3. Painful Syndromes of the Foot and Other Parts

It will be seen that a number of systemic diseases may present local pathology in the foot. In addition, there is an undoubted relationship between postural abnormalities in the lower limbs and in the vertebral column. The uncertainty as to which is the primary abnormality may remain, but it is useful to give some indication of the possible relationships of lumbago, sacralgia and pain in the knee with transverse and longitudinal postural abnormalities in the foot.