Cranial (Head) Pathology can Change How the Feet Move
How your feet move, determines (in large part) your posture. Abnormal foot motion results in poor posture (Rothbart 2009. Forever Free From Chronic Pain). And poor posture can lead you into chronic muscle and joint pain.
In a paper I published in the Journal of American Podiatric Medical Association (2008), I suggested that head trauma (e.g., Sphenoid torsion) could result in abnormal foot motion.
This research was part of a series of discoveries that ultimately led to a therapy that, in many cases, permanently eliminates chronic musculoskeletal pain without the use of drugs or surgery. This therapy is called Rothbart Proprioceptive Therapy, in which I use a series of proprietary tests to analyze the patient’s condition, custom designed Rothbart Proprioceptive Insoles and ongoing monitoring to address all of the changes in the patients condition and necessary changes in prescriptions until the chronic muscle and/or joint pain is eliminated.
Below is an animated example demonstrating how a right torsion of the sphenoid (cranial) bone changes the motion within the feet. Specifically, one foot rolls inward (pronated) while the other foot rolls outward (supinated). This distortion in foot mechanics is pathognomonic (very specific) to cranial pathology and is referred to as a descending pattern.
For more information on descending patterns, go to my research website: Descending Cranial Foot Pathomechanics.
Professor/Dr. Brian A. Rothbart
Chronic Pain Elimination Specialist
Discovered the Rothbarts Foot and PreClinical Clubfoot Deformity
Developer of Rothbart Proprioceptive Therapy
Designer of Rothbart Proprioceptive Insoles
Founder of International Academy of Rothbart Proprioceptive Therapy
Author of Forever Free From Chronic Pain
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Posted by rothbart at 5/14/2009 6:23 PM 
Categories: Forward Head Position
Tags: Proprioceptive Insole Descending Pattern Rothbart Proprioceptive Therapy Cranial Pathomechanics Foot Motion
Categories: Forward Head Position
Tags: Proprioceptive Insole Descending Pattern Rothbart Proprioceptive Therapy Cranial Pathomechanics Foot Motion
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