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Written by:
Larry Huppin, DPM
10/1/2009 6:56 PM
We just arrived in Atlanta for the annual International Conference on Foot Biomechanics and Orthotic Therapy. This should be an excellent program focusing on practical applications of orthotic therapy. In the coming weeks I'll use this space to provide you with pearls we learn this weekend. Start thinking now about attending the conference next year - as soon as I learn the dates and location it will be posted here.
In the meantime, I highly recommend that every podiatrist with an interest in orthotic therapy read the September 2009 issue of Podiatry Management. This issue is devoted to orthotic therapy. I haven't seen the articles up on the Podiatry Management website yet, but as soon as they are up we'll link to them from our articles page.
The following are, in my opinion, the best articles in the issue and should be required reading for every orthotic practitioner:
- A Step Wise Approach to Orthosis Decision Making by Cherri Choate, DPM
- Orthotics Billing Update by Paul Kesselman, DPM
- Othotics: A Plethora of Pearls by AAPSM members
- The Obesity Epidemic in Children is Causing Flatfeet by Paul Scherer, DPM
- The Biomechanics of Ankle-Foot Orthoses by Doug Richie, DPM
This is a great issue for new practitioners, residents and students to read to get a good overview of how to incorporate orthotic therapy into their practices.
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