He walks three miles in boots to his landscaping job, and he was having problems with his heel hurting.
But when Dr Narici strapped his heel-wearers' ankles into a dynamometer, which can measure a foot's turning force, the readings were indistinguishable from the control group's.
The midfielder was lurking at the far post and, instead of side-footing in Roger Johnson's shot across goal, the ball hit his heel and was inadvertently cleared for Burnley.
Michael Platt damaged his heel in the warm-up and was replaced by Jason Crookes, while scrum-half Matt Orford went off with a shoulder injury early in the second half.
Ambling with the bluesman's toothache in his heel, he describes "cities of the plague, " plots surprise showdowns in which he slaughters sleeping opponents, ponders craven human nature ("They will tear your mind away from contemplation") and scans the skies for hints of geopolitical turmoil.
He was ruled out for the third time in four games after an exam Thursday of his strained heel also revealed a plantar fascia tear in his right foot.
McCain has a long list of endorsements, but immigration continues to be his Achilles' heel because of his support in the Senate of unpopular reform legislation.
He was later taken by helicopter to a nearby Budapest hospital for further tests and was found to have an injury to his left heel as well as concussion.
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Peters, on the other hand, will be spending some of his new free time suing the makers of Roll-A-Bout, an item he blames for the re-injury of his Achilles heel.
Veteran England midfielder Beckham hobbled off the pitch in tears, reaching down to nurse his left heel, with TV network Sky Sports Italia reporting that he had suffered a suspected ruptured Achilles tendon injury.
Nets point guard Deron Williams and shooting guard Joe Johnson, who practiced on his sore heel and quad after missing the last four games, didn't know if they would have considered signing with a rapper when they entered the league.
Yakubu, fit again after his recent heel injury, had a glorious chance to level five minutes after the goal when he ran on to Saha's flick-on, only to be denied by an excellent Ross Turnbull save, while Lescott came closer still when his clipped cross floated over the keeper's head and hit the post.
O'Neill trained on Sunday, but complained of lingering pain in his left Achilles heel.
And, though most Norwegians still like Mr Bondevik, he lacks the political muscle to call his legislature to heel.
Bush's lack of experience has long been his Achilles' heel, but it was never so apparent -- because Gore never made it apparent.
Mr. Horn's lack of digital-age expertise could be his Achilles' heel.
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It has not started too badly for Robinho, though: he scored with a back heel on his debut.
Anuzis' Achilles heel is his record in Michigan, where he can point to few gains among Republicans in the battleground state since taking over the state party in 2005.
Four minutes from time, Bradley, who had seemed to be affected by his well-publicised heel injury in the second period, won a vital free and Muldoon's kick put two between the sides again.
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"Orphans, " Lyle Kessler's 1983 play about a shady businessman who takes two down-at-heel brothers under his wing, has finally made it to Broadway after being mounted by just about every regional theater in America.
If Huckabee has an Achilles' heel, it's his lack of experience, Holland said.
He was in the Tar Heel state to discuss more ways his administration is taking an all-of-the-above approach to American energy.
Keith Bogans started for Brooklyn in place of F Gerald Wallace, who missed his second straight game with a sore left heel.
Joe Johnson missed his third straight game with a sore left heel after going through warm-ups with the hope of coming back.
The full-back latched on to John Utaka's intelligent back heel inside the box and rifled his shot into Kompany as the ball looped over Given and on to the crossbar, with Ireland clearing the danger with Danny Webber poised to pounce.
Still, Mr. Louboutin occasionally takes it to the edge: His "Fetish Ballerine" of 2007 has a heel so high, about 10 inches, that it turns a black pump into a pointe shoe.
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Joe Johnson, who scored 20 points against Philadelphia on Monday, missed his fourth game of the season with a bruised left heel.
Buaben squandered a chance to equalise immediately when the midfielder's strength took him beyond the Celtic defence, but his low shot was deflected clear off Mulgrew's heel.
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