Foot Orthotics
Support for your foot’s natural position
Sask. government promised to expand funding for autistic children in 2021. Declan, who recently turned six, is autistic. His mother, Tarah Degelman, says the pandemic has been hard on him because of the lack of access to therapies and
… READ MORENew research out of Europe suggests custom foot orthotics might be a waste of money. The research, published Monday in the British Journal of Sports Medicine, has found that custom-made orthoses are no more effective than cheaper,
… READ MOREA consumer’s guide to the science and controversies of orthotics, special shoes, and other allegedly corrective foot devices. Footprints in the Sand. Pruzi Pixabay by Paul Ingraham, PainScience.com updated Sep 23, 2018 Readers often
… READ MOREBy Dr. Michael Nirenberg, America’s Podiatrist February 24, 2011 A middle-aged woman arrived at my office last week complaining of heel pain and carrying a bag of custom-made foot orthotics (orthotics are custom made arch
… READ MOREThese children often have wider, more flexible, and more pronated feet than typically developing kids that don’t fit well into conventionally sized and shaped footwear. Ill-fitting shoes are linked to foot-specific disability and
… READ MOREShoe inserts or foot orthotics are sometimes used to treat lower back pain in people who have some type of foot dysfunction or imbalance. The prevailing medical theory is that foot or ankle problems can cause lower back misalignment,
… READ MOREMany people come to my office complaining of foot pain from conditions such as bunions, hammertoes, a pinched nerve (neuroma), or heel pain (plantar fasciitis). I perform a thorough evaluation and examination, and together we review
… READ MOREHumans have gone unshod for millions of years; it is only in the last few centuries that people have started wearing shoes. However, a recent survey shows that shoe wearing among young boys isn’t universal. German children and
… READ MOREStefan Hoerzer lands dream job with adidas in Germany. University of Calgary PhD grad Stefan Hoerzer was busy customizing soccer footwear in advance of the FIFA World Cup in Russia, which starts June 14. By Scott Cruickshank,
… READ MOREDr. Breanne Everett makes smart shoes that can prevent injuries to diabetics’ feet. Dr. Breanne Everett shares her pitch for Orpyx at the Pitch@Palace boot camp at Facebook London on Friday. Pitch@Palace Facebook Sarah
… READ MOREShoe inserts may not help plantar heel pain. Mass-produced shoe inserts available on drugstore shelves and customized orthotics may not work for plantar heel pain, a research review suggests. Common causes of foot pain and their
… READ MORESupination and pronation are parts of a stride. Supination occurs when weight is placed on the outside of the foot while walking or running. When the opposite happens, and a person shifts their weight from the heel to the forefoot, it
… READ MOREWearing heel lifts in conventional running shoes can help reduce patellofemoral joint loading and may offer an alternative to gait retraining in runners with patellofemoral pain (PFP), according to research conducted at the
… READ MOREWhen the arch of the foot collapses excessively downward or inward, this is known as overpronation. Sometimes, people call this condition flat feet. Overpronation is when the arches of the foot roll inward or downward when walking,
… READ MOREFactors that influence prescription of foot orthoses. “Foot orthosis prescriptions are complex, but can be broadly classified into three categories. Selection of these prescription subtypes appears to be influenced by both
… READ MOREIn individuals at risk for knee osteoarthritis (OA), the presence of foot and ankle symptoms is associated with increased odds of developing symptomatic and radiographic knee OA four years later, according to research from the
… READ MOREOver-the-counter orthoses are a cost-effective alternative to custom-made devices. We demonstrated that three commonly used over-the-counter devices influence foot kinematics and plantar fascia strain differently. Clinicians can use
… READ MOREIn a famous study three decades ago, experimental biologists strapped a pair of 1.8-kilogram weights around the waists of volunteers and found that they only had to expend about 4 per cent more energy to maintain the same running pace
… READ MOREAn EU-funded project has developed a way to quickly make customised corrective foot and ankle supports using 3D printers – and the results are already on the market. How Kegan Schouwenburg is creating print your own shoes. Amy
… READ MOREImprove Mobility. Stay Healthy. Many of us suffer from chronic pain in the knees, hips or lower back. Often, there is a connection between these complaints and the way you walk. This article sheds more light on knee pain and in
… READ MOREAs baby boomers age and continue to participate in sports, more and more are suffering from foot injuries, such as plantar fasciitis and hallux valgus. And researchers have proposed the inserts as treatments for back, hip, knee and
… READ MOREWinnipeg based Pedorthic Association of Canada (PAC) on April 11 released results of a patient-centered study showing six weeks of custom foot orthosis wear reduced foot and ankle pain and upped activity levels in most people who wore
… READ MOREDespite foot orthoses being one of the main interventions for foot pathology, there is a lack of knowledge about current orthotic practice and the use of technology within it. My way… (but your way is good too). Dancified ‘Current
… READ MOREThe spring-like properties of the arch of the foot may improve running economy. Could the right footwear design help even more? Boys from the Paris Opera Ballet School By Jordana Bieze Foster, Editor, Lower Extremity Review February
… READ MOREAny insole that offers an increased level of support is probably better than nothing, but the difference between a prefab [off the shelf] and a full custom orthotic is basically on a scale of varying levels of support and specificity.
… READ MOREFor many people, the warmer weather offers motivation to get back outside and put the running shoes to good use again. Unfortunately, if you spent the previous months indoors running on a more forgiving treadmill, pounding the hard
… READ MORETreatment for equinus should be aimed at increasing ankle joint dorsiflexion to facilitate normal gait mechanics. In most cases, non-spastic forms of equinus tend to be more treatable and easily corrected than the spastic
… READ MORELateral wedge insoles are a potential simple treatment for medial knee osteoarthritis (OA) patients by reducing the external knee adduction moment (EKAM). However in some patients, an increase in their EKAM is seen. Understanding the
… READ MOREThe medical literature generally supports the use of foot orthoses for management of plantar fasciitis symptoms, but evidence regarding specific orthotic designs is inconclusive. Early research suggests a temporary custom foot
… READ MOREBiomechanics research reveals potential new ways to treat one of the most common running injuries. “What we found was that, regardless of which orthotic volunteers received, there was a relationship between change in biomechanics
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