How
does your weight affect your feet? Find out at Monday’s POP meeting.
“My feet hurt! What’s weight got to do with it?”is the topic
for the Monday, February 23, Pounds Off Pulaski (POP) meeting. The program will
begin at 6:00 p.m. in the Lake Cumberland Regional Hospital Conference Center
on the basement level of the East Tower.
Special guest speaker for the evening is Pamela
Jensen-Stanley, DPM, Cumberland Foot
& Ankle Center, 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.
Jim Sheridan, a Certified Pedorthist, will be joining Dr.
Jensen-Stanley. Sheridan, who has strong emphasis in athletics and is
extensively trained in biomechanics and gait analysis, will also provide
important information for attendees.
At the conclusion of the program, attendees will have the
opportunity to win a pair of shoes or OTC inserts and free and gait analysis
evaluations.
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.
