The Good Foot Book A Guide for Men, Women, Children, Athletes, Seniors ? Everyone

by Copeland, Glenn; Solomon, Stan; Myerson, Mark

• ISBN13: 9780897934480
• ISBN10: 0897934482
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-12-22
• Publisher: Hunter House

Summary

Do your feet hurt? Do you want to avoid painful cortisone shots, or foot surgery?

The Foot Doctor knows what to do. You only get one pair of feet - take care of them!

THE GOOD FOOT BOOK contains the latest information on every aspect of foot health - including new diagnostic and treatment procedures developed within the last four years - for every foot problem imaginable: bunions, hammer toes and corns, calluses and warts, foot skin problems, and the serious foot problems faced by diabetics, seniors, and serious athletes, especially runners. The author specializes in computerized orthotics for over 50 different conditions, and this book is the first to standardize orthotic foot therapy. The reader wil learn what computerized orthotics can do for both your feet and body. They can even help with sciatica.

The Good Foot Book includes information on:
* when to seek professional help
* the myth of heel spur pain
* how to avoid unnecessary cortisone shots

The book contains 19 charts and diagrams.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations	xi
Foreword	xiii
Acknowledgments	xvi
Introduction	1	(5)
The Anatomy of the Foot	6	(9)
What's a-Foot?	6	(1)
A Quick Course in Anatomy	6	(2)
Bones	8	(1)
Joints	8	(2)
Muscles	10	(1)
The Connectors	10	(1)
Cartilage	10	(1)
In Circulation	11	(1)
On Your Nerves	12	(1)
Functions of the Foot	12	(3)
The Biomechanics of the Foot and Lower Leg	15	(14)
What Is Biomechanics?	15	(1)
Abnormal Biomechanics	16	(3)
Pronation and Supination	19	(1)
Abnormal Pronation	20	(2)
Abnormal Supination	22	(1)
Examining for a Biomechanical Foot Fault	22	(1)
The Myth of Flat Feet and Fallen Arches	23	(1)
How a Biomechanical Fault Can Cause a Foot Disorder	23	(1)
Arthritis	24	(1)
Orthotics	25	(4)
The Bunion and Other Big-Toe Abnormalities	29	(9)
Tall Bunion Tales	29	(1)
Why Bunions Develop	29	(3)
Treating the Bunion	32	(1)
Aligning the Toe	33	(1)
Hallux Limitus and Hallux Rigidus	34	(1)
Postoperative Care	35	(1)
A Final Word Before Leaving the Joint	36	(2)
Problems of the Forefoot	38	(14)
A Metatarsal Headache	39	(2)
Treating Metatarsal Pain	41	(1)
A Bad Case of Nerves	42	(2)
Treating Nervous Breakdown of the Foot	44	(1)
March Break: The Stress Fracture	45	(1)
Treatment of Stress Fractures	46	(1)
The Sesamoid Bones	46	(2)
The Midfoot and the Baby Toe	48	(2)
The Fifth Metatarsal	50	(2)
Hammer Toes and Corns	52	(12)
A Kernel of Truth	52	(1)
Hammer Toe	52	(3)
How Hammer Toes Cause Corns	55	(1)
The Case of the Invisible Roots	55	(1)
Treating Hammer Toes and Corns on Top of the Foot	56	(1)
Beware of Home Remedies	56	(1)
Safe, Conservative Approaches	57	(1)
Surgical Remedies for Hammer Toes and Corns	58	(1)
Soft-Core Corn	59	(1)
Treatment of Soft Corns	60	(1)
Between a Nail and a Hard Place	61	(1)
Baby Blues	62	(2)
Calluses and Warts	64	(11)
The Callus Versus the Wart	64	(1)
The Callus Truth	64	(2)
What Not to Do	66	(1)
The Right Step	67	(1)
The Callused Heel	68	(1)
Warts	69	(1)
A Viral Attack	69	(1)
Wart Removal	70	(1)
Potatoes, Cod Liver Oil, and Other Snake-Oil Remedies	71	(1)
Acids	71	(1)
Freeze!	72	(1)
Surgery	72	(1)
Wrapping Up the Wart	73	(2)
Disorders of the Rearfoot	75	(16)
Breaching the Heel	77	(1)
Plantar Fasciitis	77	(2)
Spurring the Truth	79	(1)
