custom orthotics

Have you ever wanted to run better, walk better, run faster, or overall move better? Custom orthotics can help you achieve all of these goals. By aligning properly your foot and leg, you improve the performance of the entire kinetic chain. Muscles work properly, tendons do not over-pull and ligaments align. This means you move better and feel better doing it, and often those little naggings aches and pains can disappear. 

 Your feet are your bodies foundation. They are complex structures consisting of 26 bones, held together by hundreds of ligaments, muscles and tendons. They are all arranged together to form several dynamic arches that function to support weight, absorb shock, and provide leverage while walking. A small skeletal imbalance can trigger many different symptoms to appear. Signs of such imbalance can include painful feet, ankles, knees, hips and back, corns and calluses and even arthritis. Skeletal imbalances are often corrected with biomechanical foot orthotics. Biomechanics deals with the science of human motion. 

Biomechanical foot orthotics are carefully constructed medical appliances which fit into the bottom of your shoes and control the motion of your feet and weight distribution as you walk. These devices are custom designed to alleviate the pain and discomfort you may suffer from foot disorders such as fallen arches, heel spurs, bunions, sport injuries, etc. Each orthotic prescription is tailored to meet the specific needs of each individual. There are different types of orthotics for athletes, diabetics, arthritics and so forth. Construction begins with making a specific anatomical model/  impression of your feet. These are then sent to a special laboratory where devices are constructed using a highly technical and complex process. Only in this way can the orthotic conform to and control the specific angles and contours of your skeletal structure throughout the different phases of gait (the walking cycle). Generally speaking, an orthotic is a custom device that controls the degree of pronation and supination of the foot when walking and running.  

•  Heel spurs
• Flat feet
• High foot arches
• Calluses and foot corns
• Plantar fasciitis
• Stress fractures
• Sesamoiditis
• Overpronation and supination