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Health Care Literacy - it's about the conversation.

When was the last time that you were in the presence of someone who listened? I mean really listened. They looked you in the eye and thought about what you said. They asked you questions. Maybe they even laughed a bit with you. They shared a joke or a personal anecdote from their life that related to the point you were trying to make.

What's a scaphoid pad?

Scaphoid pads are a large arch pad that is used to support the arch of he foot. Scaphoid pads are a little different from arch cookies. This article looks at the differences and how to use a scaphoid pad in your shoe.

CMS Data On Medicare Payments to Doctors

The Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), also known as Medicare, published data this week that publicly shows how much it paid to individual doctors during 2012. Here's a link to a NY Times interactive tool that allows you to look up payments by doctor and zip code. The tool shows total payments and frequency of billing.

Dancer's pads - do I buy a right or a left for my problem?

We recently got into a discussion at the shop about dancer's pad and placement on the foot. Which pad is the right pad and which is the left? How does the left fit on the right foot? How does a right treat a left? I see how folks can get confused.

The Vasyli-Dananberg Orthotic - dynamic treatment of hallux limitus

One of the guys at work was holding a Vasyli-Dananberg Orthotic and gave me a smirk and said, What do you do with this? Opportunity was knocking at my door. We'll be talking this week at work about 1st ray mechanics and how the Vasyli-Dananberg Orthotic is used to treat hallux limitus.