EDITOR
CHRIS COSTANTINI
Executive Editor
[email protected]
Spring
is
here
H
ello everyone and welcome
to Spring! Those of you with
retail components are hopefully
enjoying a robust sandal selling
season. This is my favorite time of
year to be on a fitting stool. The
customers are thrilled to be out of
the doldrums of Winter and are
celebrating by buying themselves
attractive sandals that not only look
good but feel good! They are getting
back to the outdoor activities they
love, which means new shoes for
these pastimes. The transition from
the stillness of Winter to the vigorous
activities of Spring are bringing them
into our clinics to help quiet injuries
old and new.
This issue is going to focus on a
particular clinical tool, the Foot
Posture Index. This is not a new
tool. It’s development and most of
the research validating it was done
in the mid–2000’s. It is a simple tool
to use and can be mastered quickly
with high repeatability. This tool is
something you can put into practice
today. It can be used as a predictor
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of foot stability. Even more useful,
by performing the assessment and
documenting the results for the
patient each time you see them, you
can provide empirical evidence of
changes in the function of a patient’s
foot to help justify treatment and
changes in treatment.
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