Thursday, January 14, 2021

Big Toe Non Union of a Fracture: Email Advice

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Hello Dr. Blake,  I broke my big toe 6 months ago by 1st proximal phalanx.  It wasn’t too painful. While it was ‘healing’ I developed pain u...
Wednesday, January 13, 2021

Varus Wedging: A Simple but Powerful Means of Seeing if Correcting Pronation will Help An Area Painful

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     Many of my patients not only come into the office with foot and ankle injuries (my speciality), but want to know if I can help their b...
Tuesday, January 12, 2021

Repost: General Advice for Patients with Foot Pain or Numbness Related to Nerves

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Dear Dr. Richard, I live in London, U.K. My job is in I.T. - so desk based all day. I came across your blog today, looks very inform...
Monday, January 11, 2021

Stretching Principle #3: No Bouncing!!

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•#3    Do not bounce while stretching, hold steady. The third stretching principle I would want all of my patient doing was to hold the str...
Sunday, January 10, 2021

Plantar Fasciitis: Top 10 Treatments

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Plantar Fasciitis   The top 10 common treatments for plantar fasciitis:   1. Plantar Fascial wall stretch for 30 seconds 5-10x/day 2. Rollin...
Saturday, January 9, 2021

Avoid Negative Heel Stretching

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Achilles StretchIng: One Stretch to Avoid (when you have achilles tendinitits or plantar fasciitis)            A vital part of the treatment...
Friday, January 8, 2021

Metatarsal Doming or Arcing: One of the Best Foot Intrinsic Muscle Exercises

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Just had a patient come in with a possible plantar plate problems. I started him taping or wearing a budin splint, and also keeping the smal...
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Wednesday, January 6, 2021

Gait Evaluation Checklist: For Those Trying to Learn Gait Evaluation

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  Gait Evaluation Checklist (circle findings) Head Tilt                       (Straight, Lean Right, Lean Left) Shoulder Drop Asymmetrical ...
Tuesday, January 5, 2021

Heel Stress Fracture: But Is It Due To Weight Bearing?

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This is the side view of the heel bone on an MRI. The view is a T2 image highlighting swelling. The heel bone (calcaneus) should be very da...
Monday, January 4, 2021

Stretching Principle #2: Alternate Between Sides

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•#2         Alternate between sides   while stretching (for example, right  achilles  with knee straight, then left  achilles , then right, ...
Sunday, January 3, 2021

Openness to Ideas and How Medicine is Influenced

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“I believe in everything until it’s disproved. So I believe in fairies, the myths, dragons…. Who’s to say that dreams and nightmares aren’t ...
Saturday, January 2, 2021

Rules Guiding Treatment: Excerpt from upcoming book entitled "Practical Biomechanics for the Podiatrist"

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The following excerpt is from my upcoming book entitled "Practical Biomechanics for the Podiatrist" which should be released at th...
Friday, January 1, 2021

Treating all 3 Sources of Pain is Crucial

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Developing a Treatment Plan with the 3 Sources of Pain in Mind                                             By Richard L Blake, DPM          ...