Oh, How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning!	79	(1)
Becoming Well-Heeled: Part I	80	(2)
The Achilles Heel	82	(2)
Becoming Well-Heeled: Part II	84	(2)
The Cinderella Syndrome	86	(1)
The Dark at the Middle of the Tunnel	87	(4)
Children's Feet	91	(13)
The Club Foot	92	(1)
Other Congenital Problems	93	(2)
The Sneaker Generation	95	(1)
In-Toeing and Out-Toeing	96	(1)
Toe-Walkers	97	(1)
Growing Pains: Problems of Older Children	98	(1)
Young Bunions	98	(1)
Breaking Up Is Easy to Do	99	(1)
Breaking Down under Stress	99	(2)
Young Maid's Knees	101	(3)
Geriatric Feet	104	(6)
The Geriathlete	104	(1)
Osteoarthritis	105	(1)
Hung on the Nail	106	(1)
Drying Out	106	(1)
Fat Is Fit	106	(1)
A Geriatric Footnote	107	(3)
Systemic Disorders	110	(15)
Out of Circulation	110	(1)
The Diabetic Foot	111	(3)
Gout: The Acid Test	114	(1)
Rheumatoid Arthritis	115	(1)
Other Systemic Forms of Arthritis	116	(1)
Neuromuscular Diseases	116	(1)
The Pregnant Foot	117	(1)
Varicose Veins	118	(1)
A Swell Time	119	(1)
Demon Rum and Evil Weed	119	(1)
Cold Comfort	120	(2)
Raynaud's Syndrome	122	(3)
Athletes' Feet I: Runners	125	(22)
The Black Badge of Courage	126	(1)
A Blistering Pace	127	(1)
Fore-Lorn	128	(1)
Talking Horse Sense: Sesamoid Problems	129	(1)
Nerve-Wracking	130	(1)
Calluses, Corns, and Hammer Toes	131	(1)
Midfoot Crises	131	(2)
Plantar Fasciitis	133	(1)
Out of Joint	134	(2)
Synovitis of the Ankle Joint	136	(1)
Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome	136	(1)
Achilles Tendonitis	137	(1)
Shin Splints	137	(2)
Anterior Compartment Syndrome	139	(1)
The Chondromalacia Generation: Runner's Knee	140	(3)
Tibial Pursuit	143	(1)
And the Band Frayed On	144	(1)
A Pain in the Butt	144	(3)
Athletes' Feet II: Other Sports	147	(13)
Aerobics	147	(2)
Racket Sports	149	(1)
Dance	150	(1)
Basketball and Volleyball	151	(1)
Football	152	(1)
Gymnastics	153	(1)
Skating	153	(1)
Skiing	154	(1)
Soccer	155	(1)
Baseball	156	(1)
Cycling	157	(1)
In-Line Skating	157	(1)
Hiking	157	(1)
A Pitch for Prevention	158	(2)
Dermatological Foot Problems	160	(12)
Athlete's Foot	160	(1)
Slow and Steady Does Not Win the Day	161	(1)
Partners in Crime	162	(1)
Return of the Fungi	163	(1)
Contact Dermatitis	164	(1)
Moles	165	(1)
Psoriasis	166	(1)
Breaking the Heart of Psoriasis	167	(1)
Sweating It Out	168	(4)
Nail Problems	172	(9)
Ingrown Toenails	173	(1)
How Not to Treat Ingrown Toenails	174	(1)
Surgery for Ingrown Nails	174	(1)
Laser Myths	175	(1)
Rusty Nails	176	(1)
Treating Fungal Toenails	176	(1)
Crazy Nails	177	(1)
Treating the Crazy Nail	178	(1)
The Psoriatic Nail	178	(1)
Good Nail Hygiene	179	(2)
In Search of a Shoe That Fits	181	(15)
The Shoemakers	181	(1)
Victims of Fashion	182	(1)
The Right Fit	183	(1)
What Shoes to Buy	184	(1)
Children's Shoes	185	(1)
Adult Shoes	185	(2)
The Geriatric Shoe	187	(1)
If the Shoe Fits	187	(1)
Athletic Footwear	188	(1)
Cushioning (Shock Absorption)	189	(1)
Stability	190	(1)
Flexibility	191	(1)
Other Footwear Factors	191	(1)
Racket Sports and Aerobics Shoes	191	(1)
Other Sports Footwear	192	(1)
The Asphalt Jungle	193	(3)
The Latest in Noninvasive Care and Foot Surgery	196	(8)
The Bad and the Ugly	196	(1)
What's New in Joints	196	(2)
Rheumatoid Arthritis	198	(2)
Something Old, Something New	200	(4)
Afterword: Famous Feet I Have Known	204	(8)
Catching Hell	204	(2)
The Sweetest Swing	206	(1)
Yet Out!	207	(1)
Fore!	207	(1)
Tennis, Anyone?	208	(1)
On Thin Ice	209	(1)
Dance, Ballerina, Dance	209	(1)
The Baritone Sings the Blues	210	(2)
Index	212