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Medical Forum / Diseases and Disorders / Prostate Cancer / January 20063rd annual: Are shoes the cause of prostate cancer?
TO: All prostate cancer researchers, doctors, and patients. I am a 35-year-old electrical engineer investigating the biomechanical effects of shoes on degenerative diseases. Each year I post about this admittedly unusual connection, but thus far nobody has taken it seriously. Chiropodist Dr. Simon J. Wikler pioneered efforts to understand the influences of shoes in the 1950's, but his work was neglected during the subsequent drug- and diet-based approaches to medicine. However, the prolific footwear historian and podiatrist Dr. William A. Rossi clearly demonstrated throughout his publications that shoes influence the posture of the human body. Therefore, using the posture-based approaches to medicine of the distinguished orthopedist Dr. Joel E. Goldthwait, I have expanded Dr. Wikler's insightful work to include a variety of illnesses and conditions whose causes remain unknown. Prostate cancer is just one example of diseases that are related to the use of footwear. The postural changes from wearing shoes include sagging abdominal contents, visibly producing a potbelly in some men. Of the internal damage lurking beneath the surface in all men, Dr. Wikler writes, "Not all the pressure of the sagging diaphragm and abdominal organs is dispersed through the anteriorly bulging abdomen; a considerable portion of this pressure is directed backward against the pelvic organs. These organs, lying in a bony bowl, cannot escape the injury and pressure from above. In the male the prostate, being the firmest organ, is particularly prone to injury. Such mechanical forces also cause a squeezing of the lower abdominal blood and lymph vessels in the process, interfering with drainage of the prostate." Diminished circulation must surely influence hormonal balance and regulation, but poor posture would also seem to disturb muscular control in the pelvic region, such that the prostate cannot be fully voided or drained, likewise contributing to male sterility. Possible outcomes from faulty body mechanics thus include congestion, hypertrophy, infection, inflammation, irritation, or malignancy of the prostate gland. You may find my thesis regarding shoes and disease on the Internet at: http://www.shoebusters.com My outlined treatment involves removing the cause, but resorting to wide-toed, soft-soled moccasins; regularly applying a contrast bath, or more descriptively, an alternate cold-hot footbath, to maintain flexibility in the feet; rehabilitation of the abdominal muscles, via forced exhalation, to balance the feet; and getting plenty of rest. Thank you very much for considering my novel approach. James Semmel Albuquerque, NM From: feetback@shoebusters.com (James Semmel) put forth this thought: Prostate cancer is just one example of diseases that are related to the use of footwear. ============== WOW!!!!! (smacking myself on the forehead) that's explains it!!!! that's why the cave man never had prostate cancer....... ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional "Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so." http://community.webtv.net/PALMER_ENT/doc The human mind for the most part is opposed to new ideas. Shoes and posture? Sounds ridiculous! Maybe James got somthing who knows? The medical profession laughed at and scorned Pasteur's ideas for years. "Imagine having to wash your hands before operating" Ben > The human mind for the most part is opposed to new ideas. Shoes and > posture? > Sounds ridiculous! Maybe James got somthing who knows? The medical > profession laughed at and scorned Pasteur's ideas for years. "Imagine > having to wash your hands before operating" > Ben Yup! Maybe a 1 in a million chance : ) From: feetback@shoebusters.com (James Semmel) put forth this thought: Prostate cancer is just one example of diseases that are related to the use of footwear. ============== WOW!!!!! (smacking myself on the forehead) that's explains it!!!! that's why the cave man never had prostate cancer....... And I thought that men's pot bellies were because they ate (or drank) too much ... Mary ~ curtis > TO: All prostate cancer researchers, doctors, and patients. > > I am a 35-year-old electrical engineer investigating the biomechanical > effects of shoes on degenerative diseases. Each year I post about this > admittedly unusual connection, but thus far nobody has taken it > seriously. ... James, Forgive my bluntness, but I think this hypothesis is pretty silly. You don't seem to have a single piece of evidence for it, just a lot of very far out speculations. Why not consider even more closely associated mechanical causes like wearing underpants, or tightening belts too tightly, or using metallic zippers, or carrying coins in a pocket, or sitting in chairs, or sleeping in soft beds, or sleeping in hard beds, or sleeping in beds with metal springs, or sleeping in beds without metal springs, and so on, and so on. Unless you have some evidence for a theory, and some way to test it, you've got nothing but pure BS. If I were you I'd give up the shoe