4th Edition

Fixing Your Feet gives good, solid, proven advice to prevent and treat problems. It provides runners, hikers, adventure racers, triathletes--any athlete, with a complete source of information about proper foot care. Too often athletes spend vast amounts of money, time, and thought on training, equipment and travel, but little or no preparation on their feet. All factors in foot care are explored. You learn how to be proactive in order to prevent problems with your feet through proper prevention techniques, how to be reactive with treatments when problems develop, and what supplies and resources are available to help fix your feet.

The average person does little to care for their feet. Sure you wash them in the shower and then pull on a pair of socks. But what else do you do for them? Massage? Creams? Arch supports? Proper fitting shoes? Strengthen them? Fix the bad toe nails and blisters? Finally take care of those bothersome corns and calluses? Athletes know that they must keeping their feet happy and healthy. Many have learned the finer points of how to keep their feet in shape. There are many sources of conventional wisdom about footcare and while much of this wisdom is good, the best stuff often comes from these athletes who through trial and error, have found unique solutions to what works for their feet--to what is effective in preventing and treating problems.

About Fixing Your Feet

Part One: Foot Basics

The Basics deals with the things often taken for granted: finding medical treatment, the similarities between sports, biomechanics, conditioning, the surfaces we run and hike on.

Part Two: Footwear Basics

The two chapters in this section cover the magic of fit and all about footwear and insoles--everyting we put on our feet.

Part Three: Prevention

The Prevention section contains 11 chapters that identify how prevention works, its components, and how they are related. Specific chapters deal with socks; powders; lubricants; skin tougheners and tape adherents; taping for blisters; methods of preventing blisters; orthotics; nutrition for the feet; hydration, dehydration, and sodium; anti-perspirants for the feet; gaiters; lacing options; changing shoes and socks; teamwork and footcare; and multiday events.

Each chapter discusses a specific topic and its role in preventing foot problems. Resources that can be used to prevent problems are identified.

Part Four: Treatments

The Treatments section of the book contains 11 chapters that describe treatments to fix specific foot problems: hot spots; blisters; sprains and strains, fractures and dislocations; heel problems; plantar fasciitis; Achilles tendinitis; stubbed toes and toenail problems; Morton's foot and hammer toes; metatarsalgia, Morton's neuroma, and sesamoiditis; corns, calluses, bunions, and bursitis; numb toes and feet; athlete's foot; plantar warts; cold and heat therapy; and footcare kits.

Each chapter discusses specific foot problems or injuries, their signs and symptoms, and treatments which can fix the problem. Stregthening and stretching exercises that can help in the healing process are described. Resources that can be used in the treatment processes are identified.

Part Five: Sources and Resources

Sources and Resources identifies the organizations of medical specialists when medical assistance is needed, sport specific magazines that provide shoe and gear reviews, and Internet web sites that feature foot-related information.

The end of the book has a complete glossary of terms used in the book, the sources of endnotes quoted, a bibliography, a product index and a general index.

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