feetback
01-10-07, 12:17 PM
Hi everyone,
The purpose of this yearly post is to stimulate interest and discussion about the biomechanical effects of shoes on "age-related" degenerative diseases, such as obesity. Chiropodist Dr. Simon J. Wikler pioneered efforts to understand the influences of shoes in the 1950's, but his work was neglected during the subsequent drug- and diet-based approaches to medicine. However, the prolific footwear historian and podiatrist Dr. William A. Rossi clearly demonstrated throughout his publications that shoes influence the posture of the human body. Therefore, using the posture-based approaches to medicine of the distinguished orthopedist Dr. Joel E. Goldthwait, I have expanded Dr. Wikler's insightful work to include a variety of illnesses and conditions whose causes remain unknown.
Obesity and weight problems are just examples of conditions that are related to the use of footwear. After all, no diet has ever been definitively identified by nutritionists to permanently control morbid obesity. Something else seems to be hindering the ability to lose weight, and the trends in foot deformation fit perfectly. For example, the United States requires shoes to be worn constantly, and obesity is visibly widespread. But in Japan, modern shoes are removed in the home or at some restaurants and offices, and obesity is rarely evident. Moreover, the increased prevalence of obesity and diabetes that have affected younger ages seems to coincide precisely with the material changes in footwear manufacturing over the last few decades. The modern sneaker, which has an exceptionally thick and inflexible sole, typifies these recent footwear changes. Although American fast food continues to take the popular blame for the growing incidence of obesity around the world, it seems that American sneakers actually deserve the attention.
You may find my thesis regarding shoes and disease on the Internet at: http://www.shoebusters.com
Thank you very much for considering my novel approach.
James Semmel
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Previous years' threads:
http://www.diettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=618842
http://www.diettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46332
http://www.diettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40917
The purpose of this yearly post is to stimulate interest and discussion about the biomechanical effects of shoes on "age-related" degenerative diseases, such as obesity. Chiropodist Dr. Simon J. Wikler pioneered efforts to understand the influences of shoes in the 1950's, but his work was neglected during the subsequent drug- and diet-based approaches to medicine. However, the prolific footwear historian and podiatrist Dr. William A. Rossi clearly demonstrated throughout his publications that shoes influence the posture of the human body. Therefore, using the posture-based approaches to medicine of the distinguished orthopedist Dr. Joel E. Goldthwait, I have expanded Dr. Wikler's insightful work to include a variety of illnesses and conditions whose causes remain unknown.
Obesity and weight problems are just examples of conditions that are related to the use of footwear. After all, no diet has ever been definitively identified by nutritionists to permanently control morbid obesity. Something else seems to be hindering the ability to lose weight, and the trends in foot deformation fit perfectly. For example, the United States requires shoes to be worn constantly, and obesity is visibly widespread. But in Japan, modern shoes are removed in the home or at some restaurants and offices, and obesity is rarely evident. Moreover, the increased prevalence of obesity and diabetes that have affected younger ages seems to coincide precisely with the material changes in footwear manufacturing over the last few decades. The modern sneaker, which has an exceptionally thick and inflexible sole, typifies these recent footwear changes. Although American fast food continues to take the popular blame for the growing incidence of obesity around the world, it seems that American sneakers actually deserve the attention.
You may find my thesis regarding shoes and disease on the Internet at: http://www.shoebusters.com
Thank you very much for considering my novel approach.
James Semmel
Albuquerque, New Mexico
Previous years' threads:
http://www.diettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?p=618842
http://www.diettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?t=46332
http://www.diettalk.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=40917