Foot Health

You (Still) Don’t Know Squat

I’m spending most of my free time working on my next book, which means blogging time is scarce. I did, however, just take a break from writing to finish a few last minute items for the blog book this week. Yes, the first 4 years of this blog has been edited, organized and indexed so that, very soon, you can…read more →

Plane nonsense.

Day 1,453 of my road trip. The stars have aligned and both children are sleeping. I have nothing cohesive to offer, but I do have some random thoughts. Thought: I see the world in terms of alignment — alignment being the term for how pieces relate to each other and the forces that these relationships create. Alignment can be between…read more →

Missing the ankles for the trees.

When you are a researcher or practitioner raised in a shoe-lovin’ culture, it is easy to conclude that the foot is something that “needs support” and the ankle is something that needs to wobble through three planes in order for the body to move forward. We’re all susceptible to “perceptual blindness,” but more on that in another post. For those…read more →

About this blog, in 2013

Once upon a time (in 2007) this blog was written for about 20 people who had taken my certification course, as a way to answer questions, continue education, etc. Then, somewhere along the way, it became popular with people I’d never met. In places I’ve never been. Like Wisconsin. And Bulgaria. Which was both weird and extremely cool. Writing this…read more →

Neutral Pelvis 2

Here ye, here ye: Movement is food. Exercises are vitamins. Just as you can’t live on a diet of supplements, your body cannot get what it needs from isolated exercises. In the beginning…or, at some point 40 years ago, it was commonly accepted that the human pelvis was neutral when the ASIS (Anterior Superior Iliac Spine) and the PSIS (Posterior…read more →