investigation and get back to mechanical engineering. Alan Alan, The incidence of prostate cancer increases with age, during a time when a person's posture clearly deteriorates. Most people are totally oblivious to these changes in their body. However, by maintaining good posture into old age, the prostate gland remains healthy. The reason I pick on shoes is that they are the most fundamental influence on posture. Good posture begins with the feet. james james - my dad had excellent posture - when he was well into his eighties and he had prostate cancer. his back was as straight as someone in their 20's. had no problems with his feet. it wasn't until the prostate cancer mest. into his spine, that he showed any signs of posture problems. i can understand why you might go this direction of the feet for certain symptoms of the human body in general. if one looks at reflexology, i've seen the results of that. i just can't offer any evidence for what you are seeking. ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional "Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so." http://community.webtv.net/PALMER_ENT/doc > Alan, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > james The incidence of prostate cancer increases with age, during a time when men's eyesight begins to grow less sharp, when they begin to show signs of baldness, and when they get married, go to work and have children. Clearly, marriage and kids are why we squint, lose our hair and get prostate cancer. Now, how do I get Blue Cross to pay for my bachelor's life on a shoeless tropical island? Alex > Alan, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > james James, You sound like a serious person, and I appreciate your responding to people's criticism of your position here, but it appears to me that you have a seriously inadequate undertanding of scientific method. As Alex pointed out in his humorous examples, lots of things are statistically associated. Sometimes they are even linked to each other. But statistical association is, at best, a starting point for investigation. It does NOT, by itself, indicate anything about cause and effect. In your case, there isn't even any demonstrated statistical association. You claim that older people have worse posture. But do you know that for a fact? I see lots of young people with terrible posture. Do you have any evidence whatsoever that older people with prostate cancer have or had worse posture than older people without prostate cancer? Do you have any evidence that older people with bad posture have worn worse shoes than older people without bad posture, or that older people with prostate cancer wore shoes more often, or wore shoes that were worse, than older people without prostate cancer? As for people who don't wear shoes, there seems to be just as much _prima facie_ reason to believe that the surfaces they walk on have an effect on posture as to believe that shoes cause it. Do people walking without shoes on cement floors have better or worse posture than people walking with shoes on cement floors, or people walking with or without shoes on African savannahs, or in forests, or in Alaska, or in the desert, or on carpetted floors? Seriously James, you should have learned these basic scientific principles in your mechanical engineering courses. You need to revisit your old science books. Alan > James, > > You sound like a serious person, and I appreciate your responding to > people's criticism of your position here, but it appears to me that you > have a seriously inadequate undertanding of scientific method. James; If your grasp of mechanical engineering is as bad as your grasp of the scientific method (as manifested in this posting of yours), I don't want you designing a tire-on-a-rope-on-a-tree swing for anybody I care about. Alan, You raised good points. For example, Japanese men get less prostate cancer than American men, and Japanese men remove their shoes upon entering the home. We still need a physical explanation to separate this statistical conclusion from pure nonsense. Well, when a person wears shoes, the big toes point laterally, which collapses the main arch, rotates the lower leg bones internally, rotates the upper leg bones externally, and tilts the pelvis forward displacing organs and placing pressure on glands like the prostate. Circulation is certainly affected. The point is that there is physical evidence that shoes are involved in just about every major human illness. Take a look at the pictures on my webpage comparing a natural foot to a deformed foot. james From: feetback@shoebusters.com (James Semmel) Alan, You raised good points. For example, Japanese men get less prostate cancer than American men, and Japanese men remove their shoes upon entering the home. We still need a physical explanation to separate this statistical conclusion from pure nonsense. Well, when a person wears shoes, the big toes point laterally, which collapses the main arch, rotates the lower leg bones internally, rotates the upper leg bones externally, and tilts the pelvis forward displacing organs and placing pressure on glands like the prostate. Circulation is certainly affected. The point is