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  1. NeedingMassage
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    Gait and Menstrual Cycle: Ovulating Women Use Sexier Gaits and Walk Slowly Ahead of Men

    Yep, more than just bones and soft tissues with mechanical joints and movements. "While the structural approach is necessary and valuable for...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, May 9, 2012 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    The gradual decline of human intelligence??

    Think about it - half the population of the world is below average intelligence. Oh yes, that world does include podiatrists. Owen. Just gotta...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, May 9, 2012 in forum: Australia
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    Reflexology is not an effective treatment for any medical condition

    Just pick a body part and draw a map e.g. attached picture Regards, Owen
    Post by: NeedingMassage, May 18, 2011 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
  4. NeedingMassage
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    95 years old..wants to die

    WTF - "We will in 10-15 years time have many millions of BABY BOOMERS clogging up hospitals and Nursing Homes costing Billions which could and...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Apr 3, 2011 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    Why is evidence so hard for politicians?

    Hi Bill, Can I infer that the podiatry profession is right-wing - given that left-wing newspapers are happy to attack it? Regards, Owen
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Feb 17, 2011 in forum: United Kingdom
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    Web-based appointment book?

    Hi Pompy, We have been using Clickbook for over a year. Customers make their own bookings as well as you or your staff. Email and/or text...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Feb 17, 2011 in forum: Practice Management
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    Foot Massage?

    Hi, The answer to the original question is straight forward. If you don't like to massage your customer's feet, refer them to a massage...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Feb 17, 2011 in forum: Australia
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    Massage - a claimable expense?

    Hi Ian, you may be correct - perhaps I do take my professional life seriously. A holiday in a developing country may be just the ticket. As a...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Feb 10, 2011 in forum: Practice Management
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    Massage - a claimable expense?

    Hi Ian, Happy to banter - but it is 2011 not the 1950s, please call a prostitute a prostitute and a massage therapist a massage therapist. We're...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Feb 10, 2011 in forum: Practice Management
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    Massage - a claimable expense?

    Hi Ian, I suggest you stop going to Thailand if you are taking spelling lessons while you are there:bang:. You do realise that English is a...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Feb 10, 2011 in forum: Practice Management
  11. NeedingMassage
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    Massage - a claimable expense?

    Duh, there's always one and probably male. The spelling is m.a.s.s.a.g.e but they get it confused with m.a.s.t.u.r.b.a.t.i.o.n. One day they will...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Feb 10, 2011 in forum: Practice Management
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    Official NHS running advice- Do we agree with justin??

    Hi guys, I know you like to promote running at any cost but wouldn't a couch potato be best advised to buildup to walk 5kms first (with or...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Feb 3, 2011 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Climate Chaos - La Nina

    We whinge with drought, then bushfires and now with floods - it's nothing new, it's just another generation's turn. My favorite poem about weather...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Jan 26, 2011 in forum: Break Room
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    Dealing with the overweight patient?

    Hi BJ, We seem to have moved onto discussing 'business models' rather than 'health issues'. Back to health. Excess weight is not a health issue...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Dec 6, 2010 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    Dealing with the overweight patient?

    see below
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Dec 6, 2010 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    Dealing with the overweight patient?

    Interesting that you single out obesity as a single issue. Couple it with alcohol, animal and tobacco consumption and chronic diseases, from...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Dec 5, 2010 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    PDF´s and Private messages

    Have you tried saving all your non-critical files to Windows Live Skydrive or Google Documents so you can access them from any computer you're...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Dec 2, 2010 in forum: Podiatry Arena Help, Suggestions and Comments
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    fingernail cutting

    Hi, Isn't the profession called PODiatry and which part of POD = hand? If you justify hand callouses and finger nails to yourself then you're...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Nov 24, 2010 in forum: United Kingdom
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    Blister treatment for ultramarathon runners

    Hi, If they must, perhaps they need to stop 'running' and learn to use body (and feet) more efficiently. A recent client of mine is training...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Nov 21, 2010 in forum: Introductions
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    Podiatry career change

    Sure, why not. Here's some research that may help you: http://joboutlook.gov.au/pages/occupation.aspx?search=&tab=stats&cluster=&code=2526...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Nov 21, 2010 in forum: Teaching and Learning
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    Your thoughts in my book on barefoot running?

    Human running over "thousands of years" has been to attain food, avoid being food or a prelude to procreation. Animals run for the same reasons,...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Oct 15, 2010 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Your thoughts in my book on barefoot running?

    Human running over "thousands of years" has been to attain food, avoid being food or a prelude to procreation. Animals run for the same reasons,...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Oct 15, 2010 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Your thoughts in my book on barefoot running?

    Take a walk! You squabble over the better way to run - barefoot or shod - and which produces less injuries but you blindly accept running as if...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Oct 14, 2010 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Increasing fees

    Hey, this is a market economy - charge whatever you like, the customer will decide what your services are worth! If they think you are worth...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Jun 27, 2010 in forum: Practice Management
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    What would you say?

    I thought age may be relevant but the question wording is so poor you could make many assumptions regarding the examiner's intention. If in doubt...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, May 27, 2010 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    What would you say?

    Most common = b)
    Post by: NeedingMassage, May 27, 2010 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    What would you say?

    Please define: at what age?
    Post by: NeedingMassage, May 27, 2010 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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    Caption Competition

    Yes, yes, nowadays we see a lot of patients with 'Cold Ankle Syndrome". I'm sure I can make an orthotic to fix it though. In the olden days, they...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, May 6, 2010 in forum: Break Room
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    Setting up a private practice - what advice do you wish you had been given before starting?

    Plan, Do, Check, Act. Take all the stuff everyone is telling you and sit down and write a business plan for your business. Focus on the three...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Apr 29, 2010 in forum: Practice Management
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    What happened to the A in HAV ?

    Just when I thought I'd figured it out. Achilles is a greek god. Is 'Aducto' the middle name of another god of podiatry, or not? Is...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Apr 2, 2010 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Dorsal foot pain in overweight Karate player

    Hi there David, How is your friend getting along with her problem? Owen
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Mar 4, 2010 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Dorsal foot pain in overweight Karate player

    My point is that pressure = force / area (the contact point of her foot is likely to be less than yours so the pressure at that point would...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Jan 6, 2010 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Dorsal foot pain in overweight Karate player

    She's obese, sits on foot, foot hurts. You're not obese, sits on foot, foot doesn't hurt. Difference = Obesity Odds on that obese people...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Jan 6, 2010 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Dorsal foot pain in overweight Karate player

    Conversely, take your two, keep them kneeling as they do but have one lose weight - my money is on the problem resolving in the lighter version...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Jan 5, 2010 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Dorsal foot pain in overweight Karate player

    Without a positive Tinels, why assume? Kneeling with feet plantarflexed under buttocks compresses a dorsal foot into the mat/floor. As body weight...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Jan 4, 2010 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Dorsal foot pain in overweight Karate player

    Hi chaps, don't you think she needs to address the cause of her problems i.e. "...extremely overweight..." and then you can start treating any...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Jan 3, 2010 in forum: Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses
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    Reflexology is not an effective treatment for any medical condition

    "There are, in fact, two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance." - Hippocrates I found this quote on...
    Post by: NeedingMassage, Sep 28, 2009 in forum: General Issues and Discussion Forum
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