567: Fix Your Feet with Dr. Emily Splichal
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Lucas Rockwood
4.8 • 1.1K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2023
⏱️ 36 minutes
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Summary
Do you have painful feet, bunions, hammertoes, or collapsed arches? If you’ve visited a podiatrist, you most likely ended up with some orthotic inserts and were sent on your way. Hopefully, those inserts worked! Most likely, they helped a little, but as the years have passed, your condition has progressively worsened. Is there anything you can do about it? On this week’s podcast, you’ll meet a functional podiatrist who will help you understand your options.
Listen and learn:
- What a 15-min self-care routine might look like for your feet
- The pros and cons of surgical interventions
- Why reduced bone density might disqualify you for surgery
- Why flat feet is sometimes caused by ligament laxity and strength and stretch routines are unlikely to correct this structural issue
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ABOUT OUR GUEST
Dr. Emily Splichal is a functional podiatrist, human movement specialist, and a leading voice in barefoot science and rehabilitation. After originally training as a surgeon, she now focuses on functional and regenerative medicine.
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| 0:00.0 | As a yoga teacher, I see a lot of feet. |
| 0:04.2 | People don't wear shoes in class, |
| 0:05.8 | which means in a typical year, |
| 0:07.2 | I might see 5,000 plus feet in a room. |
| 0:11.1 | And what you see is a very significant minority of people. |
| 0:14.3 | Like 10 to 20% are suffering from flat feet, |
| 0:17.6 | suffering from excessively high arches, |
| 0:20.0 | overlapping toes, hammer toes, |
| 0:22.4 | corns, bunions, those are the most common things |
| 0:24.6 | that show up. |
| 0:25.5 | Sometimes this is congenital. |
| 0:27.3 | Often times it is caused by footwear. |
| 0:30.6 | Sometimes it has to do with movement patterns, |
| 0:32.4 | lack of activity or other neurological conditions. |
| 0:35.8 | Very often it's difficult to know what to do. |
| 0:38.2 | The surgery makes sense. |
| 0:39.4 | Should you get orthotics? |
| 0:40.6 | Do minimal shoes make sense? |
| 0:41.9 | Or do you need really supportive shoes? |
| 0:43.8 | It's all pretty confusing, pretty frustrating. |
| 0:45.8 | And since it is the foundation of your posture |
| 0:47.8 | and your walking and running and movement gate, |
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