With consent to post. Anthropometric Asymmetry I often talk about anthropometric asymmetry being one of the main drivers of tissue stress and overuse injury. We as practitioners identify the limb length discrepancy aspect of this in our patients, and we may go through...
LEDDERHOSE DISEASE With consent to post: A very interesting case this week of Ledderhose disease that is the foot equivalent of Dupuytren’s Contracture of the hand. O/e: Ledderhose disease is a type of plantar fibromatosis characterized by the growth of varied size...
An alternative but less used method of assessing limb length is the block or board technique, using different height lifts under the shorter limb until the pelvis is level in the frontal plane. Visual correction, as described by Rene Cailliet, uses three anatomical...
Since the vent of the Nike Super-shoes around 2016 I have come to two conclusions based on my knowledge and experience around running footwear & biomechanics: 1. Firstly, I wish they were around back in the day so that I could have tried them. I think they would...
Posted with permission from my patient. This is a 23-year old pro-footballer (right-back/right-footed). C/o: discomfort and severe fatigue in his lower lumbar muscles after only 15-mins steady running. This is a problem for a pro-footballer who is required to be sharp...
Presenting complaint: This is the case of a healthy pro-footballer presenting with a left subacute 5th metatarsal stress fracture that was picked up on MRI. The injury site was asymptomatic in footwear, except when the player was wearing his Nike Air Zoom Mercurial...
