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• Title:Podiatry sourcebook : basic consumer health information about disorders, diseases, deformities, and injuries that affect the foot and ankle, including sprains, corns, calluses, bunions, plantar warts, plantar fasciitis, neuromas, clubfoot, flat feet, achilles tendonitis, and much more; along with information about selecting a foot care specialist, foot fitness, shoes and socks, diagnostic tests and corrective procedures, financial assistance for corrective devices, a glossary of related terms, and a directory of resources for additional help and information / edited by Ivy L. Alexander.
  
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• Other Contributors/Collections:Alexander, Ivy L.
  
• Published/Created:Detroit, MI : Omnigraphics, ©2007.
  

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  • Location:WOODWARD LIBRARY stacksWhere is this?
    
  • Call Number: WE39 .P635 2007
    
  • Number of Items:1
    
  • Status:Available
    

   
• Library of Congress Subjects:Podiatry.
  Foot--Diseases.
  
• Edition:2nd ed.
  
• Description:xvi, 543 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
  
• Series:Health reference series.
  
• Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
  
• ISBN:9780780809444 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  
• Contents:Pt. I. Podiatric medicine and foot health
  Ch. 1. Taking care of your feet and ankles
  Ch. 2. Podiatry and the detection of foot problems
  Ch. 3. Choosing a podiatrist
  Ch. 4. developing foot
  Ch. 5. What you should know about children's shoes
  Ch. 6. Footwear affects foot health
  Ch. 7. Preventing foot trouble
  Ch. 8. Foot facts for athletes
  Ch. 9. On your feet at work
  Ch. 10. Diagnostic and therapeutic injection of the ankle and foot
  Ch. 11. Gait analysis and other diagnostic tests
  Ch. 12. Common foot surgeries
  Ch. 13. Orthoses (limb braces)
  Pt. II. Common foot conditions
  Ch. 14. Understanding and treating athlete's foot
  Ch. 15. Foot odor
  Ch. 16. Plantar warts
  Ch. 17. Heel pain
  Ch. 18. Arch-related problems
  Ch. 19. Neuromas
  Ch. 20. Metatarsalgia (pain in the ball of the foot)
  Ch. 21. Muscle cramps and contractions
  Ch. 22. Toenail problems
  Pt. III. Foot and ankle injuries
  Ch. 23. Blisters, calluses, and corns
  Ch. 24. Sprains and strains
  Ch. 25. Foot fractures frequently misdiagnosed as ankle sprains
  Ch. 26. Growth plate injuries
  Ch. 27. Turf toe
  Ch. 28. Achilles tendonitis
  Ch. 29. Sesamoiditis
  Ch. 30. Other foot and ankle injuries
  Pt. IV. Deformities of the foot and ankle
  Ch. 31. Foot deformities
  Ch. 32. Congenital and genetic abnormalities
  Ch. 33. Bunions and treatments for bunion pain
  Ch. 34. Tailor's bunion (bunionette)
  Ch. 35. Hammer toe
  Ch. 36. Claw toe
  Pt. V. Health conditions that affect the feet
  Ch. 37. Pregnancy and your feet
  Ch. 38. Foot, leg, and ankle swelling
  Ch. 39. Diabetes
  Ch. 40. Neuromuscular diseases
  Ch. 41. Rheumatic diseases
  Ch. 42. Lupus and the feet
  Ch. 43. Raynaud phenomenon
  Ch. 44. Hansen disease (leprosy)
  Pt. VI. Additional help and information
  Ch. 45. Glossary of podiatric terms
  Ch. 46. Podiatric patients and financial concerns
  Ch. 47. Further reading on disorders, diseases, and injuries of the foot
  Ch. 48. directory of foot and ankle health resources.