Cath Lab Digest

   In this battle, it is my firm belief that the winner will be the patient who has been fortunate enough to find the podiatrist who will honestly state the mechanical facts that the ill fitting stylish shoes are the main cause of the patient’s foot pain and also has the common sense to make the necessary shoe changes so the patient may again be free of foot pain.

Dr. Kirby is an Adjunct Associate Professor within the Department of Applied Biomechanics at the California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, Calif. He is in private practice in Sacramento, Calif.

Dr. McCord recently retired from practice at the Centralia Medical Center in Centralia, Wash.

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