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Hello Herb, I would agree with you - as a single case anecdote, I have the flattest feet in sydney and was always pulled out in class to demonstrate when I was a student. i must say I have never had any problems and I have a very active practice. Anna Lee Principal, Work Ready Industrial Athlete Centre You can write to me on [log in to unmask] or You can visit me on www.workready.com.au -----Original Message----- From: Herb Silver <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Monday, 18 January 1999 9:12 Subject: Re: FOOT STRENGTHENING? >Dear Erik, > >I remember reading "flat feet" article at least 12 years ago. It was >performed on US Army recruits. If I look at my practice, I would tend to >agree with the results, I rarely see people with flat feet with foot >complaints--the tendency is to hear from these people that their feet are >going to hurt because they have flat feet but they rarely seem to complain. > I would like to hear other clinicians "anectodal" experience (and research >as well). > >Herb Silver > >At 10:15 PM 1/17/99 +0100, you wrote: >>Dear Mel, >>thanks for that 'stone in our garden' (guess you don't know that >expression, it >>means as much as 'sending someone a small gift'...thus meaning, again, you >will >>hopefully attract some Professional's attention. >>Yes, I have come across some WEIRD tales recently... Thomas Tritschler, a >leading >>Manual Therapy teacher over here in Switzerland, explained us of some >study (and >>that's the hook : I can't seem to find any further details in my notes I >took... >>must have been around 2-3 pm in one of those Post-Lunch spans of >unattention...) >>WHERE SOME SCIENTIST CONCLUDED THAT IN A LARGE POPULATION OF YOUNG MILITARY >>FLAT-FEET (NO ARCHES...MAINLY LONGIT. BUT ALSO TRANSVERSE ARCHES >DIMINISHED...) >>HAD PROVEN TO BE THE MOST RESISTENT TO ENDURANCE WORK !!! >> >>So : am I lucky to have a set of flat-feet or should I do some >straingthening of >>my lower limb - c.q. foot-arches reconditioning... - ... ? >> >>Thanks for keeping us awake ! >> >>Greetings from Switzerland, >> >> >>Erik Goossens >>Dipl. PT SRK - PT Educator Akad. TvdL Landquart >>Physiotherapie Erik Goossens GmbH >>MediFIT Medical Reconditioning >>CH-4102 Binningen - Switzerland >> >> >>Attachment Converted: "c:\eudora\attach\vcard.vcf" >> >___________________________________________________________________________ _ >___ >Herb Silver >[log in to unmask] > %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%