Hi all Kevin M writes:
At 05:45 PM 12/16/2004 -0800, you wrote:
>This is obviously an extension of our last two posts illustrating our
>diametrically opposed views of foot correction. I truly appreciate what
>you are saying here: ( If we see a patient with sinus tarsi syndrome and
>our model tells us that pronation moment causes sinus tarsi
>syndrome and then we add a treatment that reduces pronation moment and the
>pain goes away, then we will be happy.) The issue is the effect a
>correction has elsewhere in the kinetic chain. How often do we fix a
>foot, only to produce seemingly unrelated symptoms elsewhere in the
>kinetic chain? Would this have happened if we restored normal joint
>motion rather than "bring the ground to the foot?"
>
Kevin M., I'm not quite sure what you are saying. Increasing supination
moment is not the same as bringing the ground to the foot. Is one way of
restoring normal joint motion to bring the ground to the foot? How do you
restore normal joint motion? How do you determine normal joint motion?
Respectfully,
Eric Fuller
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