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Power of Splay: New and improved

This time with some anatomy pix.

Think about triangles. Hey Pythaogoras did! They are powerful distributors of force. Here we will talk about 3 of them.

There are 4 layers of muscles in the foot. The 1st triangle occurs in the 1st layer. Think of the abductor hallucis and the abductor digiti minimi. Proximally they both attach to the calcaneus and distally to the 1st and 5th proximal phalanges. Now think about the transverse metatarsal ligament that runs between the disal metatarsal heads. Wow, a triangle! this one is superficial.

Now think about the adductor hallicus. It has a transverse and oblique head. think about that transverse metatarsal ligament again. Wow, another triangle!

What about the flexor hallicus brevis and flexor digiti minimi? The former originates from the cuboid, lateral cunieform andd portion of the tib posterior tendon; the latter from the proximal 5th metatarsal. They both go forward and insert into the respective proximal phalynx (with the sesamoids intervening in the case of the FHB). and what connects these? The deep transverse metatarsal ligament of course! And this triangle surrounds the adductor triangle, with both occurring the 3rd layer of the 4 layers of foot muscles.

Triangles… and you thought geometry was boring!

Remaining triangular when we need to (because of our pointy heads)…Ivo and Shawn

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Gait Guys/IRRA Running Event Recap Well, it was a fast a furious 2 days for us. We arrived Tuesday evening and put the finishing touches on the presentation for Wednesday morning. We were up and lecturing, 8AM Texas time and were very well received …

Gait Guys/IRRA Running Event Recap

Well, it was a fast a furious 2 days for us. We arrived Tuesday evening and put the finishing touches on the presentation for Wednesday morning. We were up and lecturing, 8AM Texas time and were very well received with many interesting questions. This was one one smart group of retailers!

We then had a photo session and whisked off to the Austin School of Film (Thank You Anna, KIrk and Brian!) to finish filming the rest of the Shoe Fit Certification Program (Excerpts to be posted soon!). A few hours later we were back at the event and met up with Dr Mark Cucuzella (a good friend and colleague of ours; you have seen his videos here on the blog) and David Jonson from Sole Running. We were then off to a mixer and out to dinner with Dick Beardsley (yes, THE Dick Beardsley from the 1982 Boston Marathon with Salazar), his wife, Curt Munson and Daren DeCavitte from Playmakers, and Dr Mark. Thursday morning was filled with meetings, including a Magazine interview with Max Lockwood of the Georgetown Running Company. Then we were off to the airport by 2PM and away we went. We have full days at the clinic today and are looking forward to some much needed rest (and a lot of film editing!) this weekend!

Thanks again for all your support.

Ivo and Shawn