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Provides comprehensive information on foot topics ranging from corns and callouses to orthopedics and odor. Considers such specific concerns as walking, running and dress shoes, varicose veins, corrective surgery, sports related ailments, women's foot problems as well as geriatric foot needs. Also features the latest advances in diagnostic equipment, particularly bone scanners and new computer analysis techniques.

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Shows how better footcare can help seniors extend their enjoyment of golf and other active pursuits.

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• ISBN13: 9781577491590
• Condition: New
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“Being dressed to kill shouldn’t mean killing your feet!  It’s time to liberate ourselves from the tyranny of shoes that hobble our mobility and disfigure our bodies in the name of sexiness.  With this book, Leora Tanenbaum shows us how to take the first step.”—Audrey D. Brashich, author of All Made Up: A Girl’s Guide to Seeing Through Celebrity Hype and Celebrating Real Beauty“In Leora Tanenbaum’s Bad Shoes, the woman who exposed slut-bashing, cat-fighting, and God-reclaiming takes on women’s masochistic relationship with their feet.  Run (while you still can) to your nearest bookstore and save your sole.”—Jennifer Baumgardner, author of Look Both Ways, Manifesta, and Abortion & Life“Advocate for women Leora Tanenbaum has written a witty, insightful, highly readable, and frankly shocking exploration of high heels that is a must-read.  Tanenbaum urges readers to use common sense and not wear high heels that make us hobble.  This lively book makes me want to give my pointy-toed, 4-inch stilettos a new place in my closet: the archives.”—Liz Funk, author of Supergirls Speak Out: Inside the Secret Crisis of Overachieving GirlsPraise for Leora Tanenbaum's previous books: “Leora Tanenbaum is one of the most astute and thoughtful of the new generation of feminist writers.”—Elizabeth Wurtzel“Tanenbaum’s prose is provocative.”—San Francisco Bay Guardian“Tanenbaum is thorough but never patronizing. Warm and informative, her own voice enriches the text.”—BUST“[Tanenbaum’s] intimate perspective is personally revealing and enormously informative.”—Feminist ReviewBad Shoes and the Women Who Love Them is a lighthearted but highly informed wake-up call to women to make smart decisions when buying and wearing fashionable shoes. Arming the reader with essential facts, citing medical literature as well as leading podiatric surgeons and orthopedists, Leora Tanenbaum covers the history of high heels, Chinese foot binding, the controversy over cosmetic surgery of the foot, and what Sigmund Freud had to

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• ISBN13: 9781583229040
• Condition: New
• Notes: BUY WITH CONFIDENCE, Over one million books sold! 98% Positive feedback. Compare our books, prices and service to the competition. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed

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This pioneering textbook is the first one ever on diabetic foot problems. With contributions from a multidisciplinary panel of experts, it presents a comprehensive curriculum on the topic. This includes global and socio-economic aspects of diabetes; a team approach; basic science of the foot (anatomy and biomechanics); clinical assessment and classification systems for diabetic foot problems; endocrine aspects; diabetic foot infections (clinical presentation and management); amputations in diabetic foot surgery (predictive factors, major and distal amputations, rehabilitation and phantom pain management); care of diabetic wounds (including the role of the latest technologically advanced dressings, vacuum dressings, anodyne therapy, ultrasonic debridement and extracorporeal shockwave therapy); and diabetic footcare and diabetic footwear. Contents: Diabetes Mellitus and Its Complications: A Global Problem (A Nather & P H Wu); Team Approach for Diabetic Foot Problems -- The Singapore Experience (A Nather et al.); Foot at Risk (A Erasmus & A Jorgensen); Assessment of Peripheral Neuropathy (T Tsao & A Nather); Management of Diabetes (S B Chionh); Antibiotics in the Management of Diabetic Foot Infections (C Ong & P A Tambyah); Necrotising Fasciitis (A Nather & T Setiobudi); Predictive Factors for Limb Salvage -- The Singapore Experience (A Nather et al.); Major Amputations in Diabetics (A Nather & G Singh); Rehabilitation Following Major Lower Limb Amputation (A K S Lim & A Nather); Phantom Pain and Its Management (W Kusumaningsih); Management and Complications of Charcot Joint Disease (A Nather & T Setiobudi); Types of Dressings for Diabetic Foot Ulcers (T Tsao & A Nather); Role of Anodyne Therapy for Healing of Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers (A Nather et al.); Role of Ultrasonic Debridement for Healing of Chronic Diabetic Foot Ulcers (A Erasmus et al.); Vacuum Assisted Closure in the Treatment of Diabetic Foot Ulcers (Y-P Peng); Diabetic Foot Care (T Tsao); Diabetic Footwear: Current Status and Future Directions (A Nather & G Singh); Footwear Habits in Diabetics With and Without Diabetic Foot Problems The Singapore Experience (A Nather et al.); and other chapters.