A guide to the source of foot pain and how to permanently correct this condition. Learn more at www.GraMedica.com.

1. Your Guide to
Treating
Foot Pain

2. Walking is the 2nd most common conscious
function of our body next to breathing.

3. A person takes
between
5,000 to 10,000 steps
a day, depending on
their activity level.

4. When your feet hurt you are reminded
with every step taken.

5. Eliminating foot pain is a challenge.

6. It’s pretty easy to rest your back,
shoulder, arm, wrist or hand.

7. But to tell someone to stay off their
foot, that’s not so easy.

8. The #1 reason for foot pain is
cumulative trauma.

9. Cumulative trauma is the result of
repetitive physical strain applied to the
tissues or anatomical structures
of the foot and ankle.

10. For example:

11. If you persistently tap the tip of your
finger on the table top,

12. it won’t hurt at first.

13. But if you continue tapping your finger,

14. it is only a matter of time until it
becomes painful.

15. You can take pills
to try to ease the pain,

16. but if you keep tapping your finger,

17. the pain will persist.

18. You can try to ice the tip of your finger,

19. but if you continue to constantly tap
your finger,

20. yep, the pain will just come right back.

21. You can try to
put a pad on
your finger tip,

22. but if you keep tapping your finger,

23. it probably won’t make much of a
difference.

24. You can try to have your finger numbed
with an injection

25. and that may provide some relief,

26. but if you keep tapping your finger,

27. it’s only a matter of time until the numbing
effect goes away and the pain returns.

28. So what’s the solution to get rid of the
pain in the tip of your finger?

29. Stop tapping your finger.
Stop the cumulative trauma.

30. What does this have to do with
foot pain?

31. The #1 reason for foot pain is due to:

32. excessive abnormal forces acting on the
structures of the foot with every step
taken.

33. Fact Check:

34. Let’s say the average person takes
7,000 steps a day.

35. That’s 49,000 steps a week

36. 196,000 a month

37. 2,352,000 a year

38. 11,760,000 in 5 years

39. 47,040,000 after 20 years

40. 94,080,000 steps
after 40 years

41. and finally,
188,160,000 steps taken
after 80 years of walking.

42. If your feet are properly aligned,

43. a normal amount of force is applied to
these tissues and standing, walking or
running is effortless.

44. However,

45. if the hindfoot bones are out-of-
alignment,

46. excessive abnormal forces are acting
on the tissues

47. and it is only a matter of time until a
symptom appears.
The chain is as strong as its weakest link.

48. A symptom is an abnormal condition
experienced by an individual.

49. It could range from a mild soreness to
severe pain.

50. WARNING
A symptom is a warning signal that
something is wrong.

51. A symptom is
an “effect” from the “cause”.

52. The
primary cause
leads to a
secondary effect.

53. If you only treat
the effect, or symptom,

54. but ignore the cause,

55. the symptom will reoccur.

56. You can keep
putting air
in a tire,

57. but it will continue to go flat
until you fix the source of the leak.

58. The following are examples of
symptomatic, secondary effects within
the foot & ankle.

59. Soft Tissue Symptoms
• Heel pain/plantar fasciitis/fasciopathy
• Posterior tibialis tendon dysfunction
• Pain/numbness to the bottom of the foot/toes
(tibialis posterior neuropathy)
• Achilles tendinitis
• Tarsal tunnel syndrome

60. Osseous symptoms
• Bunion deformity (metatarsus primus varus,
hallux abductovalgus)
• Limited motion to the big joint (Hallux
limitus/ridigius)
• Tailor’s bunionette
• Contracted/hammer-toes

61. Foot/Ankle Alignment
• Lowering of the arch
• Heel turns outward
• “Too many toes” sign
• Twisting of the ball of the foot when walking

62. If these are the symptoms (effects),
what was the cause?

63. Excessive hindfoot motion/
misaligned feet

64. Excessive hindfoot motion
has been named the #1 deforming force
leading to the majority of problems
affecting the foot and ankle.

65. So eliminating the excessive abnormal
hindfoot forces, by realigning the hindfoot
bones, should be of primary importance.

66. Treating only the symptom is futile.

67. Excessive hindfoot motion
is caused by the displacement/dislocation
of the ankle bone on the hindfoot bones.
Normal Abnormal

68. This pathologic deformity
occurs
above the bottom of the foot
and
above the heel bone.

69. This is an internal (not external)
deformity and therefore requires
internal correction.

70. How can you increase the diameter of
a blood vessel externally?

71. You can’t!
You have to insert a stent internally.

72. The same is true with
hindfoot excessive motion.
External measures
cannot internally stabilize
the ankle bone on the hindfoot bones.

73. The insertion of an internal stabilization
device is the most practical solution.

74. HyProCure is a titanium stent used to
®
stabilize the ankle bone on the
hindfoot bones.

75. The normal amount of motion is still
present.

76. + =
Instantly, the excessive abnormal forces
acting on the tissues are decreased.

77. The cause is properly addressed.

78. The symptoms will also be positively
affected, depending on their severity.

79. If you or someone you know is
suffering from foot pain,

80. it could be a direct result of excessive
hindfoot motion and HyProCure could be
®
the solution.

81. To learn more about the
HyProCure option
®
please visit:
www.HyProCure.com