Dear Jeff

If you wear 'court shoes' to play tennis and raquetball you deserve to get
foot problems. Are there any photo's.?
P.S. In the UK 'court shoes' is a generic name for ladies high heel dress
shoes. Just tickled my sense of humour.

                            Cheers Dave Smith

----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff Root" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 2004 9:04 PM
Subject: Re: walking on side of footpaths


> Simon wrote:
> >If foot orthoses "work" by modifying GRF then they themselves are
> >environment (all non-genetic factors)
> dependent. The fact that they do seem to "work" in a variety of
environments
> suggests that there is a broad envelope of "working" and that their effect
> may be more than just direct mechanical.
>
> Having been a fire fighter who seasonally fought wild fires for 11 years
in
> extremely steep and rugged California terrain, I can tell you that I
> depended on my foot orthoses more in extreme terrain than I did for use on
> hard, flat everyday surfaces.  With a mild plantarflexed 1st ray and a
> limited MTJ ROM, I have a history of sesamoiditis and sub 1st hematomas
with
> certain activities.  While I did not require orthoses for everyday walking
> and moderate running, I did require them for use in my wildland boots and
in
> my court shoes for tennis and racquetball.  Orthoses were not developed or
> designed for climbing steep canyons covered with loose rock that required
> holding on to brush in order to prevent a serious fall while wearing a
sixty
> pound hose pack on your back and carrying an axe in one hand!  Needless to
> say, climbing such steep canyons required me to be on the ball of my foot
> and put enormous demand on my 1st ray and 1st MPJ.
>
> Perhaps another possibility is that the mechanical influence of foot
> orthoses is much greater than we can appreciate at this point in time.  I
> know they helped reduce shearing forces that caused trauma with my "rigid"
> foot type.  Orthoses certainly do much more than reduce pronation.
>
> Respectfully,
> Jeff Root
>
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
> This message was distributed by the Podiatry JISCmail list server
>
> All opinions and assertions contained in this message are those of
> the original author. The listowner(s) and the JISCmail service take
> no responsibility for the content.
>
> to leave the Podiatry email list send a message containing the text
> leave podiatry
> to [log in to unmask]
>
> Please visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk for any further information
> -----------------------------------------------------------------
>

-----------------------------------------------------------------
This message was distributed by the Podiatry JISCmail list server

All opinions and assertions contained in this message are those of
the original author. The listowner(s) and the JISCmail service take
no responsibility for the content.

to leave the Podiatry email list send a message containing the text
leave podiatry
to [log in to unmask]

Please visit http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk for any further information
-----------------------------------------------------------------