Stepping Out

Dennis Janisse, CPed It is safe to say that most patients do not readily embrace the thought of having to...

Metatarsalgia is a global term to describe forefoot pain. It covers pain occurring at the metatarsal heads, the metatarsophalangeal joints...

Finding sustainable solutions to the challenges encountered in providing appropriate, effective, low-cost footwear is the goal of a number of...

Heel pain is one of the more common diagnoses of the foot and ankle, and in its advanced stages it...

Many O&P practitioners are directly involved in multi-specialty teams at wound care centers and diabetic clinics. Healing chronic wounds takes...

Do current theories of biomechanics adequately describe the functioning foot and lower limb? Séamus Kennedy, BEng (Mech), CPed 5 O&P...

This past January, The New York Times published an article in the Tuesday Science Times section titled "Close Look at...

The most widely taught and accepted theory of foot biomechanics was developed by Merton Root, DPM, and his colleagues during...

When treating partial foot amputees, practitioners are faced with several issues. First and foremost is limb preservation. This is achieved...

When it comes to children's footwear, we may have to re-examine the notion of what we consider to be "good...