Fixing Your Feet Injury Prevention and Treatments for Athletes

Take Care of Your Feet! Your feet take a beating with every step. Don't wait until foot pain inhibits your speed, strength, and style. Learn the basics and the finer points of foot care before pain becomes a problem. Foot expert and ultrarunner John Vonhof shares how the interplay of anatomy, biomechanics, and footwear can lead to happy--or hurting--feet. Fixing Your Feet covers all that you need to know to care for your feet, now and hundreds of miles down the road. BOOK FEATURES Tried-and-true methods of foot care from numerous experts, plus tips and anecdotes about recovery and training Information about hundreds of foot-care products for nearly every foot ailment High-interest topics such as "Barefoot & Minimalist Footwear," "Blister Prevention," and "Providing Foot Care for Athletes" Covers both individual foot care and team care "From heels to toes, products to pathology, resources to rehabilitation, this book has it all. An essential guide." --Runner's World "After more than 25 years of treating feet and reading about treating feet, I've found nothing, absolutely nothing, as helpful as Fixing Your Feet. --Buck Tilton, MS, cofounder of the Wilderness Medicine Institute of NOLS and author of many books on outdoor health and safety