The Whole Foot Book: A Complete Program for Taking Care of Your Feet

by Brett Ryan Fink, Mark Stuart Mizel

Foot pain and injuries can thwart everyone from the athlete to even the weekend warrior. While many books review basic foot and ankle conditions, The Whole Foot Book offers numerous solutions for each problem, as there is no one best solution - different treatments work for different feet. This comprehensive resource covers footwear basics, prevention, and treatments along with clear diagrams, photos, and charts that demonstrate techniques and solutions. It covers common foot problems faced by diabetics, seniors, and athletes, including bunions, hammer toes, corns, calluses, warts, and skin maladies. In also features a chapter on choosing the proper footwear, gives advice on when to seek professional attention and helps you to understand when foot surgery is not and is not necessary, and highlights recent advances in foot surgery. But The Whole Foot Book goes further and addresses less common issues including neuropathy, blood clots, and HIV/Aids among others. The book really covers the whole foot. Special

336 pages, Paperback

First published December 5, 2011

Reviews

[Warren Gossett · Rating 4 out of 5]

This book is an excellent review of foot conditions and treatment options written by two orthopaedists. That is, they are orthopaedic surgeons, medical doctors who have specialised in foot surgery and other treatment options. The book carries their sober warning that foot surgery does not usually give better than normal functioning to feet and may not even restore normalcy. It is only a last resort when pain and other problems are too great to be treated any other way. We are advised to keep our bodies and feet in well exercised and healthy condition so we can avoid the final option of surgery. This is very reasonable. We do not yet know how to equip ourselves with bionic feet with super normal powers. It should be a case of survival as best we can with what we are born with.

[Virginia Gill · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is already on its way to becoming a well thumbed reference book! The information is presented in ways that make it easy to understand with excellent illustrations. The personal stories of others who experienced similar problems and their solutions served both as inspiration (or warnings) and kept me reading. As I move into yet another season of marathon training I suspect I will be reaching for this book often.

Many thanks to the authors Brett Ryan Fink, M.D. and Mark Stuart Mizel, M.D.