Athlete’s foot is an infection caused when fungi invade the skin. It occurs on the bottom of feet and/or between toes and is highly contagious. If left untreated‚ it can: • Spread to other parts of the body • Invade and destroy the nail plates of your toenails • Hinder athletic performance Symptoms include burning‚ itching‚ cracking and scaling. How’d I get it? It’s most commonly picked up by walking barefoot in a locker room‚ public pool or shower area. People are most susceptible when their feet
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Fractures of the foot can occur in many different ways but generally after a severe impact injury or gradually over time due to overuse or repetitive activity‚ over training or a training programme that has increased without giving enough time for build-up. Simply changing a training surface can result in injury e.g running on a track to running on a treadmill. The most common type of fracture is the stress fracture which is most common in runners or athletes who participate in sports that require
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The Napoleonic wars did have a large impact on industrialization in Britain‚ the United States and Europe as a result of realizations and actions taken to better their countries after the Napoleonic wars. Although the Industrial Revolution began in Britain during the 1700’s it was boosted in the early 1800’s after the Napoleonic wars because of reform that was needed. Industrialization then started spreading throughout Europe and into North America in the early 1800’s. By the mid-1800’s industrialization
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An essay on my foot In order to understand our selves‚ we must first understand my foot. The constantly changing fashionable take on my foot demonstrates the depth of the subject. Indispensable to homosapians today‚ its influence on western cinema has not been given proper recognition. Often it is seen as both a help and a hinderence to global commercial enterprises‚ who form the last great hope for our civilzation. With the primary aim of demonstrating my considerable intellect I will now demonstrate
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Shahil Patel English 4 Xu 6 May 2014 Foot Binding: The Price of Beauty Foot binding is the practice of wrapping the feet of younger girls to prevent further growth‚ usually tied to the Chinese culture. Around the 18th century‚ foot binding was viewed to be very erotic and appealing leading many women to partake in this action. After many objections and calls for reform the practice of foot binding died out. It is unfair to expect women to painfully bind their feet just to please men and
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FOOT LOCKER‚ RETAIL ATHLETIC FOOTWEAR GIANT Foot Locker‚ Inc. (NYSE: FL) is one of the most successful sportswear and footwear retailers in the world‚ with its headquarters in Midtown Manhattan‚ New York City‚ and operating in approximately 20 countries worldwide. It operates approximately 3‚400 stores in 21 countries in North America‚ Europe and Australia. Through its Foot Locker‚ Footaction‚ Lady Foot Locker‚ Kids Foot Locker and Champs Sports retail stores‚ as well as its direct-to-customer
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It took the USA 4 years to win the Civil War because of the changing nature of warfare. This meant that Napoleonic decisive battle could no longer be applied and so their strategy had to change. The changing nature of warfare was the most important factor in the war going on for as long as it did‚ making it more significant than the poor initial US strategy‚ the contributions of Lee‚ and the strengths of the CSA at the beginning of the war. The changing nature of warfare was the most important reason
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displayed by these patients is known as “foot-drop.” Foot-drop is the result of weakness or damage to the common peroneal nerve or a paralysis of the tibialis anterior muscle causing an inability to dorsiflex the foot during the swing phase of gait. This results in the patient having to clear the toes of the effected foot by using some type of compensatory motion of the legs or hips. There are a number of techniques that can be used to help to reduce the effects of foot-drop‚ one of the oldest and most
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time to grow into a woman.” Which led to the merciless act of willingly breaking and forcefully binding a girl’s foot at a ripe young age to the length of three inches‚ no longer than the length of a deck of cards. Woman who were seen inferior to men‚ were treated as objects exchanged in marriage for business or to tie two families together. They were expected to follow society’s rules‚ foot binding being one of these rules to increase the value of a female. During the 19th century‚ “…40–50% of Chinese
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Clubfoot is defined as a congenital foot deformity characterized by a kidney shaped foot that turns inward and points down. The forefoot is curved inward‚ the heel is bent inward‚ and the ankle is fixed in planter flexion with the toes pointing down. Shortened tendons on the inside of the lower leg‚ together with abnormally shaped bones that restrict movement outwards cause the foot to turn inwards. A tightened Achilles tendon causes the foot to point downwards. The medical term for clubfoot
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