Different words for the same thing

I have noticed over the last few years that using the word or a derivative of the word “ortho” has become far less used in the world of product promotion and marketing. Shoes, beds and all manner of high end products would prefix the item with “orthopedic” to indicate a superior performance or a greater degree of design and support for their top end models. Now that term seems to be out of fashion and instead we are seeing other creations intended to mean the same thing but, I guess, in a more marketable way.
When it comes to shoes, “easy fit” and “comfort fit” now seem to mean the same thing and only a special diabetic shoe, or one for a person with serious foot problems, is termed orthopedic!

With beds too the same change seems to have occurred. “Wellbeing” seems to be the new buzzword, even though the implications of this double term seem even more medical and even more concerned with health than the old one.

With chairs the same it true yet again. This time the word is “ergonomic” which is intended to mean a machine (or appliance) working in harmony with the body that sits on it. i.e. The chair is designed to work with both the person using it and any activity that they use that item of furniture for. This means that you can of course have an ergonomic TV seat.

Perhaps ergonomic shoes are the next step, or a comfort fit chair. There may even be room for a wellbeing shoe at some point in the future.

From now on....

Unfortunately after editing a number of my posts on this blog it would seem that the ones that I amended have been reassigned the date on which I made the changes. In some cases this means that posts made 3 years ago appear as the most recent. This is down to blogger and not me!


In any event, my posts have been absent for some time and I now intend to rectify that. I will start off by restating what this blog was originally about and a couple of changes that have been made.


Firstly, the purpose of the blog was two fold. The main reason was to write about orthopedic products that can assist, ease or aid injury, disability or discomfort and the secondary reason was to promote some websites that I own. Regrettably, it would seem that doing the latter is now considered some kind of infringement by google and for that reason I will no longer be showing links to my or any other related information sources. It all seems quite ridiculous, but these days google seem to be inventing new ways to make their search engine less like a human reader and more like a former eastern European police force.


What I will still be doing is writing posts about a number of different orthopedic products that exist, are in development or are simply of interest to me. Not surprisingly the likes of beds and mattresses will be near the top of the list, but I will also try to write about some of the more obscure and interesting devices and products that people can use.