Dr. Kevin Hearon

Are you making foot orthotics to a normal foot?

Does your doctor or therapist correct the twenty six bones in each foot to normal position and glide before scanning, casting or molding an orthotic appliance to your feet ? Are they making an orthotic that matches the very pathological foot you want a significant change in ? Will your foot orthotics come back identical when your feet are not identical?

How well do you think a foot that is locked up with little glide in the joints will adapt to the orthotics if made to your mal-positioned pathological foot? If your feet are hyper mobile do you know the mechanics of the foot to identify how it happened?

May I suggest that a new paradigm is here that is far more logical and effective ?

Make an orthotic to a normal functioning foot !

 

 This is an injection mold orthotic that will conform to the shape of the foot.

The Baby Boomers are already suffering in their feet and lower legs and back and they can still be helped usually. If you are younger this is the time to increase the warrantee on you feet, knees, hips and low back by controlling you feet and its relationship to the ground.

Happy feet are supported feet ! Since the angle of the feet do not always adapt well to our artificial environment of concrete, asphalt and hard wood floors, the feet then need to try adapt as best they can and most eventually fail at some point.

Wake up ! because we have a pandemic of plantar fascitis, bunions, heel spurs, knee replacements, hip replacements, and back surgeries on disc herniations/ protrusions that have no history of trauma. If you think you will escape these things just look at the people around you that are having these procedure's done. Think of how many relatives have consistently came down with the same conditions and then ask how you will escape those problems. Do you think ignoring them works ?

Now make the right decision.

 

Are Custom Made Foot Orthotics Really Custom Made?

Have you heard the term "Custom Made  Orthotic" before? In most industries it would be something made very specific to  your personal requirements. If it was a car it would be the color you want and have the size of engine with the performance package you want etc..

In the foot orthotic industry you cannot trust that to happen. Just go to the State Fair as one example and go up to the booth with foot orthotics. If it like the ones I have seen they will sell you a "custom made" foot orthotic for a good chunk of change. They will ask you what size you are to try one on and through the power of positive pigeonholing, they bring out your size and have you put it in your shoe to walk around.

Now consider that your foot was not casted, scanned nor did you have it heat molded to your foot. So what was "custom made"? Many shoe and foot orthotic stores do something similar.

Of course yours are custom made because you had a doctor (you name the type) cast or scan your foot and sent it into a lab and you paid a lot of money for them so they are officially "custom made". I would then ask you to put them side by side and check to see if they are identical. Often feet are not identical in angle or shape.

(If you would like a free article about how to choose a good shoe e-mail me at kevin@kevinhearon.com and I will send it to your box.)

There are requirements in the industry should be met and here are some good ones to consider;

 

So the next time you fork out good money for foot orthotics check out the difference.

Next blog will be "Are you making foot orthotics to a normal foot?"

Thanks for listening to the sole of your foot.

Dr. Kevin

The Rapids of Life - Are you Prepared ?

As I have traveled through the beauty of Idaho. It has become apparent that what looks so pretty can be very dangerous if one is not prepared properly. Just take a look at his scene-

It looks inviting until you see THE SIGN !

There are two very different scenarios for either lack of preparation and questionable survival or being very ready for how quickly the rapids can flip my life upside down and know how to ride it out to safety. Life is like this.

Traveling through some place like the Frank Church Wilderness Of No Return do you think it is all smooth sailing? That welcome sign reminds me of the Wizard of OZ going into the dark forest and this is the best place to turn around.

However it is good to catch some glimps of the majestic beauty that leads into my dreams of the ideal place that is both peaceful and dangerous at the same time. Just look !

 

We are not in Kansas any more.

I have a friend who I have been studying with for years about Functional Medicine. His web page (http://www.yourmedicaldetective.com/public/42.cfm) has incredible answers to many questions about health. If you like good scientific information about health please take a look.

http://www.yourmedicaldetective.com/public/42.cfm

I got this today out of "Family Life" and thought I would share an interesting peace of it.
"Did you know there are four ways for a man to load a dishwasher?
1. The way he's been trained by his mother.
2. The way his wife likes it done.
3. The way he does it at his mother-in-law's house.
4. The way he does it when no one's looking.
Now, is one of these methods right and all the others wrong? Can't a man just cram in as many pots and pans and bowls and plates as possible, in whatever arrangement it takes to get the door closed?
Can any woman prove me wrong on this with absolute certainty? "

Is it working for you or is it a matter of wright or wrong ? What position do you take when the relationship is more important than the dishes ?

I just watched the new documentary "DOCTORED" last night about the prejudice and misinformation put out about Chiropractic by the medical profession when they don't even know what it is we do. It is astonishing and well done. Look up DOCTORED THE MOVIE on face book to get a trailer.

Ski Jump in Norway

While visiting in Oslo Norway My wife stepped out onto the landing site with my friend Marius Jensen who used to jump this hill.

Safe Boundaries

A friend of mine wrote this to prepare for an upcoming seminar. See if you can relate. I did. Paul Nobrega

4:38am Jan 16

When we don’t practice boundary-setting , we are easily plundered. Plundered by anyone who comes along and wants something from us. Because we can't set limits. We might be easily manipulated with guilt. Or with anger. Or because we so badly need the other person to not be upset that we just allow it. And when this happens, we end up getting plundered. This can even happen with someone we profess to love the most, such as a spouse or a child. Some people end up married because they couldn't set a boundary with themselves! And that's the thing: when we set boundaries, we're actually setting them with ourselves. My boundaries help me decide how I will interact with others. They help me decide my own limits. They are MY boundaries.

The Right to keep and Bear Arms

December 28, 2012

Boy Uses 'Assault Rifle' To Save Sister From Criminal Home Invaders

Locking up weapons from trained underage young adults would have resulted in disaster in this instance. Take a look at this video and know there are many instances that do not make the media about self defense like this.

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They Will Grow Out of It! Or will they?

Our children grow up so fast and as parents we want to trust our doctors advice when we see odd patterns in how our child walks. I have been in practice for 35 years and watched feet and legs change in young children because it was caught soon enough in the growth process to make changes while the cartilage and bones were moldable. Toe-in and toe-out gait and bow legs and knock knees respond to conservative care early typically. Scientifically the growth areas are different than originally thought.



As you can see by the timing of growth to bone these key structures of the feet develope around the third to fourth year of life where they can support greater gravitational load. This is a great time to help mold these structures if they are failing to function well.

At this time of year when the suns rays are not strong enough shining through our atmosphere to produce vitamin D3 by exposure to our skin. And who wants to expose their skin in this cold? It is important to supplement with cholecalciferol/Vit-D3. Personally as an adult I like to take at least 2,000 IU a day for a few reasons. It is actually a hormone that helps mood swings like "seasonal affective disorder" due to a lack of this vitamin. It also is critical for calcium absorption and building bone. For those men in mid life it tends to lower the PSA (prostate specific antigen) at certain dosages. These are just some of benefits known from this important nutrient.