article the software won't let me submit:Science and feet: I am doing to tell all you medical people,the most neglected part of the body,by the AMA and doctors,

article the software won't let me submit:Science and feet: I am doing to tell all you medical people,the most neglected part of the body,by the AMA and doctors,is the foot.Podiatrists are phonies for the most part,and often do not fix serious feet problems.Often some one with medical problems of the foot have to go to orthopedists to get any help.The most common problems of plantar faciitis and other problems that seriously can discontinue walking,and cause great pain,are ignored by many podiatrists. Strangely, often sports medicine doctors know the most about foot problems because they treat runners.Considering that few medical people really treat serious problems of the foot,patients with painful and injured feet cannot find any real help,until the foot injuries are so bad the person cannot walk,or is in too great pain to walk.By that time, the problems have gotten so advanced, often it will take years to get any relief.Shoe companies,until athletic shoes came out,made a whole generation of women limp,hurt,and have serious feet problems because of women's shoes.--high heels,pumps,flats,and tight shoes(sharp toes)and stiletto boots caused a whole range of feet deformities.High heels alone caused back trouble,Achilles tendon problems,and injuries to all the bones and tendons,muscles,and other tissue in the feet,including heel and ankle problems.Yet so few orthopedists specialize in problems of the feet, that there are a tiny percentage of them available--often requiring a lot of money, or the very best insurance.Try and find a orthopedist specializing in feet--during my life time,I was only aware of one doctor--and he refused to accept my insurance because it was not good enough.This situation is very common.Older people often acquire such bad feet,even serious foot arthritis, that they can no longer walk normally.--And very good doctors refuse their Medicare. Norses and waiters often get bad feet inflamatuon, but can't quit their jobgs.Today the only treatment is 30 or 40 years old:"Put ice on it,and also soak them in hot water with Epsom salts."The over used treatment "Put ice on it, and put it up"has not advanced in so many years, there is nothing else.Some times the patient insists on paying for injections of a material that fills up the very fleshless old feet,but it is expensive and keeps wearing off.Insurance won't pay for it.For a while the person with very bony feet has some cushioning.Most people can not afford the thousands of dollars over and over.The extreme absence of any advance discoveries in the science of medicine for the foot, is inexcusable,but there is a good reason; there is no money in treating feet.Sports medicine is booming, there's plenty of money in sports.