5th annual: Are shoes the cause of osteoporosis?

5th annual: Are shoes the cause of osteoporosis?

TO: All osteoporosis researchers, doctors, and patients.


The purpose of this yearly post is to stimulate interest and
discussion about the biomechanical effects of shoes on "age-related"
degenerative diseases, such as osteoporosis. Chiropodist Dr. Simon J.
Wikler pioneered efforts to understand the influences of shoes in the
1950's, but his work was neglected during the subsequent drug- and
diet-based approaches to medicine. However, the prolific footwear
historian and podiatrist Dr. William A. Rossi clearly demonstrated
throughout his publications that shoes influence the posture of the
human body. Therefore, using the posture-based approaches to medicine
of the distinguished orthopedist Dr. Joel E. Goldthwait, I have
expanded Dr. Wikler's insightful work to include a variety of
illnesses and conditions whose causes remain unknown.

Osteoporosis is just one example of diseases that are related to the
use of footwear, especially because it affects women
disproportionately more than men. Women's footwear is more physically
deforming to the feet because of higher heels, pointier toes, and
smaller sizes, but any shoe might have a more deforming effect on the
lighter build of a woman's body. Consider the effect from standing or
walking in a shoe with any elevated heel. Standing in bare feet
distributes the weight appropriately to the ball and heel of the foot,
but try raising your body onto the tiny toes, simulating the position
of that heel. More weight is placed on the front of the foot, and
less upon the rear. Higher-heeled shoes mechanically place less
weight on the rearfoot, producing decreased density in its thick and
chunky bones; accordingly, osteoporosis screening is done with a
density scan at the heel bone.

You may find my thesis regarding shoes and disease on the Internet at:
* w w w .shoebusters . com
Thank you very much for considering my novel approach.

James Semmel
Albuquerque, New Mexico

Re: 5th annual: Are shoes the cause of osteoporosis?


"James Semmel" <feetback@shoebusters . com > wrote in message
news:2921f1cb-7aeb-42d4-a658-46c6871a3a04@q39g2000hsf.googlegroups . com ...
> TO: All osteoporosis researchers, doctors, and patients.
>
>
> The purpose of this yearly post is to stimulate interest and
> discussion about the biomechanical effects of shoes on "age-related"
> degenerative diseases, such as osteoporosis. Chiropodist Dr. Simon J.
> Wikler pioneered efforts to understand the influences of shoes in the
> 1950's, but his work was neglected during the subsequent drug- and
> diet-based approaches to medicine. However, the prolific footwear
> historian and podiatrist Dr. William A. Rossi clearly demonstrated
> throughout his publications that shoes influence the posture of the
> human body. Therefore, using the posture-based approaches to medicine
> of the distinguished orthopedist Dr. Joel E. Goldthwait, I have
> expanded Dr. Wikler's insightful work to include a variety of
> illnesses and conditions whose causes remain unknown.
>
> Osteoporosis is just one example of diseases that are related to the
> use of footwear, especially because it affects women
> disproportionately more than men. Women's footwear is more physically
> deforming to the feet because of higher heels, pointier toes, and
> smaller sizes, but any shoe might have a more deforming effect on the
> lighter build of a woman's body. Consider the effect from standing or
> walking in a shoe with any elevated heel. Standing in bare feet
> distributes the weight appropriately to the ball and heel of the foot,
> but try raising your body onto the tiny toes, simulating the position
> of that heel. More weight is placed on the front of the foot, and
> less upon the rear. Higher-heeled shoes mechanically place less
> weight on the rearfoot, producing decreased density in its thick and
> chunky bones; accordingly, osteoporosis screening is done with a
> density scan at the heel bone.
>
> You may find my thesis regarding shoes and disease on the Internet at:
> * w w w .shoebusters . com
> Thank you very much for considering my novel approach.
>
> James Semmel
> Albuquerque, New Mexico
>
>
>

Re: 5th annual: Are shoes the cause of osteoporosis?

nmsz@optonline . net (Norman M. Schwartz) wrote in
news:47863f29$0$9110$607ed4bc@cv . net :

> "James Semmel" <feetback@shoebusters . com > wrote in message
> news:2921f1cb-7aeb-42d4-a658-46c6871a3a04@q39g2000hsf.googlegroups.co
> m...
>> TO: All osteoporosis researchers, doctors, and patients.
>>

Did you repost that for a reason, or were you just testing your news
client?

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse . com

Re: 5th annual: Are shoes the cause of osteoporosis?

Maybe he felt it was worthy of repeating.
james


On Jan 10, 1:58 pm, Bert Hyman <b...@iphouse . com > wrote:
> n...@optonline . net (Norman M. Schwartz) wrote innews:47863f29$0$9110$607ed=
4bc@cv . net :
>
> > "James Semmel" <feetb...@shoebusters . com > wrote in message
> >news:2921f1cb-7aeb-42d4-a658-46c6871a3a04@q39g2000hsf.googlegroups.co
> > m...
> >> TO: All osteoporosis researchers, doctors, and patients.
>
> Did you repost that for a reason, or were you just testing your news
> client?
>
> --
> Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | b...@iphouse . com

Re: 5th annual: Are shoes the cause of osteoporosis?

feetback@shoebusters . com (James Semmel) wrote in news:3201cdff-05cd-4c42-
b4dd-8545177bd9e7@i72g2000hsd.googlegroups . com :

> Maybe he felt it was worthy of repeating.

Then he's just as wrong as you are.

--
Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | bert@iphouse . com

Re: 5th annual: Are shoes the cause of osteoporosis?

Bert,

Why do you feel I am wrong that shoes cause osteoporosis?

james


On Jan 28, 8:40 am, Bert Hyman <b...@iphouse . com > wrote:
> feetb...@shoebusters . com (James Semmel) wrote in news:3201cdff-05cd-4c42-
> Then he's just as wrong as you are.
> Bert Hyman | St. Paul, MN | b...@iphouse . com