In 1999 I was commissioned by the NHS to develop and provide training in acupuncture for podiatrists.
These courses, validated by the Society of Chiropodists and Podiatrists, ran for 10 years, during which time I was reviewing the available evidence. Eventually this led to the following publications (follow the links to learn more):
- Two comprehensive reviews
- a Systematic Review of the efficacy of acupuncture for heel pain, then
- a Critical Interpretive Synthesis of the diverse uses of acupuncture for heel pain, followed by
- a monograph drawing it all together, then
- Commentaries on more recent studies
- and other short essays developing the ideas further: