Stepping Out

MTSS is noted as exercise-induced diffuse pain over an area of about 5cm. It occurs in the region of the...

The objective throughout the series has been to provide general guidelines for the design of custom foot orthotics relating to...

The objective of presenting pathology-specific orthotics is to describe a systematic and consistent approach to orthotic therapy. However, it is...

Clinicians who regularly see patients for custom foot orthotics are used to working with a wide variety of physicians’ notes....

One of the early pioneers of pathology-specific orthotic design was Paul Scherer, DPM, former chair of the Department of Biomechanics...

Metatarsalgia is a general term used to describe a variety of diagnoses that present as pain in the forefoot. It...

Heel pain is one of the most common reasons people seek medical care for the foot and ankle, and in...

An aponeurosis by definition is a broad flat sheet of dense fibrous connective tissue. The plantar fascia is an aponeurosis...

  Seeing and treating patients every day, O&P clinicians observe the benefits and understand the value of the care they...

Injuries, Orthotics, and ShoesA previous article, "The Biomechanics of Running" (The O&P EDGE, March 2017), examined some of the unique aspects...