Knee Painand

Faulty Foot Mechanics

Is there a connection?

Knee Pain Facts

Knee pain is one of the top reasons for visits to emergency rooms and

primary care physicians.

Fifteen million (15,000,000) people

a year visit an

orthopedic surgeon

for a complaint about knee pain.

1 out of 3 adults

older than 45 years

reports some type of knee pain

Typical cost for ACL reconstruction is $20,000 to $50,000.

Treatment options

Pills don’t fix anything.

Physical therapy is not the cure.

Potential Risks of Knee Surgery

• Deep vein thrombosis/blood clot• Infection of the prosthesis• Loosening of the prosthesis• Formation of heterotopic bone• Bone fracturing during the operation• Dislocation of the prosthesis• Difference in leg length• Additional or more rapid loss of bone tissue

There are more than1,500,000 arthroscopic surgeries

performed a year.

In 2007 there were more than 1,000,000 knee replacement surgeries.

Did you know that unicompartment replacement lasts 7-12 years.

ANDa total knee joint replacement

only lasts 10 – 15 years.

There are greater than 22,000 knee joint replacement revisions a year.

Even with the best medical advancements…

…the numbers are on the rise.

Hey, we are doing the best we can!

Why is it that this condition just gets worse

and the number of bad

knees are escalating

out of control?

We have to determinewhat is the underlying cause.

Otherwise we are just masking the symptoms.

What is the #1reason for knee pain

?

TRAUMA

Nope,you can do better than that!

GoutLupus

Metabolic problemsTumors

Genetic DeformityTendonitis

Bursitis

Really!

Is that the best you can do?

“Wear & Tear”

“Things just wear out after awhile”

Yes, you got it.

“Wear and Tear” is the #1 reason for knee disease.

How come knees “wear-out” for some people and not others?

It’s a mechanical thing.

Knee Mechanics - NormalA balanced tibia-femur joint

functions as it was designed

Equal distribution of forces acting on the ligaments, meniscus, and articular

cartilage.

Good Alignment

Abnormal Knee Mechanics

Unbalanced joint leads to excessive uneven strain to the ligaments, meniscus, and cartilage.

Due to the excessive twisting, the ligaments and tendons are damaged

leading to further instability and destruction within the knee.

How do we end up with faulty knee mechanics?

The answer lies at the bottom of the musculoskeletal chain.

That’s right

Our feet serve as the foundation to our body.

If our hind-foot is

aligned

then most likely our knee will also be properly aligned.

Aligned Not aligned

Hind-foot Anatomy

Tibia

Ankle bone/talus

Heel bone/calcaneus

Fibula

TIBIA

TALUS

Calcaneus

Think of these bones like a set of

dynamic building blocks.

The ankle bone (talus) moves on top of the

heel bone (calcaneus).

The movement of the leg bones (tibia/fibula)

is affected by the motion of the ankle bone.

If the talus slips off the calcaneus,this drops the inner aspect of the tibia.

Normal to abnormal hind-foot alignment

Normal Abnormal

The partial dislocation of the ankle bone on the hind-foot bones is not a good thing.

Normal Hind-foot to fore-foot alignment

Abnormal hind-foot alignment

A dynamic displacement of the ankle on the heel

bone creates a mechanical disadvantage

thisdirectly impacts the knee.

Every step taken leads to abnormal excessive “wear & tear” to the knee

joint structures.

Walking is the second most common conscious function of the body.

The Average Person takes:

Nearly 7,000 steps a day

2,555,000 steps a year

25,550,000 steps every ten years

Average number of steps taken for the average, non-sportive, person.

• 10 years of walking = 25,550,000 steps• 20 years of walking = 51,100,000 steps• 30 years of walking = 76,650,000 steps• 40 years of walking = 102,200,000 steps• 50 years of walking = 127,750,000 steps• 60 years of walking = 153,300,000 steps• 70 years of walking = 178,850,000 steps

Each step leads to excessive “wear & tear” until the

critical point is reach and the knee becomes symptomatic.

I think this makes a lot of sense

and also gives a great explanation as to why it seems like this condition will just never go away.

You can keep cutting a weed at the surface, but it will continue to grow. Or, you can pull it out at

its root and eliminate it once and for all.

So how can we realign the foundation.

simple

We have to transform and maintain

and

We can try external measures

There are a lot of limitations with that option.

I only ask you:

How can something on the bottom of the foot stabilize the ankle bone located on top of the heel bone?

or

We can choose

internal correction

for this

internal deformity

Internal Correction

Extra-Osseous TaloTarsal Stabilization“EOTTS”

2 Weeks Post-OpThe Knees

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