Friday, August 27, 2004
William Olson, D.P.M.
We mourn the passing of William Olson, D.P.M. of San Francisco, CA,who died on August 24, 2004 after a courageous 2½ year battleagainst cancer. Dr. Olson graduated CCPM in 1979 and was a formerpresident of the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine and aclinical professor at CCPM. Olson served as team podiatrist at UCBerkeley and was a Distinguished Practitioner in the NationalAcademies of Practice. Dr. Olson was an author and innovator, who was responsible for theintroduction of many high-tech materials to the orthotics industry.In 2001, Podiatry Management Magazine named him as one of theprofession's 150 most influential practitioners.Those who had the pleasure of knowing Bill can attest to hisgenerosity in freely sharing his knowledge with others. He will besorely missed.PM News policy is to recommend that memorial donations be made tothe Fund For Podiatric Medical Educationhttp://www.apma.org/fpmh.htm
(reprinted from PMNews, with permission)
We mourn the passing of William Olson, D.P.M. of San Francisco, CA,who died on August 24, 2004 after a courageous 2½ year battleagainst cancer. Dr. Olson graduated CCPM in 1979 and was a formerpresident of the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine and aclinical professor at CCPM. Olson served as team podiatrist at UCBerkeley and was a Distinguished Practitioner in the NationalAcademies of Practice. Dr. Olson was an author and innovator, who was responsible for theintroduction of many high-tech materials to the orthotics industry.In 2001, Podiatry Management Magazine named him as one of theprofession's 150 most influential practitioners.Those who had the pleasure of knowing Bill can attest to hisgenerosity in freely sharing his knowledge with others. He will besorely missed.PM News policy is to recommend that memorial donations be made tothe Fund For Podiatric Medical Educationhttp://www.apma.org/fpmh.htm
(reprinted from PMNews, with permission)
Sunday, August 22, 2004
Saturday, August 21, 2004
Another naughty Podiatrist - this one got caught flming massges - link
UK Podiatrist's and the use of the term 'physician' - link
Next ePodiatry Newsletter is online - link
Alexa Ranking
UK Podiatrist's and the use of the term 'physician' - link
Next ePodiatry Newsletter is online - link
Alexa Ranking
Thursday, August 19, 2004
This is a good one:
Sever's Injury: A Stress Fracture of the Immature Calcaneal Metaphysis. Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics. 24(5):488-492, September/October 2004.Ogden, John A. MD *; Ganey, Timothy M. PhD ++; Hill, J. David MD +; Jaakkola, Juha I. MD +
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children with a presumptive diagnosis of Sever's apophysitis and with continuing pain after conservative treatment demonstrated bone bruising within the trabecular bone of the metaphyseal region adjacent to the calcaneal apophysis. Limited portions of the apophyseal secondary ossification center showed similar increased signal changes. MRI studies following treatment with immobilization showed subsidence or disappearance of the metaphyseal but not any apophyseal signal changes commensurate with improvement in symptoms. Accordingly, the disorder commonly referred to as Sever's "apophysitis" may be a metaphyseal trabecular stress fracture, similar to the toddler's calcaneal stress fracture that has minimal or no involvement of the apophyseal ossification center, and thus should not be referred to as an apophysitis. Rather, it appears to be an overuse injury causing microinjury within the developing metaphyseal "equivalent" trabecular bone that has not completely adapted to the changing biologic (biomechanical) requirements of the growing, athletically active child.
Sever's Injury: A Stress Fracture of the Immature Calcaneal Metaphysis. Journal of Pediatric Orthopedics. 24(5):488-492, September/October 2004.Ogden, John A. MD *; Ganey, Timothy M. PhD ++; Hill, J. David MD +; Jaakkola, Juha I. MD +
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in children with a presumptive diagnosis of Sever's apophysitis and with continuing pain after conservative treatment demonstrated bone bruising within the trabecular bone of the metaphyseal region adjacent to the calcaneal apophysis. Limited portions of the apophyseal secondary ossification center showed similar increased signal changes. MRI studies following treatment with immobilization showed subsidence or disappearance of the metaphyseal but not any apophyseal signal changes commensurate with improvement in symptoms. Accordingly, the disorder commonly referred to as Sever's "apophysitis" may be a metaphyseal trabecular stress fracture, similar to the toddler's calcaneal stress fracture that has minimal or no involvement of the apophyseal ossification center, and thus should not be referred to as an apophysitis. Rather, it appears to be an overuse injury causing microinjury within the developing metaphyseal "equivalent" trabecular bone that has not completely adapted to the changing biologic (biomechanical) requirements of the growing, athletically active child.
Saturday, August 14, 2004
The next ePodiatry Newsletter is online.
This has got to be the best bit of research on the foot published in a while:
Variability in Activity May Precede Diabetic Foot Ulceration
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This has got to be the best bit of research on the foot published in a while:
Variability in Activity May Precede Diabetic Foot Ulceration
Just a reminder - if you add your email address to box at the top right of this page, you automatically get an email whenever its updated.
Monday, August 09, 2004
I have been tardy in updating here and at my Diabetic Foot site - just added a whole lot of new stuff - check it out here
