Latest California Podiatric Medical Association Stories

The lack of protective footwear leaves feet – especially toes – at extreme risk for serious trauma in the increasingly popular sport of MMA, according to the California Podiatric Medical Association. Sacramento, California (PRWEB) May 15, 2013 A toe injury is not the very first thing you would think about in a sports injury, but in reality it can have debilitating effects on performance or even incapacitate an athlete. Since the toes are at the very end of the foot and move freely and...

Expansion of the First Lady’s anti-obesity exercise campaign focuses on getting schools involved in “Let’s Move! Active Schools.” California’s Podiatric Physicians strongly support this initiative and want parents to also get involved by first taking a look at their children’s shoes. Sacramento, CA (PRWEB) March 13, 2013 “The initiative’s goal of encouraging 60 minutes of physical activity per day is a great step forward, and will be most successful in proper athletic shoe...

The California Podiatric Medical Association (CPMA) offers some healthy suggestions to treat these neglected marvels to a little Tender Loving Care this Valentine’s Day Sacramento, California (PRWEB) February 08, 2013 A bioengineering masterpiece that marries the mechanical complexity and precision of a Swiss watch with the structural strength of a cantilever bridge, the human foot is a wonder! The foot is a complex marvel of 26 bones (one-quarter of all the bones in the human body), 33...