Author Archives: Martin
Whilst reviewing an article in my professional journal I came across an article about acupuncture and inflammatory arthritis, this was a study carried out by a Podiatry dept in Scotland to find out the effectiveness of acupuncture for Arthritic patients who had not responded to the usual type of foot treatments.There was a mixed bag of Rheumatoid, Pseudo, Oligo, systemic lupus and undifferentiated Arthritis. The type of acupuncture used was not traditional Chinese acupuncture, but a new form known as … Continue reading
Key To Avoiding Ankle Re-Injury May Be In The Hips And Knees Suggests UGA Study
Main Category: Sports Medicine / Fitness Also Included In: Bones / Orthopedics; Rehabilitation / Physical Therapy Article Date: 19 Oct 2011 – 0:00 PDT Nearly all active people suffer ankle sprains at some point in their lives, and a new University of Georgia study suggests that the different ways people move their hip and knee joints may influence the risk of re-injury. In the past, sports medicine therapists prescribed strengthening and stretching exercises that targeted only ankle joints after a sprain. … Continue reading
Foot Melanoma is deadly cancer
Half of all people who learn they have melanoma of the foot die within five years because the cancer had already spread throughout their body by the time it was diagnosed. Nearly 60,000 people will learn they have melanoma this year. It’s not known how many of those cases will involve the foot, but more than 8,100 melanoma patients will die- nearly one death every hour. If melanoma is detected in its earliest stages, 92% of patients are alive after … Continue reading