Less? Maybe You Should Run Barefoot by Michael Nirenberg Posted Tue 03 Aug 2010 7:44pm : The researchers found that it’s actually preferable to ditch your athletic shoes! This new study on mechanics of running focused on the interaction between pronation and the foot’s reaction... By Barefoot Running! Pronation of the foot is an undesirable rotational movement at various critical joints, and it occurs often when the arch is lower when standing normally Read on »

Foot Care Tips for Quick, Easy, Do-It-Yourself Foot Pain Relief for Sore, Tired, and Achy Feet with a Mini-Massage Ball by Aliesa George Patient Expert

Posted Sat 05 Mar 2011 1:19am Here are some simple foot-care tips to relieve foot pain and enjoy a relaxing foot massage with a mini-massage ball for healthy and happy feet. At the end of a good walk... do you take the time to treat your feet with a relaxing foot massage? I know, it might be a challenge to find somebody to give you a foot massage, and paying for a foot Read on »

Flatfeet and Pronation by Northcoast Footcare Facebook

Posted Wed 04 Nov 2009 10:06pm The characteristic sign of a flatfoot is the low arch. In some cases the arch may touch the floor. In the picture on the left, the heel turns out, the ankle rolls in, the arch collapses and the foot abducts (moves away from the body). Individuals with flatfeet generally have over-pronation. Pronation is the rolling in of the foot and collapse Read on »

Foot Fitness- Don’t be De-Feet-ed by Movements Afoot Healthy Living Professional

Posted Thu 04 Nov 2010 9:19am Read on »

Get Healthy, Pain-Free Feet with Exercises on the Yamuna Foot Savers by Aliesa George Patient Expert

Posted Thu 24 Feb 2011 9:07pm This easy foot fitness exercise is done with the Yamuna Foot Savers. Using Foot Savers for foot care is a great way to stretch and relax tight muscles through the arch and entire sole of the foot. Use this great foot-care product to help reduce foot pain, Plantar Fasciitis, and other foot muscle injuries. Answer the questions in my quick foot care Read on »

HAVS at your feet? Vibration-white foot by Annet Lenderink Patient Expert

Posted Thu 07 Oct 2010 12:00am with a chief complaint of blanching and pain in his toes. He had a history of foot-transmitted vibration exposure over 18 years. The complaints at his feet were analogous to complaints Read on »

Cranky Stomach, More Squash & Pronation by Christine A. Posted Wed 20 Oct 2010 8:22pm learned a new running term – pronation. And some runners tend to over or under pronate. This Runner’s World article explains it pretty well . I inspected the wear on my current running shoes and found significantly more wear on the outer soles. This hints that I’m an under-pronator. At the same time, I’m slightly knock kneed where over-pronation Read on »

Dr. Oz Explains About How Foot Structure Affects Your Entire Body by Dr. Andrew Schneider Posted Mon 08 Feb 2010 2:15pm public can understand. On one of his recent shows he explained how a person’s foot structure can affect their entire body. He showed the audience that there are three main foot types: high archnormal arch and low arch. On the showhe showed that there are two quick ways to determine what type of foot structure you have. First you can lay some paper Read on »

Motion Control Shoes May Decrease Fatigue in Runners with Excess Pronation by Northcoast Footcare Facebook

Posted Thu 25 Mar 2010 8:57am In a study published this month in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, researchers at the Hong Kong Polytechnic University evaluated motion control shoes in recreational runners with excessive rearfoot pronation. Running patterns of twenty female runners were evaluated over a two day period. The women ran 10 km on a treadmill in a motion [...] Read on »