Causation and Prevention of Non-Contact Achilles Tendon Tears

Sep 28, 2020 // by Team FPS // achilles tendon, foot arch, General, heel away, injury, michael jordan, pronation // Comments Off

Mechanics that cause non-contact achilles tendon tears while stepping backwards include the following: external hip rotation heel moves towards midline with toes outward inside edge foot pressure flat foot (arch collapse) knees facing opposite directions The opposite mechanics are protective for non-contact achilles tendon tears. Mechanics that prevent non-contact achilles tendon tears while stepping backwards include […]

Shod versus Unshod

Dec 21, 2012 // by Team FPS // barefoot, biomechanics, Fivefingers, foot, General, hip, injury, inserts, knee, running, shod, unshod, vibrams // Comments Off

Also see: High Heeled Shoes: A Real Pain Nature. 2010 Jan 28;463(7280):531-5. doi: 10.1038/nature08723. Foot strike patterns and collision forces in habitually barefoot versus shod runners Lieberman DE, Venkadesan M, Werbel WA, Daoud AI, D’Andrea S, Davis IS, Mang’eni RO, Pitsiladis Y. Humans have engaged in endurance running for millions of years, but the modern [...]

The Truth about Low Cholesterol

Apr 23, 2012 // by Team FPS // cancer, cholesterol, depression, elderly, endotoxin, General, HDL, injury, Ischaemic heart disease, LDL, lipopolysaccharide, mortality, statins, stroke, suicide, trauma, Truth about Low Cholesterol, violence // Comments Off

Lancet. 2001 Aug 4;358(9279):351-5. Cholesterol and all-cause mortality in elderly people from the Honolulu Heart Program: a cohort study. Schatz IJ, Masaki K, Yano K, Chen R, Rodriguez BL, Curb JD. BACKGROUND: A generally held belief is that cholesterol concentrations should be kept low to lessen the risk of cardiovascular disease. However, studies of the [...]

Gas explosion blasts Iowa soybean processing plant; three seriously injured

Sep 14, 2011 // by Team FPS // estrogen, explosion, flammable, General, hexane, injury, PUFA, soy, soybeans, toxic // Comments Off

Published: Saturday, August 30, 2003 Associated Press SERGEANT BLUFF, Iowa (AP) — A gas explosion rocked a soybean processing plant in western Iowa on Friday, injuring eight people — three critically — and sparking a fire, authorities said.Fire crews extinguished the blaze after four hours at the Ag Processing Inc. plant, about 20 miles south [...]