What is a Functional Podiatrist?

You’ve been experiencing heel pain on and off for almost a year and it is still not resolved.  Every time you go to a podiatrist you hear the same thing:  rest, orthotics and physical therapy – or maybe even surgery.  With the advances in medicine, you feel there must be other options to resolve your…

Are you kegeling wrong?  Top 5 Pelvic Floor Mistakes

Even though I’m a foot specialist, I am all about the pelvic floor.  It is connected to the feet after all!  As I teach my patients and professionals about how to reconnect to the pelvic floor muscles I want to remind that this anti-gravity postural muscles is one that is deeply connected to our feet, breath…

3 Steps to a Stronger Foot Core Connection

Hidden within our socks and shoes is a powerful structure that can transform how you connect to your posture and movement.  The human foot is a fascinatingly complex structure made up of 26 bones, 33 joints and over 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments. With our feet acting as our body’s foundation, it is important to…

The Best Insoles for Preventing Running Related Injuries

What are the best insoles for running injury prevention? The softer, the better, you might say.  But is extra cushioning actually the best approach for preventing injuries? Recent research indicates that more cushioning in our shoes and insoles is actually not effective for preventing running-related injuries. In fact, there’s evidence that too much cushioning may…

Are you doing short foot correctly? | Clearing the confusion

I think it goes without saying that I have a passion for sharing the power of foot activation and how it fascially connects to central core stabilization.  My go-to for foot activation is none other than – short foot! Considered by some as merely of foot-specific exercise and not one that is integrated or applicable…