Repetitive Or Overuse Injuries And Body Mechanics

If you are a sports enthusiast and follow the players in any given sport, be it hockey, soccer or baseball, it becomes obvious that certain players are predisposed to repetitive (overuse) injuries, while other athletes escape these type of repetitive injuries throughout their entire professional career. How is this possible? The answer lies in body [...]

Born This Way: Lady Gaga’s Chronic Joint Pain

On February 12, 2013, famed performer Lady Gaga tweeted out to her more than 35 million followers that she was canceling a large part of her upcoming tour because of a hip injury and chronic joint pain. Shortly thereafter, the entire multi-million dollar tour was canceled so that Gaga could have hip surgery. Anyone that’s [...]

Various Treatments For Plantar Fasciitis

In my article Plantar Fasciitis -Its Cause And Treatment, I discussed a common cause of stabbing foot pain. Here I'll explain some of the treatments for this condition. The heel pain resulting from plantar fasciitis is often intractable (non responsive) to any one type of therapy. For this reason, many different types of therapy are [...]

Plantar Fasciitis –Its Cause And Treatment

Do you have stabbing pain on the bottom and inside of your heel (where the plantar fascia attaches to your heel bone)? Is the pain usually worse first thing in the morning, yet eases after a few steps? Does your pain sometimes return after long periods of standing or sitting? If so, you may have [...]

Even The Rich And Famous Suffer From Foot Pain

What may you have in common with the rich and famous? Wealth?  Maybe not. Fame?  Probably not. Bad feet?  Most Likely Celebrities may look good, but when the camera turns away they have the same health problems as everyone else.    Paris Hilton suffers from painful bunions. In fact, she so frequently wears designer heels [...]

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 [...]

7 Common Myths About Foot Problems

It’s important to take good care of your feet in order to prevent serious foot problems. But, unfortunately, foot care myths abound – leaving us to wonder what really works and what doesn’t. For the treatment of ingrown nails to heel spurs, here are some foot care facts to help you take better care of your [...]

Did Anna Nicole Smith Die Because Of Undiagnosed Foot Abnormality?

Vicky Lynn Marshall (who's stage name was Anna Nicole Smith) suffered from back and intestinal pain most of her life.   After failing to find a physical cause for her chronic pain, her physicians diagnosed  Anna Nicole Smith as having chronic pain syndrome, a name given to a group of symptoms for which the cause [...]

If You Think Your Feet Hurt Now – Wait Until After You’ve Had Foot Surgery!

  Not only is back surgery commonly performed in an attempt to eliminate back pain, foot surgery is also a common choice for chronic foot pain.   Surgical intervention on the feet is frequently done for bunions and nerve entrapments. In some cases the surgery is very successful in eliminating the foot pain. However, if you have [...]