I'm Putting My Foot Down!
Chicken Soup for the Insole
How It's Built
Guess Who?
Things that make you go, "Ow!"
100
Don't roll your ankle! This is when the heel rotates toward the midline of the body.
What is inversion?
100
Not just for soup, this part of an insole is used to stabilize and redistribute pressure across the calcaneus. Bonus points: In which full length insole that we carry is this most prominent?
What is the heel cup? Orange Insoles.
100
There's no tinder for pairing these together, so matching your foot shape to this can be difficult, but has a huge impact on the function of the shoe. It refers to the general shape of bottom of a shoe.
What is the platform?
100
We should offer to measure every customer that wants to purchase a pair of shoes. This is the device used to confirm that the customer is currently wearing a shoe that is in fact 2 sizes too small.
What is the brannock device?
100
Most common at the beginning of track and cross country seasons, this is another name for Shin Splints. This is generally pain on the inside (medial) of the shin (tibia).
What is Medial Tibial Stress Syndrome?
200
This is when the toes flare outward, away from the body. Could also be when aliens take you away.
What is abduction?
200
These are the four qualities that separate the Good Form Max from the stabilite.
What are a deeper heel cup, metatarsal support, a more aggressive medial arch, and transverse arch support?
200
This part of a shoe helps control pronation and is also the main aspect that determines which category a shoe is in.
What is a medial posting?
200
You'd much rather see this on a graded quiz than in a gait analysis. When looking at someone's running or walking form, this is created by the shape of the leg and the foot at first contact during common form landing.
What is "the checkmark?"
200
DAILY DOUBLE This is another name for bunions. Name 3 qualities of shoes that can help with bunions.
What is Hallux Valgus. 1. Forefoot rocker (toe spring). 2. Wide forefoot 3. Low drop 4. Medial Posting
300
One of the two major motions of the foot, it is when the foot inverts, adducts, and plantar flexes.
What is supination?
300
One goal of an insole can be to redistribute pressure throughout the foot tripod to regain balance and alleviate pain. These are the three contact points for the foot tripod.
What are the calcaneus, 1st metatarsal, and fifth metatarsal?
300
Increasing this can take stress off of the calf and achilles, but also puts additional stress on the forefoot. Snoop Dogg also does this "like it's hot". Bonus: Name one injury where you would want a higher drop and one injury where you would want a lower drop.
What is drop?
300
Don't judge a book by it's cover. Reading your customer is important for determining which of these you'll go through and in what order. These are the steps to our Fit Process.
What are "question, measure, options, educate, good form, guarantee?"
300
Three's a crowd. These are the 3 main injuries associated with heel pain.
What are Plantar Fasciitis, Heel spurs, and Calcaneal Apophysitis?
400
Named after an apparatus for moving heavy objects, this is when the toes dorsiflex upward to tighten the arch and stiffen the foot.
What is The Windlass Mechanism?
400
Designed to invert the heel and prevent excessive eversion, this is main aspect that separates the Powerstep Maxx from the Powerstep Pinnacle.
What is a varus wedge?
400
"For those about to..." This aspect of a shoe helps compensate for limited ankle and forefoot dorsiflexion.
What is a rocker bottom?
400
Like a crystal ball, examining this on the outsoles and insoles of shoes can give us a glimpse into how the foot is moving and any imbalances a customer may have. Bonus: what are 2 things you can conclude from from this picture? https://drive.google.com/a/playmakers.com/file/d/0B-EcSo4s1D-0dDFBaTdaUm5NZlU/view?usp=sharing
What is the wear pattern?
400
https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-5Cspvg98X0w/TUGla7PPiRI/AAAAAAAACIw/9IBrrEOREGI/s512/pr%2525C3%2525A9paration%252520physique%252520valgus%2525201%252520genou.jpg This occurs when the knee deviates toward the midline of the body. Bonus: name 3 symptoms of this.
What is knee valgus? 1. Medial knee pain 2. Overpronation 3. Shin splints 4. Hip/lower back pain
500
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's... no, yeah it's a plane. Specifically, these are the 3 planes of motion that the foot move in. Bonus points: which plane does inversion and eversion of the heel occur?
What are frontal, sagittal, and transverse? The Frontal Plane
500
DAILY DOUBLE If you don't use it, you lose it. Insoles can be very beneficial for temporary pain relief but use over time can cause muscle atrophy. These are 4 exercises from our foot strengthening exercises sheet that can help reduce dependency on insoles. *One person from the group must demonstrate the exercise*
What are doming, towel scrunches, single leg balance, toe extension/flexion, picking up marbles with your toes, walking/running barefoot, trace ABC's with your foot, calf raises, and rolling the foot.
500
When someone is looking for "the softest shoe you carry," they're looking for the shoe to have a low number in this measurement.
What is the durometer?
500
Walk this way! When watching someone do a single leg stance and barefoot walk during a gait analysis, these are five of the main things we are looking for.
What are knee valgus, toes lifting, calcaneal inversion/eversion, toe abduction/adduction, arch/navicular drop, early heel rise, and hip drop?
500
Running's not actually bad for your knees... right? There are 4 main knee injuries, these are 3 of them.
What are Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (Runner's Knee), Patellar Tendinitis (Jumper's Knee), Iliotibial Band Syndrome (I.T. Band Syndrome), and Osgood Schlatter's Disease.
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