Book Reviews

[cjsmith]

My Amazon order came in. I promised reviews.

1) Acupressure's Potent Points: Not a word about foot pain. (A few pages on "foot and ankle pain" are all, without exception, about the ankle.) This isn't yet a definitive review but I suspect this one's not what I'm looking for. It's just not chock-full of detail.

2) Trigger Point Therapy Workbook: I LEARNED SOMETHING! In ten minutes I learned a LOT, actually. I can now identify muscles I previously didn't even know existed. I bet this book is going to be AWESOME.

The most exciting thing I learned: there's a syndrome called "Morton's foot." (Presumably Morton's feet are prone to Morton's neuroma... I dunno.) Anyway, it's a situation where the second metatarsal is longer than the first. I'd read about problems stemming from the second toe being longer than the first, which mine isn't, so I mostly ignored them... but the second metatarsal? So I bent my toes down to see where the bumps on the top of the foot showed up. My second metatarsal is noticeably longer! I have this type of foot! And GUESS what it's prone to. GUESS. Yep, it sounds remarkably like the sort of pain I've got. SURPRISE! And... this book has suggestions for what to do with it. YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS.

This is a hopeful development. I shall keep you posted, my faithful readers. :)

(Also coming up soon: a review of Egoscue's "Pain Free for Women".)

Comments

[brian1789.livejournal.com]

It was a pleasure to see you, earlier! :)

[datagoddess.livejournal.com]

Oh, cool! I hope the suggestions work!

[quasigeostrophy.livejournal.com]

Yay! :-)

[just-cyd.livejournal.com]

Yep, it sounds remarkably like the sort of pain I've got. SURPRISE! And... this book has suggestions for what to do with it.

Hooray!!!!!!!! that's great news! *does a happy dance for CJ*

[wcg.livejournal.com]

Interesting. I have the second toes longer than the first bit, and also the second metatarsal. I shall have to follow your progress closely. So far I haven't had any significant foot problems, but now I know something to watch for.

I sincerely hope the book gives you some information that will help you get over the worst of the pain.

[cyan-blue.livejournal.com]

Awesome news re: those books!

And thanks for the wonderful footrub yesterday... it was good hanging out with you!

[vito-excalibur.livejournal.com]

Yay!

Apparently in popular belief Morton's foot is associated with dominant women. :)

[jupiter29.livejournal.com]

I'm glad at least one of the books in working out for you. I never thought much about it, but I think it would definitely make sense if certain types of feet (that doesn't sound right!) were more likely to develop certain problems. So I hope there is some advice in there that's helpful to you. And now I just have to refrain from taking my shoes off at work to measure my metatarsels. :)