This is the survey results of podiatrists polled regarding barefoot running:
http://podiatrym.com/quicksurvey2.cfm
http://podiatrym.com/quicksurvey2.cfm
Keep This in Mind When Listening to Podiatrist's Opinion
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So what I got out of this is that 84.29% of podiatrists surveyed believe that 100% of humans have been born with defective feet. I can't imagine what people did before the profession was invented.....way back in the 1960's!
I was actually a middle schooler before the profession was even created!
I was actually a middle schooler before the profession was even created!
Checked out the highlights of their upcoming issue - there'll be an article about what we can learn from Thomas Edison, the prolific inventor. Ugh 
The whole rag seems to be about nothing more than marketing and increasing profits in the pod practice.
The whole rag seems to be about nothing more than marketing and increasing profits in the pod practice.
My guess is they don't know anything about it, haven't done any research and their answers were what they thought their colleagues wanted to hear. Barefooting is still way out of the mainstream. When I mentioned to my chiropractor that I was working toward minimal running several years ago, she was quite taken aback. Her immediate response was that the cushioning in running shoes is important, and that minimal shoes send more shock through the knees, etc.(!) I explained my view and she quickly moderated her stance. This really surprised me since chiropractors usually believe in the body's ability to heal itself. This also showed me that she had never given the idea any thought.
You are absolutely correct. They might fully accept the idea of barefoot locomotion as the way to go, but also think that the act of running wastes too many heartbeats from one's alloted lifetime total max.
That's probably true for a few of them but podiatrists as a group are well-aware of what we do. And they don't like it (because it cuts into from their revenues?).
Except, most of them probably equate barefoot running with minimal shoes, which we know aren't the same thing. And, they do love to sell those orthotics, which don't stay in place well on bare feet
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I hate stats and I hate that I understood exactly what your saying... My stats 243 teacher would be so proud...
URL of the survey has moved; it is now here: http://podiatrym.com/polls2.cfm?surveyid=24
And yes, "invalid" is a good word for it.
And yes, "invalid" is a good word for it.
Hey, if you go to their home page you can actually vote in the current poll! I just voted three times for the least chosen answer for "What do you do after discovering that staff delays patient appointments?" and watched it go up a percentage point.
No, really. It's ignorance. Docs used to think that tv caused myopia. Recent research shows that it's lack of sunlight which decreases dopamine in the eye, since kids spend so much time indoors now. Other examples abound.
Only if still profitable, otherwise, corrections do not occur.
All the more reason for publicly funded research which benefits humanity rather than corporations.
a smart man once said the best way to lie is through statisticsI hate stats and I hate that I understood exactly what your saying... My stats 243 teacher would be so proud...
I wonder what the poll results would be for "Would you recommend running regularly as a primary form of exercise?" Perhaps, some believe that running is bad for you entirely. Surely, they must see lots of shoddie injuries as well.
