Dear All

At the RxLABs meeting there was an intersting paper/talk presented by an
gentleman doctor from Ireland who presented the lecture regading the
motions of the foot using the cadarvic material.

I am sorry I do not have his name in front of me.

He showed that the calcaneous and cuboid had nothing to do with foot
motion during walking (walking was used for their experiments).

This experiment used several dead persons feet, sectioned at mid tibia for
the experiment. They had computer generated motion (ie. wires to muscles
that were activated to make the motion of walking be made).

Their work was very rather clever but did not use the fibula as the
evertor of the heel and thus the foot during walking. The good doctor did
mention that not all factors had been used and thus true motion had not
been made.

Excluding this, he stated that the calcaneous and cuboid had nothing to do
with foot propulsion and left it at that.

What was said was correct except for the reason why it had nothing to do
with walking ( PROVIDED THE FOOT MOTION WAS NORMAL = WHICH IS EXTREMELY
RARE!!!!)

The calcaneous, cuboid, 5th and 4th toes are for standing upon, all the
REST are for running, climbing and getting out of the road oF the tiger
chasing you, that is for motion, runnning and climbing.

I can guarantee you that all navicular stress fractures are due to the
patient (READ ATHLETE) running and standing upon their standing foot.

Thus painful feet when standing IS due to one standing on ones running
foot and vice versa.

If there is any comment on this please email me at www.musmed.com.au or
keep it on the mail base.

Regards,
Paul Conneely.

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