Sport Posture

From the Posturology to the PODHOLISTIC

The term posturology is widely used in France and it indicates the study of the mechanisms that govern our posture. This definition, according to the Prof.Avagnina, is not exhaustive because it is based only on static assumptions and on the study of Fine Postural System (SPF).
The terms "podholistic “and “proprioception", adopted by Prof. Avagnina, (agree with the theories of Prof. Riva) are biodynamic concepts and are related to the terms “balance” and “movement”
All pedological theories of the biomechanics school (Lelievee, Lavigne, Root) and the posture school (Bourdiol, Villeneuve, Bricot etc) are really good but all subjective.
Unfortunately, in clinical reality, all these theories often collide with the multiple realities represented by patients and their diseases, each one different!
The problem is: Our mind has you need to simplify things into categories and so we have seen classified feet  like pathological, flat etc. But feet of people who have won gold medals at the Olympics! And then we found normal feet with complex and difficult disease.

My idea is that the new interpretation is the relationship between man and the foot and the concept of balance. For this we must understand the difference between posture and balance.

What's the Difference Between posture and balance?
The Posture is connected to the Position, and it’s the state in which there is a body in relation to another reference point.
In the presence of gravity is a static concept that it’s studied in unnatural conditions to understand how this Fine Postural System works.
The concept of balance is dynamic because it represents, moment by moment, the resting state of the body stimulated by many different forces that cancel each other. So these forces are moving continuously and there is the constant search of a new equilibrium.
Then the equilibrium is a concept more dynamic and modern, that it considers various factors:
“Body pattern, labyrinthic receptors, visual information, proprioceptive systems, esterocetptive captors, personal psyche, osteoarticular morphology, breathing, repetitive gestures in work, and previous pains”.

Why Podholistic?
The word “Holistic” derives from the greek “Holos” that it means globality and completeness.
When we apply this term to the human being, we realize that it’s not only made of bones, joints and muscles assembled in a very geometric way. The way in which a person moves and reacts to the environments, it’s related to education of the person, the trauma, the psychology of his life and to the somatization of some interior conflicts.
So, in a global holistic vision of our patient, we should certainly consider the study of biomechanics, posture and movement. All integrated into a unique human being, irreproducible, indivisible and that it must always be analyzed as a whole.
The podholistic is the integration of all that is good and interesting in the area of podiatry, or Posture, podoiatry applied with positive therapeutic results to each individual patient.

The podholistic proposes:
introduce, year after year, all that is born from technological research and clinical experience to create original patterns that enhance the profession of podiatrist, using modern research and experience.

To arrive at a therapeutic concept we need to:
1) see the things from a prospective in the three spatial planes: first global body, and then local of the foot.
2) examine the things from a biomechanical point of view to know how it is made the person in terms of bones-joints and muscular,
3) study and understand the movement of each person.

To arrive at these same conclusions is fundamental a Postural Global Test:
A. Global Posture Aspect: normal – forward -backward- lateralized.
B. Body Location: lateral flexions – turns – pulsion forward
C. Pelvic location: normal - forward – turns – in rocking.
D. Position of the knee: normal – varus – valgus – flexed – recurvatum.
E. Position of the patella: normal – convergent – divergent.
F. Position of the Tibia: normal – in varus – external torsion
G. Position of Foot : normal – everse – inverse.

Then a biomechanical examination of the feet
A. Tibio tarsic
B. Sottoastragalica
C. Mediotarsica
D. 1° Metatarso falangea

Finally, a digitized video and computerized analysis of the movement:
A. FAS» platform to study pressures and times
B: ORTOWIEW » camera for kinematics study
C: DINATTO » insoles with sensors to study dual support

Concluding:
1) for the podholistic the health of what is above depends on how we function under.
2) Podholistic gives back to the body, the full capacity to regulate the lost balance through:

The Global Integrated Podiatry!