We are pleased to introduce our corporate entity to you. It is the very first Centre in Catalonia that gathers all the health specialities involved in foot care under one roof.
Over the years, my personal experience has taught me the need for seamless communication among different health professionals in cases where the patient requires the interaction of different disciplines, thereby raising the possibilities of success.
Ourtherapeutic methodologyis based on theprevention, diagnosis andtreatment of all kindsof pathologiesby making use ofthe latest technologiesand keeping an ever present holistic perspective.
The aims set out by the I.C.P.are not simply limited totherapeutictreatmentbut also extend to teaching.
Our teachingsideisfocused ontraining courses, which are open to allhealth professionals, conferences, prevention programmes, publications, and so on.
We presentthis pageas a sourceof informationand collaborationamonghealth professionalsand Internet userswho are interested inthe worldof the foot andits interactionwith different disciplines.
Throughour articles, we would like to publish andrevealthe enormouscomplexity surroundingthe foot,both in terms ofpreventionof diseases and the latest cutting-edge treatments applied in theI.C.P.
This is an open page through which we invitehealth professionals to publish theirown articles,suggesttopics or give opinions, or simply comment on acasewhere there are certain doubtsand where opinions can be exchanged.
Miguel Ángel Baños Bernad Director I. C. P.
He is Director of the “Institut Català del Peu” (Catalan Foot Institute), Boss of the Official Biomechanical Unit of the Catalan Tennis Federation, lecturer at the “Universitat de Barcelona” (UB) or Barcelona University (Podiatric teaching) and a Member of the International Science and Technology Academy. He holds a Master and Postgraduate degrees in Podiatric Surgery (UB), a Postgraduate Degree in Biomechanics (UB) and a degree in Anthropology. He was decorated with the “Gran Creu al Mèrit Acadèmic”(The Grand Cross for Academic Merit) awarded by the AICT in 2011.
When you are running, it is possible that you have pain or overload in the groins. It may be caused by many reasons, so, above all, we advise a good biomechanical study of the race in case you will have this kind of upsets, in order to know the exact cause. Some runners have this […]
The Institut Català del Peu signs a collaboration agreement with the running club and triathlon Proam. This agreement, is besides, part of an overall collaboration with the Ephion Health company. The collaboration agreement carried out with the Proam Club consists of a bidirectional synergy in which the Institut Català del Peu and Ephion Health will […]
On January the 11th , the Catalan cyclist Guillem Suriñach visited us, one of the scholarship holders through an agreement we have between the Institut Català del Peu and the Catalan Cyclist Federation, through Fitmetric, the department of sporting biomechanics of the Institut Català del Peu. We realize through Fitmetric, (the department of sporting biomechanics […]
On November the 24th , the Institut Català del Peu, through FitMetric, its Department of Sporting Biomechanics, gave a formative course about biomechanics in tennis in the course of third level of tennis trainers organized between the Royal Spanish Tennis Federation and the Catalan Tennis Federation. The Institut Català del Peu, through FitMetric, is the […]
On Saturday 21st October, Fitmetric, the Department of Sporting Biomechanics of the Institut Català del Peu, gave a training of cycling biomechanics in the 4th women’s cycling clinic. The Institut Català del Peu and the Catalan Cycling Federation have a collaboration agreement, for which, Fitmetric, the Department of Sporting Biomechanics of the Institut Català del […]
We could say, practically, that in 95% of our biomechanical analysis, we mainly examine the lower member, being the race, one of our most assessed sports in our clinic. We analyze the functional or specific movement to sport on our biomechanical assessments and, the foot, has a fundamental importance. Therefore, before examining the different joints, […]
