A treatise on orthopedic surgery . B, the calcaneocuboid junction. The externalflange extends from the centre of the heel to apoint just behind the base of the fifth C, the great toe-joint; D,the centre of the heel. sary. As it is fitted to the foot, it finds and holds its own placein the shoe, so that no attachment is required; thus it may bechanged from one shoe to another. JSTot only does it hold the footlaterally and from beneath, but there is an element of suggestive-ness in the slight leverage action which is very important, andwhich is a distinctive feature of this brac
A treatise on orthopedic surgery . B, the calcaneocuboid junction. The externalflange extends from the centre of the heel to apoint just behind the base of the fifth C, the great toe-joint; D,the centre of the heel. sary. As it is fitted to the foot, it finds and holds its own placein the shoe, so that no attachment is required; thus it may bechanged from one shoe to another. JSTot only does it hold the footlaterally and from beneath, but there is an element of suggestive-ness in the slight leverage action which is very important, andwhich is a distinctive feature of this brace as contrasted withsimple sole plates or other supports. The Positive Action of a Proper Brace.—The patient, instructedto throw his weight upon the outer side of the foot and wearingthe shoe which has been tilted in the same direction by thicken-ing the inner border of the sole and heel, presses down the ex-ternal arm and thus lifts the internal flange against the innerside of the foot, which is instinctively drawn away from thepressure and thus toward the normal contour. He no longerturns the feet outward in walking, because this causes positivediscomfort, and he is not l
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