Dr Turnbull has developed a number of techniques for the manual treatment of foot and ankle pain stemming from functional weakness and flexibility loss affecting gait, postural support and intrinsic hind foot biomechanics. Analysis and painless treatment methods are brief and direct typically without resort to orthotics, strapping or other external support aids.

Many runners, other sports people along with serious walkers have discovered this practical, non-invasive approach sustainably resolves pain and limitation that’s often been endured for years, impeding or preventing sports performance, not to mention the simple enjoyability of walking for pleasure.

•There are typically 28 bones and 55 joints in the foot and ankle

•They have different functions in the 3-stage gait cycle between the heel hitting the ground and the heel hitting the ground a second time –

- the landing period (heel strike),

- the mid-stance and

- the propulsive (toe-off) period.

•In landing period the foot and ankle are mobile, dissipating force and adapting to the ground surface.

•When walking within the first second of landing the foot must become a rigid lever transferring weight from heel to forefoot. When running all this must occur in milliseconds.

•The average person takes between 10,000 and 15,000 steps daily, with each foot absorbing about 640 metric tons of loading by accumulation.

Strong, capable but delicate too – it’s not hard to see how even subtle abnormalities in the mechanism and sequencing of actions might produce or predispose to chronic injuries and weakness through fatigue.

Any loss of neuromusculoskeletal control and coordination is of significance in foot & ankle problems.

There are many different adjustive and manipulative techniques for the various joints involved.

•Restoring motion flexibility and strength is vital.

•Maintaining function and sustaining improvements gained through treatment become largely the role of aware self-management.

If any of this describes a foot or ankle problem you may be nursing – why not book an assessment session in one of Dr Turnbull’s FOOT & ANKLE CLINICS on 01344 870009?

AARON CHIROPRACTIC Clinic of SUNNINGHILL

Dr Gerald Turnbull & Associates DC (USA) FCC (UK) MBCA(UK) REGISTERED CHIROPRACTORS

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