An Explanation Of Morton’s Foot AKA Morton’s Toe And Greek Foot

The article below is an updated version of the original article published in Children Foot Clinic, September 7, 2009.  Morton's Foot, also known as Morton's Toe or a Greek Foot, is a relatively uncommon foot condition, where the first metatarsal is short, in relation to the second metatarsal and the big toe is usually sorter [...]

Your Feet: What They Look Like Gives Valuable Information

A Google search results in over 147,000,000 hits on the subject of feet. Obviously lots of people are interested in learning about this complex and amazing engineering marvel! Let's start with the basics: The human foot contains 3 arches, 20 muscles, 24 ligaments, 26 bones (your two feet together contain one fourth of all the [...]

Could Your Chronic Foot Pain Be Inherited?

The article in Internal Medicine News, "Foot Deformities Are Highly Heritable," states that bunions are inherited in 89% of adults younger than 60 years of age and so, if you have bunions, you can thank your parents! Dr Hannah, a researcher in Harvard Medical School, and her team were studying 18 foot conditions (in addition [...]

More Information On What Is The Rothbarts Foot

In 2002, I published a paper entitled "Medial Column Foot Systems: An Innovative Tool for Improving Posture" in the Journal Bodywork and Movement Therapies. This paper described a previously unreported embryological foot structure which I discovered and linked to the failed or incomplete torsional development of the talus (the bone that sits on top of [...]

The PreClinical Clubfoot Deformity Can Cause The Most Debilitating Symptoms Of Chronic Pain

The Rothbarts Foot (Primus Metatarsus Supinatus) is the first inherited abnormal foot structure that I discovered and published on. You’ve probably come across a lot of information on this foot structure if you’ve been searching the internet for solutions to resolve your chronic pain problem. But you may not be familiar with my second discovery in [...]

What Is The Rothbarts Foot?

Rothbarts Foot is an abnormal foot structure present at birth. It is the result of an incomplete torsional development of the talus (the bone that sits on top of the heel bone) that occurs approximately between the eighth and ninth week of pregnancy.    The result of this incomplete development of the talus is that when [...]

Can You Buy Foot Pain Relief Over The Counter?

Walk down the aisles of any drug store or supermarket and you'll see dozens of products promising to give you relief from foot pain. Pain relieving foot creams, over-the-counter orthotics, even foot alignment socks all offer relief from the terrible burden of foot pain. Some of these will work-for a while-especially if the source of [...]

How Biomechanics Have Contributed To Resolving Chronic Pain

Biomechanics. It’s a new word, and an odd one that may conjure up images of cyborgs working on your car. But biomechanics aren't robot workers. Biomechanics actually refers to the study of the mechanics of a living body, especially of the forces exerted by muscles and gravity on the skeletal structure.   Biomechanics is the [...]

What Is Hyperpronation And Do You Have It?

One of my patients, having seen a podiatrist for his foot problems, was told that his feet severely hyperpronate. He asked me what hyperpronation means and how it relates to his flatfeet.   In order to understand what foot hyperpronation is, we must first understand what foot pronation is.   Foot pronation is a normal rotation [...]

Can Home Remedies Give You Foot Pain Relief?

It is always best to find simple solutions to life's problems.  This is also true when seeking relief from foot pain; an all too common problem that can affect every step you take. If you have foot pain coming from fallen arches, ankle pain, metatarsal pain, bunion pain, heel pain, big toe pain or pain [...]

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