Dr. Richard Blake is a practicing Podiatrist in San Francisco, California. He invented the Inverted Orthotic Technique and has spent over 35 years studying its affects on his patients. He has lectured nationally and internationally on the device also called the Blake Inverted Orthosis. He practices biomechanics and sports medicine at the famed Orthopedic Sports Institute at Saint Francis Memorial Hospital in San Francisco for 38 years. He is the past president of the American Academy of Podiatric Sports Medicine. He has published over 50 articles on sports medicine and biomechanics. He has taught for over 20 years at the California College of Podiatric Medicine, now the California School of Podiatric Medicine at Samuel Merritt University in Oakland, California. He is the author of a blog on foot injuries called drblakeshealingsole. He has been a marathon runner and avid basketball player. He is now focusing on hiking with an upcoming adventure on the famous Camino de Santiago in Spain. Dr. Blake's 3 true loves are his family first, his profession of podiatry, and teaching. He loves teaching through patient care, with students, his blog, and this book is an extension of that love affair of podiatry and teaching. He feels very blessed to have found his chosen profession dedicated to the care of patients. His hope is that this book helps the podiatry profession is some small way.