A clubfoot is a relatively common disorder of the foot that is typically present at birth. The presence of a clubfoot at birth can be a source of distress for the parents. It could be part of a syndrome of other problems or it could just be an...
Clubfoot is the non-technical or medical name for a common birth deformity of the foot. Clubfoot as a term is widely used and several medical textbooks use the word clubfoot in the title. The more technical or clinical name for a clubfoot is...
Clubfoot is a deformity of the foot that is typically present at birth. Most are diagnosed at birth, but occasionally it is missed and diagnosed later. The prevalence of clubfoot is generally believed to occur in between 1 and 4 times per 1000 live...
The way to prevent any condition developing is to identify and reduce the risk factors for that condition. The cause of clubfoot is not totally clear unless their is some underlying neurological disorder. The more common type of clubfoot is called...
The cause of clubfoot is not really known. There are a number of factors that are known to increase the risk of a clubfoot, but the actual cause is not that clear. The appearance of the clubfoot at birth in which the foot is plantarflexed, inverted...
For all intensive purposes, there is no difference between the terms podiatry and chiropody. They are the same thing. Some like to invent differences between them to make out that podiatrists are better than chiropodists for egoistical reasons...
I am! I started it in August 2004. Podiatry Arena is one of the most visited podiatry related websites. It used to have a lot of activity and there is a lot of posts still every day. Since the advent of social media the interaction on Podiatry Arena...
Chinese foot binding is that barbaric practice of binding the feet of young girls to prevent them growing and kept small as they would then considered to be more desirable. The practice was outlawed in 1912 by the Republic of China government, but...
Chinese foot binding is a historical and brutal practice that was mostly carried out in rural China. The practice involved the tight binding of the feet of young girls to stop them growing. This lead to broken bones and very deformed and painful...
Chinese foot binding was the barbaric practice in which the feet of young girls were bound to prevent them growing as a smaller foot was considered more desirable, resulting in lifelong pain and disability. Scholars are not totally clear when the...
