IPFH

Institute for Preventative Foot Health

2009 National Foot Health Assessment

141M American adults miss out on a higher quality of life due to the lack of preventive foot health...

National Foot Health Assessment Cover Click to view this 32 page report.
Foot Owners Manual Cover Click to view this 24 page brochure that will help you take complete care of your feet.
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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.The pathway to prevention is a page on a site that tells a story...

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Some former Komen supporters can't forgive, forget (AP)

FILE - In this Saturday, Oct. 16, 2010 file photo, some of an estimated 45,000 people participate in the Susan B. Komen Race for the Cure in Little Rock, Ark. After watching The Susan G. Komen for the Cure announce plans to cut funding to Planned Parenthood on Tuesday, Jan. 31, 2012, then abandon those plans days later amid a public furor, many longtime Komen supporters were feeling conflicted at week's end. (AP Photo/Brian Chilson)AP - When Dorothy Twinney first saw a Race for the Cure walk for breast cancer — "a sea of pink" traveling through her hometown of Plymouth, Mich. — she was so moved she sat in her car and wept.


Komen drops plans to cut Planned Parenthood grants (AP)

The Susan Komen For The Cure international headquarters are shown in the Dallas suburb of Addison, Texas, Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. After three days of controversy, the Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity says it is reversing its decision to cut breast-screening grants to Planned Parenthood. (AP Photo/LM Otero)AP - For leaders of the nation's pre-eminent breast-cancer charity, it was a firestorm they didn't see coming — and couldn't withstand.


Surprises about Planned Parenthood cancer testing (AP)

Paschal High School seniors Jaz Tinsley, Emily Linstrom and Leigh Larson volunteer at Planned Parenthood of North Texas' 2012 annual luncheon at the Omni Hotel in Fort Worth, Texas Friday, Feb. 3, 2012. The Susan G. Komen for the Cure breast-cancer charity on Friday abandoned plans to deny funding to Planned Parenthood. The startling decision came after three days of virulent criticism that resounded across the Internet, jeopardizing Komen's iconic image. (AP Photo/The Fort Worth Star-Telegram, David Kent)AP - To many people, breast cancer screening means a mammogram. But for millions of poor, mostly young women who visit Planned Parenthood, it is usually just a physical exam by the only health professional they may ever see.


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