Recently, a new coding forum entitled codinghelpline.com was launched enabling colleagues to send in coding questions. Not surprisingly, as happens at many conferences, one subscriber ...

       Today I present you with only the abstract of this article. A systematic review was done of 9 papers encompassing almost 500 patients. The results confirmed wh...

  Recently, a client was asked by Noridian (DME MAC A) to repay a few hundred dollars for a DME claim submitted six years ago. The patient had been seen in the office while residing in a nurs...

      I want to present a concept that is often used by sports medicine physicians for their running population (and definitely can be used in the walking population) to l...

  Here’s a Five-Minute, Permanent Fix This is a very common issue. Take a deep breath—don’t panic.In most cases, this can be resolved by your biller and a one-time, five-mi...

       When we are treating patients, we discover a huge percentage have signs of over pronation that we can link to the pain or instability or both that they present...

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Mr MC is a 39 year old male who presents to the clinic with a chief complaint of a painful “bump” in the arch of his right foot. He first noticed the bump approximately six months prior...

  Changed Medicare Beneficiary Identifier (MBI) I and now your office is hit with a new deductible. Can you solve this problem? Yes you can Win This!! A Medicare patient presents to your off...

      This is a nice study out of Brazil highlighting the relationship of 3 weight bearing measurements: Tibial Calcaneal or Kevin’s Angle (here just called the Rear...

Ms. SB is a 59 year old female who presents with a chief complaint of a painful enlargement on the outside of both feet with the right slightly worse than the left, which has been present for many ...

    Hat tip to Kathy Root (Merton Root’s daughter‑in‑law) for sharing this article with our team — that’s how I found it. Thank you, Kathy.Article:https://thetrek.co/a...

       This article, only in abstract form, makes the excellent correlation between chronic low back pain and pes planus.The treatment with foot orthotic devices show...

Stefan,  Shoes now frequently lack a lasting board or other shank equivalent,  which are important providers of both sagital and frontal plane stability. The current popularity of marshma...

Last week’s blog post presented a case study of Cuboid Subluxation secondary to plantar fascia rupture. Commonly present as associated with or secondary to other conditions, such as plantar f...

There is a difference between a soft material and one that doesn't compress. Dick Schuster used Leather Rubber butter orthoses on his runners which was flexible and non compressible. Years ago I us...

As you start the New Year, be aware that the annual deductibles for most plans reset and start January 1, 2026.  Traditional Fee for Service Medicare deductible for 2026 is $283. Other plan de...

       This is a good article attempting to counsel against diagnosing every patient with plantar heel pain as having plantar fasciitis. We all can order functional o...

Mr KH is a 45 year old male, who works as a driver for a delivery service. He likes to play softball on weekends and golfs regularly. About one year ago he experienced a significant weight gain, an...

       I have had the pleasure and privilege of working with great minds in the attempt to understand why my Inverted Orthotic Technique works so well. I have also ha...