The meeting for Monday, March 11, will be "My feet hurt! What’s weight got to do with it?".
Special guest speaker for the evening is Pamela Jensen-Stanley, DPM, Cumberland Foot & Ankle, who will discuss how weight affects our feet. She will review basic gait biomechanics and will discuss the changes that often occur with increased body weight, including: plantar fasciitis, tendonitis, and PTTD. Dr. Jensen-Stanley will also talk about edema and skin changes that occur as well as common workout foot numbness and traumas. She will wrap up the program with a discussion of proper foot care and will provide information about proper shoes and inserts. At the conclusion of the program, attendees will have the opportunity to win a pair of shoes or a pair of insoles in a door prize drawing.
Dr.
Jensen-Stanley earned her Doctorate of Podiatric Medicine from the College of Podiatric
Medicine and Surgery, Des Moines University, Osteopathic Medical Center. She is
board certified by the American Board of Podiatric Orthopedics and Primary Podiatric
Medicine. She is also a board-certified
wound care specialist by the American Academy of Wound Management.
Please make plans to attend each Monday evening. Weigh-ins will begin at 4:45 pm with the program following at 5:30 pm in the Conference Centers on the basement level of Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital.
