Homeopathy is an alternative medicine practice that has been shown not to work. Any affects of homeopathy are no better than a placebo.
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Homeopathy (Foot Health Forum)
Homeopathy (Podiapaedia)
Homeopathy (Podiatry Arena)
Damning report on homeopathy (Podiatry Arena)
Do you need Homeopathy? (Miracle Cures)
Homeopathy Does Not Work (Soapbox Sunday)
The Myth of Homeopathy (CP)
Homeopathy for Foot Problems (Foot Health Friday)
Homeopathy (Podiatry Ninja)
The Hoka One One running shoes created the maximalist running shoe category. They are the antithesis of the barefoot running and minimalist shoe trend.
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Hoka Running Shoes (Foot Health Forum)
Super padded running shoes (Foot Health Friday)
Hoka One One (The Best Running Shoe)
Hoka One One (iPodiatry)
Hoka One One (Podiatry TV)
Hoka One One (Podiapaedia)
Hoka Ones (Podiatry Arena)
Most cases of growing pains in the child are benign and they come right, but on rare occasions the symptoms are the same as some pretty nasty things, so for thos reason all cases of growing pains have to be taken seriously and properly investigated.
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Growing Pains (Foot Health Forum)
Growing Pains (Podiatry TV)
Growing Pains (PodiaPaedia)
Growing Pains (Podiatry Arena)
Growing Pains in Children (Podiatry Arena)
Night-time foot pain in children (Foot Health Forum)
Growing Pains? (Podiatry Experts)
Growing Pains in Children (iPodiatry)
Take Growing Pains in Kids Seriously (Foot Health Friday)
Growing Pains (Foot Health Guide)
Growing Pains in the Leg: Throwing the kitchen sink at growing pains
Foot Posture Index is a composite measure of the posture of the foot based on 6 different observations of the alignment or posture of different segments of the foot.
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Foot Posture Index (Foot Health Forum)
Foot Posture Index (Podiatry TV)
The Foot Posture Index (Podiatry Update)
Foot Posture Index (Clinical Boot Camp)
Foot Posture Index (PodiaPaedia)
Foot Posture Index (Podiatry Arena)
Foot Posture Index (Podiatry Arena)
Foot Health Practitioners are a group of unregulated practitioners in the UK who came into existence to get around the requirements of the Health Professions Council to be registered as a podiatrist.
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Foot Health Practitioners (Foot Health Forum)
Foot Health Practitioners (Foot Health Practitioners Info)
Foot Health Practitioners (Podiatry Arena)
Foot pain is what Podiatrists do. There are plenty of good and bad resources on the web on foot pain.
Most Useful Resources:
Foot Health Forum (Foot Health Forum)
Foot Pain Info (Foot Pain Info)
Foot Pain (ePodiatry)
Foot Health Friday (Foot Health Friday)
Dr the Foot Without the Dr (Dr the Foot Without the Dr)
Foot manipulation and mobilization is commonly used to treat a wide range of foot problems ranging from the chronic problems that develop after and ankle sprain to heel pain to cuboid syndrome to bunions.
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Foot Manipulation (PodiaPaedia)
Manipulation (Podiatry Arena)
Foot Manipulation (Foot Health Forum)
Manipulation (Podiatry TV)
Does foot manipulation work?
Forefoot supinatus is a common foot type in which the forefoot is inverted relative to the rearfoot. In comparison o a bony foefoot varus, the supinatus is a soft tissue contracture.
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Forefoot Supinatus (PodiaPaedia)
Help needed with forefoot supinatus? (Podiatry Arena)
Forefoot Supinatus (Foot Health Forum)
Student with questions on forefoot varus and supinatus (Podiatry Arena)
The effect of forefoot varus on the hip and knee and the effect of the hip and knee on forefoot supinatus … (Running Research Junkie)
Fibromyalgia is a miserable chronic pain condition that affects the whole body including the foot.
Most Useful Resources:
Fibromyalgia and the Foot (PodiaPaedia)
Fibromyalgia and Heel Pain (Podiatry Arena)
Fibromyalgia (Foot Health Forum)
Fibromyalgia (Podiatry TV)
Have you got fibromyalgia? (Miracle Cures)
Fibromyalgia Forums (Forum Finder)
A cure for fibromyalgia …. not (Sunday Soapbox)
A Pedicure by Fish is an oddity. It consists of soaking the feet in a container of small fish who literally ‘eat’ the dead skin.
Most Useful Resources:
Fish Pedicure (PodiaPaedia)
The Pedicure by Fish! (Foot Health Friday)
Live fish used to give pedicure (Podiatry Arena)
Fish Pedicure (Foot Health Forum)
What is a fish pedicure? (PodiatryFAQ)
Is a fish pedicure safe? (PodiatryFAQ)