Volume 21 - Issue 12 - December 2008
Column
Forum
11/26/2008
I like gadgets. My Blackberry is linked to my GPS so I can talk to the map while I am driving my fuel sipping Prius. Seminars have always been a challenge to me because all the new medical gadgets are on display and for sale in the exhibit...
I like gadgets. My Blackberry is linked to my GPS so I can talk to the map while I am driving my fuel sipping Prius. Seminars have always been a challenge to me because all the new medical gadgets are on display and for sale in the exhibit...
I like gadgets. My Blackberry...
11/26/2008
Podiatry Today
Industry News
11/26/2008
Orthotics For Athletes
A new athletic orthotic may be beneficial for patients who have different athletic activities.
Sportmaxx™ is the newest orthotic in the Footmaxx family and the company says it may enhance athletic performance,...
Orthotics For Athletes
A new athletic orthotic may be beneficial for patients who have different athletic activities.
Sportmaxx™ is the newest orthotic in the Footmaxx family and the company says it may enhance athletic performance,...
Orthotics For Athletes
A new...
11/26/2008
Podiatry Today
Clinical Solutions in Practice
11/26/2008
By Robi Garthwait, Contributing Editor
By Robi Garthwait, Contributing Edito...
For many practitioners, gait analysis provides invaluable diagnostic insights. It can also facilitate the creation of more effective orthotics. The Footmaxx™ Metascan System has stood the test of time in this regard, according to Richard...
For many practitioners, gait analysis provides invaluable diagnostic insights. It can also facilitate the creation of more effective orthotics. The Footmaxx™ Metascan System has stood the test of time in this regard, according to Richard...
For many practitioners, gait...
11/26/2008
Podiatry Today
Clinical Solutions in Practice
11/26/2008
By Robi Garthwait, Contributing Editor
By Robi Garthwait, Contributing Edito...
For many practitioners, gait analysis provides invaluable diagnostic insights. It can also facilitate the creation of more effective orthotics. The Footmaxx™ Metascan System has stood the test of time in this regard, according to Richard...
For many practitioners, gait analysis provides invaluable diagnostic insights. It can also facilitate the creation of more effective orthotics. The Footmaxx™ Metascan System has stood the test of time in this regard, according to Richard...
For many practitioners, gait...
11/26/2008
Podiatry Today
Practice Builders
11/26/2008
By David Edward Marcinko, MBA, CMP, and Hope Rachel Hetico, RN, MHA, CMP
By David Edward Marcinko, MBA, CMP, a...
When it comes to purchasing a podiatry practice, there are a variety of factors that one must consider in evaluating the worth of the practice. Assessing the value of a practice is fraught with potential landmines if one does not go into...
When it comes to purchasing a podiatry practice, there are a variety of factors that one must consider in evaluating the worth of the practice. Assessing the value of a practice is fraught with potential landmines if one does not go into...
When it comes to purchasing a...
11/26/2008
Podiatry Today
Sports Medicine
11/26/2008
Over the decades, the concept of podiatric sports medicine has evolved. In years past, educators at podiatry schools directly and indirectly implied that it was primarily making orthoses for runners. Certainly, this was the case in the...
Over the decades, the concept of podiatric sports medicine has evolved. In years past, educators at podiatry schools directly and indirectly implied that it was primarily making orthoses for runners. Certainly, this was the case in the...
Over the decades, the concept...
11/26/2008
Podiatry Today
Dermatology Diagnosis
11/26/2008
Key Questions To Consider
1. What essential question does one still need to help make the diagnosis?
2. What is the tentative diagnosis?
3. Can you list at least three differential diagnoses?
4. What features in this condition...
Key Questions To Consider
1. What essential question does one still need to help make the diagnosis?
2. What is the tentative diagnosis?
3. Can you list at least three differential diagnoses?
4. What features in this condition...
Key Questions To Consider
1....
11/26/2008
Podiatry Today
Diabetes Watch
11/26/2008
By Allen Mark Jacobs, DPM, FACFAS, FAPWCA
By Allen Mark Jacobs, DPM, FACFAS, FA...
Intraepidermal nerve fiber density testing is gaining enthusiastic acceptance for the diagnosis as well as the staging of diabetic neuropathy. Studies have demonstrated reduced intraepidermal nerve fiber density in patients with diabetes...
Intraepidermal nerve fiber density testing is gaining enthusiastic acceptance for the diagnosis as well as the staging of diabetic neuropathy. Studies have demonstrated reduced intraepidermal nerve fiber density in patients with diabetes...
Intraepidermal nerve fiber...
11/26/2008
Podiatry Today
News and Trends
11/26/2008
Should You Treat Asymptomatic Pediatric Flatfoot?
By Brian McCurdy, Senior Editor
When encountering a child with asymptomatic flatfoot, it is important to decide whether you should treat the condition or see if the flatfoot will improve on...
Should You Treat Asymptomatic Pediatric Flatfoot?
By Brian McCurdy, Senior Editor
When encountering a child with asymptomatic flatfoot, it is important to decide whether you should treat the condition or see if the flatfoot will improve on...
Should You Treat Asymptomatic...
11/26/2008
Podiatry Today
11/26/2008
By Jeff Hall, Executive Editor
By Jeff Hall, Executive Editor
When I first started working on Podiatry Today about eight and a half years ago, I found myself trying to find and recruit a variety of podiatrists to be regular columnists for the magazine. John McCord, DPM, was the first columnist to...
When I first started working on Podiatry Today about eight and a half years ago, I found myself trying to find and recruit a variety of podiatrists to be regular columnists for the magazine. John McCord, DPM, was the first columnist to...
When I first started working...
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Podiatry Today