that there is physical evidence that shoes are involved in just about every major human illness. Take a look at the pictures on my webpage comparing a natural foot to a deformed foot. james ======== hi james - you don't think that japanese men have a lower incidence of prostate cancer because they have a lower fat in their diet? studies have shown that lower diet does reduce chances of prostate cancer. but just as japanese men who have had a low fat diet and took their shoes off developed prostate cancer, i can't help but wonder what they are thinking that they did wrong in order that they have this disease. maybe it was because their grandfather.... father and two brothers had pca too? ~ curtis knowledge is power - growing old is mandatory - growing wise is optional "Many more men die with prostate cancer than of it. Growing old is invariably fatal. Prostate cancer is only sometimes so." http://community.webtv.net/PALMER_ENT/doc From: feetback@shoebusters.com (James Semmel) Alan, You raised good points. For example, Japanese men get less prostate cancer than American men, and Japanese men remove their shoes upon entering the home. I generally wear shoes from the time I wake up to the time I go to bed. Always have. And now I have prostate cancer. Proof.  SignaturePSA 16 10/17/2000 @ 46 Biopsy 11/01/2000 G7 (3+4), T2c RRP 12/15/2000 G7 (3+4), T3cN0M0 Neg margins PSA .1 .1 .1 .27 .37 .75 EBRT 05-07/2002 @ 47 PSA .34 .22 .15 .21 .32 Lupron 07/03 (1 mo) 8/03 (4 mo), 12/03, 4/04, 09/04, 01/05, 5/05, 10/05 PSA .07 .05 .06 .05 .08 Non Illegitimi Carborundum "Steve Kramer" wrote> > I generally wear shoes from the time I wake up to the time I go to bed. > Always have. > > And now I have prostate cancer. > > Proof. I went barefoot until I was about 10, except in midwinter and while in school. I've worn loose sandals or no footwear for much of the past 20 summers. I have PC and CC, but have seen no elephants for many years now. Proof. Of WHAT, I don't know, but I'm sure some weiner could tell me. I.P. I would suggest a simpler and more pleasant way to clear the "prostate gland" "a w.nk a day keeps the urologist away" Radical nearly 2 years ago. PSA currently 0.01 > Alan, > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > james James, I get a feeling you are grasping at straws. It's to bad! You've got that overwhelming drive to find some simple, controllable condition that will elminate the possibiltiy of you getting cancer. There may be such controlls. Prostate incidence demographics suggests that for our disease, but it ain't as simple as the shoes you wear. Sorry! I suggest you spend a half hour or so (you said you are a engineer - understanding should come relaltively quickly) reading up on cancer as a general disease. Yup - all cancers have some things in common. That research should suffice to prove to you that posture ain't gonna matter one iota. Meanwhile - please go back to school. An engineer ( I am one with multiple degrees and 40 years experience from design to management) who allows himself to draw such conclusions missed something serious. ..... or maybe you're just pullin' our puds.... By the way? Did you have anything to do with the design of the Shuttle's external fuel tanks? (Just kidding - couldn't help myself) Pops, I'm definitely not grasping at straws. A connection between posture and health is not that far-fetched. It's quite accessible, but requires some interest in anatomy. Moreover, I'm not trying to eliminate the possibility of disease. Gravity is always acting on the skeleton, pulling it down towards the ground. Unless a person makes some effort to counteract that force, their posture tends to slump as they age, thus disturbing the function of internal glands and organs. james James, Today is NOT April 1 Cheers > TO: All prostate cancer researchers, doctors, and patients. > [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > James Semmel > Albuquerque, NM "James Semmel" has been roundly criticized for: > TO: All prostate cancer researchers, doctors, and patients. > (snip absurdities) Now, now, kids. At least he's not advocating swallowing one's own waste products =-O Just because he has no idea what he's doing, and doesn't know what a degenerative disease is.... Tut tut. Just enjoy the silliness. Regards, Steve J "A man's most valuable trait is a judicious sense of what not to believe." -- Euripides > TO: All prostate cancer researchers, doctors, and patients. > > I am investigating the biomechanical effects of shoes on ... Wearing shoes correlates very closely with reading ability. People with the smallest feet almost uniformly have no reading ability. When people's feet stop growing, almost uniformly their reading ability stops improving. Clearly, learning to read makes your feet grow! This effect is so powerful, that being around people learning to read will make your feet grow, even if you studiously avoid picking up this skill! > Each year I post about this admittedly unusual connection, but thus far > nobody has taken it seriously. As a humorist of the pathetically absurd, I greatly appreciate your post. Got anything more like it? |
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