This may sound sudden, but have you ever heard of a “foot treatment clinic”?
There’s actually one clinic in Nishinomiya that specializes in feet.
“A clinic specializing in feet!? Now I’m really curious.”
“I’m kind of dealing with bunions, and I also have lower back pain, so I’m thinking I might go check it out.”
So, our Nishinomiya Tsushin staff member , who has lower back pain and signs of bunions, went to “Foot Treatment Clinic GenkiStyle Acupuncture and Osteopathic Clinic”, the only foot-specialized osteopathic clinic in Nishinomiya, located near JR Koshienguchi Station.
Show Us the Clinic
Nishinomiya Tsushin’s visited “Foot Treatment Clinic GenkiStyle Acupuncture and Osteopathic Clinic”!
It’s nice that the rooms are properly private, not just divided by curtains!
First-time consultations are done in this room.
Counseling
First, you fill out the necessary details on a medical questionnaire.
Here are GenkiStyle’s director, Iwai, and staff member Yokoyama↓↓
They both welcomed me with such wonderful smiles. I felt like I could ask them anything!
“My lower back pain just won’t go away, and I think I’m starting to get bunions.”
“Are the symptoms mainly on your right side or your left?”
“All on the left side.”
“Your left side, then.
Let’s take an actual look at your feet.”
Various Foot Measurements: Foot Pressure Test
This machine checks how your feet make contact with the ground.
Foot Size Measurement
They measure your foot size: “length,” “width,” and “circumference.”
“Please lift your toes.”
“Okay.”（Without a second thought, I lifted my heel）
“That’s your heel.”
Here are the foot size measurement results↓↓
| Foot length | Foot width | Foot circumference | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Right | 22.5㌢ | 83㍉ | 222㍉ |
| Left | 22.5㌢ | 84㍉ | 220㍉ |
FPI Test
They take photos of your feet from the left, right, front, and back using an iPad.
The doctor feels the bones around your ankles and scores your feet from a foot specialist’s perspective.
“Your feet are textbook.”
“What! So I have good feet!?”（Getting a little carried away）
“No, they’re textbook bad feet!”
Oof😅
Once all the tests are done, it’s finally time to hear the results!
Explanation of the Measurement Results
Have you ever thought about things like “what’s going on with my arches?” or “are my heel bones straight?”
Don’t you want to know what’s actually happening with your feet?
Looking at these images, Director Iwai gives a detailed explanation about your feet!
Here, they’re checking where your body weight is placed on the soles of your feet.
While looking at different examples, you find out which one your own feet are closest to.
Together with Director Iwai, you understand and share the current condition of your feet.
According to Director Iwai’s analysis, ’s feet were found to be “slightly high-arched, with the left ankle, or heel bone, especially tilted inward.”
In my case, “lower back pain” “bunions” “bowlegs”（bowlegs got added to the list too 😅） are
