中國鞋網03月23日訊，Dr. Timothy Johnson: What should we be worried about in terms of our feet, as we step up our activity in the spring?

　　蒂摩西・約翰遜醫生：隨著我們在春季的運動量增多，應該注意哪些腳部問題呢？

　　Dr. Paul Greenberg: Uh, the main things to be worried about in the springtime is, as we increase our activity, we are prone to overuse injuries, and other damage to the foot. Now, one of the most common types of overuse injuries we see Heel Spur Syndrome, or Plantar Fasciitis. We see ankle sprains, we see Achilles Tendonitis, we see stress fractures. Um, other common complaints in the springtime,as people start to wear, let’s say, open-toed shoes, is uh,Athlete’s Foot, or Tinea Pedis and Onychomycosis.

　　保羅・格林伯格生：呃，我們在春季主要應該注意的腳部問題是：由于我們的運動量增加，很容易造成過勞性損傷以及腳部的其他損傷。目前，最常見的一種過勞性損傷是跟骨骨刺綜合癥或足底筋膜炎。我們要當心腳踝扭傷、跟腱炎和足部應力性骨折。嗯，因為人們開始穿所謂的露趾鞋，腳氣（即腳癬）和甲真菌病也是春季的多發病。

　　Dr. Timothy: A fungus infection?

　　蒂摩西醫生：是真菌感染嗎？

　　Dr. Paul: Correct. Toenail fungus. As people start to exercise more,Heel Spur Syndrome is a very, very common complaint, it comprises fifteen percent of all adult complaints of the foot. It’s due to an inflammationof a ligament called the plantar fascia on the bottom of the foot. Uh…self treatment to prevent this includes stretching exercises, like a calf stretch, um, proper athletic shoes, and avoidingflimsyshoes such as flip flops, and shoes that don’t give a lot of support.

　　保羅醫生：沒錯。腳趾甲真菌感染。隨著人們鍛煉開始增多，跟骨骨刺綜合癥是非常普遍的疾病，占有成人腳部疾病的15%。跟骨骨刺綜合癥是由于叫做跖腱膜的足底韌帶發炎所致。呃……預防這種疾病自我保健方法有伸展運動，比如小腿伸展，嗯，穿適宜的運動鞋，不要穿人字拖等輕便的鞋子，以及不能給腳部太多支撐的鞋子。
Dr. Timothy Johnson: What should we be worried about in terms of our feet, as we step up our activity in the spring?

　　蒂摩西・約翰遜醫生：隨著我們在春季的運動量增多，應該注意哪些腳部問題呢？

　　Dr. Paul Greenberg: Uh, the main things to be worried about in the springtime is, as we increase our activity, we are prone to overuse injuries, and other damage to the foot. Now, one of the most common types of overuse injuries we see Heel Spur Syndrome, or Plantar Fasciitis. We see ankle sprains, we see Achilles Tendonitis, we see stress fractures. Um, other common complaints in the springtime,as people start to wear, let’s say, open-toed shoes, is uh,Athlete’s Foot, or Tinea Pedis and Onychomycosis.

　　保羅・格林伯格生：呃，我們在春季主要應該注意的腳部問題是：由于我們的運動量增加，很容易造成過勞性損傷以及腳部的其他損傷。目前，最常見的一種過勞性損傷是跟骨骨刺綜合癥或足底筋膜炎。我們要當心腳踝扭傷、跟腱炎和足部應力性骨折。嗯，因為人們開始穿所謂的露趾鞋，腳氣（即腳癬）和甲真菌病也是春季的多發病。

　　Dr. Timothy: A fungus infection?

　　蒂摩西醫生：是真菌感染嗎？

　　Dr. Paul: Correct. Toenail fungus. As people start to exercise more,Heel Spur Syndrome is a very, very common complaint, it comprises fifteen percent of all adult complaints of the foot. It’s due to an inflammationof a ligament called the plantar fascia on the bottom of the foot. Uh…self treatment to prevent this includes stretching exercises, like a calf stretch, um, proper athletic shoes, and avoidingflimsyshoes such as flip flops, and shoes that don’t give a lot of support.

　　保羅醫生：沒錯。腳趾甲真菌感染。隨著人們鍛煉開始增多，跟骨骨刺綜合癥是非常普遍的疾病，占有成人腳部疾病的15%。跟骨骨刺綜合癥是由于叫做跖腱膜的足底韌帶發炎所致。呃……預防這種疾病自我保健方法有伸展運動，比如小腿伸展，嗯，穿適宜的運動鞋，不要穿人字拖等輕便的鞋子，以及不能給腳部太多支撐的鞋子。

　　So as I hear you talking about all of these things, besides avoiding common sense overuse, it sounds like the shoe is really critical.

　　蒂摩西醫生：我聽你講了這么多，除了通常意義上的腳部過勞，看起來鞋子也非常重要。

　　Dr. Paul: The shoe is critical. Um,it’s important to have a shoe with a rigid counter.The counter is the part behind your heel, you should look at your counter and if it collapses or it’s very soft, and either the…from side-to-side, you should look at a different shoe. You wanna take the sole and bend it, and either make sure that it doesn’t bend or it bends underneath the toes, and lastly, you want the shoe to have some torsional stability, meaning when you twist it. Dr. Timothy: So Uggs, Crocs,etcetera are OK if you’re just lying around lounging on the beach, or at the pool or something, but they’re not made for running andreal activity that puts weight onyour foot.

　　保羅醫生：鞋子的確很重要。嗯，穿有堅固后幫的鞋非常重要。后幫是鞋跟后面的部位，你要看看鞋的后幫，如果后幫很容易塌或是非常軟，或左右搖晃，那你應該看看其他鞋子。你應該看看鞋底，將鞋底彎折一下，確保鞋底不會彎曲或只是在腳趾下面的位置彎曲。最后，你要挑有一定扭轉穩定性的鞋子，我是說當你扭鞋底的時候。蒂摩西醫生：所以，如果你只是慵懶地躺在沙灘上或游泳池邊這類場所，那么穿烏戈牌拖鞋、卡駱馳鞋等這類鞋子沒有問題，但這類鞋不適宜跑步以及會真正對腳施加壓力的運動。

　　Vocabulary:

　　1. fungus n. 真菌。

　　2. inflammation n. 炎癥，發炎。

　　3. flimsy a. 脆弱的，輕薄的。

　　4. flip flops: 人字拖。

　　5. lemme: 就是“let me”的意思。

　　6. sole n. 鞋底。

　　7. fetus n. 胎兒。

　　8. secrete v. 分泌。

　　9. pelvisn. 骨盆。

　　10. counter /`k0nt2/n. （鞋的）主限