Erik Dalton's Blog – July 2009 Archive (2)

An exceptionally significant postural issue begging for a logical explanation is the ‘short right leg syndrome’. Although an inferred awareness of right-sided limb length shortness has existed for thousands of years with decades of published research available, no one has yet to produce a universally acceptable answer to these two basic questions:



1. Why the unusual frequency of short right legs seen in clinic?



2. How does this common limb length discrepancy relate to… Continue

Many of us tend to blame plantar fasciitis on pronated or pes planus feet but what about clients with a high rigid arch, i.e., supinated or pes cavus foot? Although prolonged duration of pronation is thought to be the most common mechanical cause of structural strain resulting in plantar fasciitis, I’ve found that a pes cavus foot places as much or more strain on the plantar aponeuroses and peroneals and can be much harder to fix. Loss of flexibility in the stirrup spring system causes the foot… Continue