Podcast 47: The Thigh Gap & Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome

Podcast 47 is live !

Topics: Lots of cool stuff for your ears and brains today. Don’t miss this show on Allen’s Rule Part 2, ankle biosensors, Parkinson’s syndrome gait disorder, Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome, The Thigh Gap disorder, and the ever confusing and much debated Abductory Heel Twist in walking and in runners. Don’t miss this show !

A. Link to our server:

http://thegaitguys.libsyn.com/podcast-47-the-thigh-gap-medial-tibial-stress-syndrome

B. iTunes link:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gait-guys-podcast/id559864138

C. Gait Guys online /download store (National Shoe Fit Certification and more !) :

http://store.payloadz.com/results/results.aspx?m=80204

D. other web based Gait Guys lectures:

www.onlinece.com   type in Dr. Waerlop or Dr. Allen,  ”Biomechanics”

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* Today’s show notes:

Neuroscience piece

1. Update on Allen’s Rule blog post:

http://thegaitguys.tumblr.com/post/68094426145/allens-rule-is-this-why-the-kenyans-are-better

2. Could a simple ankle sensor help with parkinsons symptoms ?

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=could-a-simple-ankle-sensor-help-with-parkinsons-symptoms

3. Probiotics Boost Running Performance in Heat

http://www.runnersworld.com/nutrition-for-runners/probiotics-boost-running-performance-in-heat

4. http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2013/11/26/thalmic-labs-gearing-ship-first-myo-gesture-control-armbands-weeks/

5 Gait Factoid:  the foot abductory twist

6.  Note from melissa on her 9 month leg pain.

Disclaimer 

7 . National Shoe Fit Program

8 . medial tibial stress syndrome

http://lowerextremityreview.com/cover_story/medial-shin-pain-in-runners-evidence-for-orthosis-use

9. from a blog reader:

The thigh-gap obsession is not new but it’s the most extreme body fixation yet

http://www.theguardian.com/fashion/2013/nov/04/thigh-gap-obsession-most-extreme

Podcast 45: Spock, Ankle Syndesmosis injuries and Subways.

A. Link to our server:

http://thegaitguys.libsyn.com/podcast-45-spock-syndesmosis-and-subways

B. iTunes link:

https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/the-gait-guys-podcast/id559864138

C. Gait Guys online /download store (National Shoe Fit Certification and more !) :

http://store.payloadz.com/results/results.aspx?m=80204

D. other web based Gait Guys lectures:

www.onlinece.com   type in Dr. Waerlop or Dr. Allen,  ”Biomechanics”

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* Today’s show notes:

Neuroscience:

1. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/17/health/research/signs-of-cognitive-decline-and-alzheimers-are-seen-in-gait.html?_r=0

http://archive.sciencewatch.com/ana/st/alz2/11julSTAlz2Matt/

http://matsuokalab.georgetown.edu/pubs/2007%20Neurobiol%20Dis%20Caloric%20restriction.pdf

2. Coyote Joins 5K at Arizona State XC Championships

http://www.runnersworld.com/high-school-racing/coyote-joins-5k-at-arizona-state-xc-championships

http://wildandfreemontana.blogspot.com/2012/11/the-basic-gaits-of-your-basic-coyote.html

3. Ankle arthroplasty makes strides, but issues remain | Lower Extremity Review Magazine

http://lowerextremityreview.com/article/ankle-arthroplasty-makes-strides-but-issues-remain

4.Scanadu scores $10.5M and paves the way for FDA trials

http://gigaom.com/2013/11/12/scanadu-scores-10-5m-and-paves-the-way-for-fda-trials/

5 . National Shoe Fit Program

http://lowerextremityreview.com/article/multiple-factors-affect-running-shoe-selection

6 . http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20020101

Knee Surg Sports Traumatol Arthrosc. 2010 Oct;18(10):1379-84. doi: 10.1007/s00167-009-1010-y. Epub 2009 Dec 18.

Rotational laxity greater in patients with contralateral anterior cruciate ligament injury than healthy volunteers. Branch TP, 

 7.from a blog reader:

schwad01 asked you:

Guys. I am a Parkinson’s patient … 

 

8. FAcebook reader:

http://thegaitguys.tumblr.com/post/12603104452/gait-ataxia-and-gluten-yup-what-you-eat-can-affect

9. In the News:

Russian Subways Now Accept Squats for Payment

http://mashable.com/2013/11/12/russian-subway-squats/#:eyJzIjoidCIsImkiOiJfbDF4b245djZqNnI2M2UyeiJ9

10.In the research:

Syndesmosis and Lateral Ankle Sprains in the National Football League | Orthopedics
http://www.healio.com/orthopedics/journals/ortho/%7B50517223-98e3-4c9e-ac4d-328e3efd6a9a%7D/syndesmosis-and-lateral-ankle-sprains-in-the-national-football-league

11.GAME:

How Existential: Two MacBooks Playing Rock-Paper-Scissors Forever

http://www.fastcodesign.com/3021052/how-existential-two-macbooks-playing-rock-paper-scissors-forever?partner=rss