IPFH

Just Released
2009 National Foot Health Assessment
141M American adults miss out on a higher quality of life due to the lack of preventive foot health…

Click to view this 32 page report.

Recent IPFH News

April 24, 2008
IPFH Appoints Robert P. Thompson as its First Executive Director... » read more

Preventive Foot Health (PFH) is defined as the practice of taking proactive measures to protect and care for the feet to reduce the probability of incurring serious problems as the feet age over the course of a person's lifetime. Preventive foot health is necessary in all sports and activities as well as in daily work and home routines. It is a vital and critically important practice in persons with chronic health problems such as diabetes, arthritis, and circulatory disease where small problems can be magnified into both limb and life threatening conditions.

The Institute for Preventive Foot Health (IPFH) exists to promote awareness of, and the need for, preventive foot health as a key to long-term quality of human life, and also to promote research and education dedicated to preventive foot health practices, products and procedures that contribute to the general well being of the human foot.

Preventive Foot Health Pathway Diagram
A combination of engineered padded sock products, appropriate orthotics or inserts if necessary, and the most appropriate shoes, properly fitted, is the pathway to Preventive Foot Health.

>> click here for the diagram

Click to view this 24 page brochure that will help you take complete care of your feet.

Foot and General Health News

Belgian says he was alert but mute for 23 years (AP) - 11/23/2009 07:05 PM
AP - For 23 torturous years, Rom Houben says he lay trapped in his paralyzed body, aware of what was going on around him but unable to tell anyone or even cry out.

Trying last-ditch lung bypass for worst swine flu (AP) - 11/23/2009 07:54 PM

AP - A technology originally developed for premature babies may be helping to save some of the sickest swine flu patients by rerouting their blood so their lungs can rest.

Schumer says failure not an option on health care (AP) - 11/23/2009 08:11 PM

AP - Failure is not an option on health care, a leading Democratic senator said Monday, even as Republicans turned up the heat on moderates who hold the fate of the legislation in their hands.

Health reform: Is tax on 'Cadillac' plans fair? (AP) - 11/23/2009 04:17 PM

AP - Schoolteacher Kinzi Blair makes only $46,000 a year, but she has what many would consider a "Cadillac" health plan, now targeted for a big tax increase by health reformers.

Study: kids watching hours of TV at home daycare (AP) - 11/23/2009 06:35 AM
AP - Parents who thought their preschoolers were spending time in home-based day cares, taking naps, eating healthy snacks and learning to play nicely with others may be surprised to discover they are sitting as many as two hours a day in front of a TV, according to a study published Monday.

Former NIH chief: Ignore new mammogram guideline (AP) - 11/22/2009 09:43 AM
AP - The former director of the National Institutes of Health is advising women to ignore new guidelines that delay the start of routine mammogram testing for breast cancer.

Appalachia, Southeast Hit Hardest by Obesity and Diabetes (HealthDay) - 11/23/2009 01:38 AM
HealthDay - THURSDAY, Nov. 19 (HealthDay News) -- While rates of obesity are climbing across America, they are especially high in sections of Appalachia and the Southeast, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports in its first county-by-county survey.