This week we are going to talk not of a specific diagnosis or condition of the lower extremity but rather a mechanical fault of the foot which causes a number of conditions. The mechanical fault or ...

Background The most popular hypothesis of the etiology of Achilles tendinopathy suggests that excessive pronation causes conflicting rotational motions, leading to a vascular constriction of the ...

To elaborate more on last week’s post on static alignment and overuse injuries, we are going to take it a step further and discuss if resting foot position has any bearing on running injuries. The ...

Correspondence to Rafael Zambelli Pinto, Musculoskeletal Division, The George Institute for Global Health, PO Box M201, Missenden Road, Camperdown, Sydney, New South Wales, 2050 Australia; ...

Pronation control of the foot is simply the decrease or protection against flattening of the medial longitudinal arch which controls the hip, knee and ankle as well as the foot itself. Anti-pronation ...

For many years, shoe companies, magazines, and assorted running experts advised pronating runners to seek out motion-control shoes. The idea seemed simple: The inward-tilting motion of the legs after ...

When new runners go to buy shoes, it's common for running store employees to assess their degree of pronation, or how much their feet roll in after landing. The employees then recommend shoes based on ...

Your feet have an important function in your body. Not only do they take you where you want to go, but they are also at the base of your skeleton and bear all your weight. Taking care of your feet and ...

Supination of the foot occurs when your weight rolls onto the outer edges of your feet. Another name for supination is underpronation. In a normal stride, your foot should roll inward a bit (pronate) ...