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Score: 80

The Foot Book: The Complete Guide to Caring for Your Feet and Ankles, 2nd Edition

Doody's Core Title (2024 Edition)

Score(s):		2.6 (Health Sciences - Podiatry)

ISBN: 978-1-4214-4728-5, 290 pages, Soft Cover
ISBN-10: 1-4214-4728-2

2023

Edition:

2nd

Author:

Rose, Jonathan D., DPM; Martorana, Vincent J., DPM

Specialties:

Podiatry , Orthopedics , Patient Education

Publisher:

Johns Hopkins University Press

2715 North Charles Street

Baltimore, MD 21218

UNITED STATES

P: 800-537-5487 F: hfscustserv@jh.edu

http://www.press.jhu.edu

Series Title:

Johns Hopkins Press Health Book

List Price:

$24.95

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At A Glance

Written by leading podiatry experts, The Foot Book (2nd edition) is your comprehensive guide to foot care. It covers everything from foot anatomy to biomechanical functions in easy-to-understand language. This updated edition includes:

An overview of common and rare foot injuries and syndromes
Information on alignment issues, heel pain, skin and toe conditions, flat feet, arthritis, and more
Guidance on medications, exercises, inserts, therapy, and surgery, along with links to supplemental videos for strengthening exercises.
Tips for selecting the right footwear
Insights into foot issues in children, athletes, diabetics, and those with nerve or vascular problems

With nearly 100 illustrations, The Foot Book provides essential tips and practices for maintaining healthy feet.

Learn more and order here.

Reviewer:	Martin Yorath, DPM (Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science)

Description
This is an informational book, aimed at the public, including tips and practices essential for foot care. The previous edition was published in 2011. It provides updated information in several areas, but its emphasis remains the same.

Purpose
The book provides information on how to care for feet. It does more than that and in fact covers the ankle as well. The concept behind this type of book is not new, and such a publication is useful given the increasing physical activities of our population in general, and the need for knowledge about what will be, for most people, their most reliable form of transport.

Audience
The audience for this book is the lay public. It may of use to healthcare professionals whose first knowledge base is not the foot, and need a reference baseline, but it is not a "go to resource" for any professional. For the public, the information contained within the book is adequate and informative. The authors carry a combined wealth of podiatric experience between them and are qualified to present the material covered.

Features
The book is quite well laid out. In 17 chapters, readers are taken from how we walk and shoe selection, through common foot (and ankle) disorders, and section devoted to people with special foot needs. Chapter flow could be improved, specifically with respect to arthritis affecting the foot and ankle (although this is covered to a degree in an earlier section). The book is let down by a relative paucity of illustrations as although nearly 100 are included in the book none are color prints; color prints would benefit the chapters on skin conditions affecting the foot and toenail disorders. There are useful additions to this new edition including YouTube links for strengthening and proprioception techniques, updated information on new medications employed in treating a variety of foot and ankle disorders, and a nicely updated sports injury chapter. In addition, there are nearly 30 new photographs (lack of color plate notwithstanding), an update on new modalities such as cold therapy, and products such a s PRP that may be employed in the treatment of a variety of foot and ankle problems, and a completely new chapter covering puncture wounds and foreign bodies.

Assessment
Overall, this is a useful book for the public that helps to educate both about the most personal form of transport, as well as how a podiatric physician can help them to maintain optimal foot and ankle health, a key point in its own right. Competitors to this book include *The Whole Foot Book* Fink and Mizel (Demos Health, 2011), *The Foot Doctor: Lifetime Relief for Your Aching Feet* Copeland (MacMillan, 1996), and going back even further *The Foot Book: Advice for Athletes, Hlavac (World Publications, 1977). These latter two are old publications now and may not be readily available but are the forerunners of these more modern texts. Foot Health Training Guide for Long Term Care Personnel* Helfand (Health Professions Press, 2006) is a similar work, although a little more targeted in its audience. Books that attempt to educate the public are always a good idea. While this book does check many boxes, the illustrations are its weak point. With that said, it is a useful book best recommended to the public at large, as opposed to the health professional.