The Doctor's Sore Foot Book Author:Daniel M. McGann, L. R. Robinson Dr. Daniel M. McGann, a podiatrist with a number of foot clinics in California, knows from his own experience that people tend to put up with their foot problems until they become unbearable rather than visit a doctor. His solution, in The Doctor's Sore Foot Book, is to bring the doctor home. He becomes, in a sense, your... more » in-house, personal physician.
The first part of this book offers specific tips for feet young, old, and in between. Dr. McGann has excellent advice for athletes -- walkers, joggers, and others -- for dancers, for the arthritic, and for the diabetic. He discusses general foot care, foot surgery, and even how to choose the proper shoe. And he discusses orthotics, shoe inserts that can eliminate some chronic foot problems and, in some cases, even get rid of back pain.
The second part of the book covers a broad range of common foot problems involving the skin, nails, tendons, blood vessels, nerves, and bones. Here you'll learn how to cut your nails so you'll never again suffer the agony of an ingrown toenail, how to tape a sprained ankle, what exercises will limber up your feet and ankles before a run, and why those cute "pre-walker" baby shoes could be harmful to children.
The author draws upon thirty years of experience in treating patients with sore feet. Complete with glossary, contact information, and illustrations, this book is written in an easygoing manner that does not require any special medical knowledge.« less