"Like a young student of the Martial Arts seeking out his next sensai, I aim to cross many paths of those from who I can gain insights, knowledgee and skills. My art is Body Manipulation through more than manipulation of spinal joints. Understanding the human movement system is understanding body mechanical dysfunctions."-Dr. Scott

Well one of the most common foot problems that can lead to problems elsewhere up the kinetic chain is Over-Pronation.

 What is Over Pronation  aka:Hyperpronation?
Over-pronation is a common bio-mechanical problem that occurs in the walking process when a person's arch collapses upon weight bearing. Picture this: As a person steps forward with his or her right foot and places it down heel to toe the foot starts to move in the direction called pronation. As they transfer the weight over that right leg before the left foot swings forward, the foot arch starts to drop (normal mechanism of pronation). Now as the person steps forward with the left foot, they push off the right foot and if the right foot is not supported by the stabilization muscles of the foot (ie. Posterior Tibialis), then the force of toe-off with the dysfunctional right foot will cause muscles further up the body to be weaker and slower. For an athlete this is very important in regards to performance. They will have no reel power in the push off. For the average person this can keep your body constantly off balance, and body aches that you keep getting massaged may never go away. The feet are the foundation of the human body, so in my chiropractic treatment, it is the first place that I look in reference to an unbalanced muscular skeletal complaint. Conditions that this imbalance causes are; Plantar Fascitis, Achilles Tendonitis, Bunions,

Hammer Toe, etc. I have helped so many people with their low back complaints by simply adjusting their feet, doing some simple soft tissue work with the tight muscles, and rehabilitating the weak muscles involved. If this didn't correct the problem, then I would simply cast them for a Functional Orthotic.
 The reason why I say "functional", is because so many doctors and therapists set patients in orthotic casts without adjusting the foot, which in my experience changes the measured angles of the prescribed orthotic. . To understand more about this condition refer to articles written by a leading authority in Orthotic Devices, Kevin Hearon DC - founder of the Chiropractic Extremity Council. It is not an easy task adjusting and treating the foot, which is why I am taking a third post graduate seminar in the subject. I aim to be one of the best chiropractic technicians in my area in regards the the extremities and how they relate to common spinal problems.
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