Where To Find Relief For Your Foot Pain?
What In The World Is PEDORTHICS? Pedorthics is the design, manufacture, modification and fit of footwear to alleviate problems caused by disease, overuse, congenital condition or injury to the foot.
The word "pedorthics" first began to emerge in the late 1950's, after an outbreak of polio created the need to address foot trauma through customized footwear.
A pedorthist is an individual who has studied foot anatomy and pathology, biomechanics, shoe construction and modification, foot orthosis fabrication and materials, footwear fitting and patient/practice management.
Good certified pedorthists are innovators in the development and use of new techniques and materials in footwear, foot orthosis, and shoe modifications.
Custom pediatrics Pedorthic professionals test and strive to improve the methods used to enhance foot health.
Who Needs Custom Orthotics? Many people suffer from foot pain of one degree or another.
From minor bunion pain to more severe conditions such as Plantar Fasciitis (heel pain), metatarsalgia (pain in the balls of the feet), and plantar neuronal (abnormal nerve growths).
All these conditions can be caused by biomechanical imbalances, which lead to symptomatic pain.
Digital Scanners Create A Virtual Cast of Your Feet Some of the most innovative technology within the pedorthic industry is changing the profession daily.
A good pedorthist uses automation and high tech development that can be found in their computer-based techniques and tools, from computer aided design and manufacturing like a Digitized Scanner to the three-dimensional biomechanical evaluation of a Foot Pressure Analyzer.
Customers are offered the appearance and function of traditional, handcrafted, quality footwear and/or orthotics with the speed of manufacturing and technology with computerization.
For example, the AMFIT Scanner utilizes the latest digitized computer technology to generate an image of your feet.
With this image, the pedorthist can make the most professional analysis of your specific foot conditions, while at the same time; create custom orthotics or inserts specifically designed for your feet.
They then can properly accommodate the orthotics to the best line to extra-depth shoes for work, dress, and play, allowing you to experience just how comfortable a shoe can be.
Many shops will also provide shoes for the hard-to-fit narrow and extra-wide foot.
All shoes come in matching pairs.
The same can't be said for feet, though.
Many people's left and right feet vary in size and shape significantly, leading to problems when wearing mass-production shoes.
At a good pedorthist's office or shop, their professional staff can help you achieve the appropriate fit for each of your feet.
They will use a variety of methods to customize shoes to achieve the appropriate fit - we can even modify shoes you already own to make them more comfortable! When you find a good pedorthist, you no longer need to pass up a favorite brand of shoes because of a minor rub or discomfort.
Sometimes the work is done on site in their workshop for meticulous customization.
What Do I Do Now? Shoe comfort is a personal decision that significantly affects our quality of life.
Whether we are busy professionals who realize the value of exceptionally styled shoes, or patients whose health condition requires state-of-art orthotics, shoe comfort often determines how much we can do to realize our full potential.
Custom pediatrics and comfort footwear is the business of improving your quality of life by providing the absolute best shoes in both comfort and style.
If you are a medicare recipient you could qualify for free comfort shoes and custom orthotics made just for YOUR feet! A certificate of medical necessity from your MD, along with a prescription from the doctor or your podiatrist can be your ticket to new levels of comfort you never realized existed!
The word "pedorthics" first began to emerge in the late 1950's, after an outbreak of polio created the need to address foot trauma through customized footwear.
A pedorthist is an individual who has studied foot anatomy and pathology, biomechanics, shoe construction and modification, foot orthosis fabrication and materials, footwear fitting and patient/practice management.
Good certified pedorthists are innovators in the development and use of new techniques and materials in footwear, foot orthosis, and shoe modifications.
Custom pediatrics Pedorthic professionals test and strive to improve the methods used to enhance foot health.
Who Needs Custom Orthotics? Many people suffer from foot pain of one degree or another.
From minor bunion pain to more severe conditions such as Plantar Fasciitis (heel pain), metatarsalgia (pain in the balls of the feet), and plantar neuronal (abnormal nerve growths).
All these conditions can be caused by biomechanical imbalances, which lead to symptomatic pain.
Digital Scanners Create A Virtual Cast of Your Feet Some of the most innovative technology within the pedorthic industry is changing the profession daily.
A good pedorthist uses automation and high tech development that can be found in their computer-based techniques and tools, from computer aided design and manufacturing like a Digitized Scanner to the three-dimensional biomechanical evaluation of a Foot Pressure Analyzer.
Customers are offered the appearance and function of traditional, handcrafted, quality footwear and/or orthotics with the speed of manufacturing and technology with computerization.
For example, the AMFIT Scanner utilizes the latest digitized computer technology to generate an image of your feet.
With this image, the pedorthist can make the most professional analysis of your specific foot conditions, while at the same time; create custom orthotics or inserts specifically designed for your feet.
They then can properly accommodate the orthotics to the best line to extra-depth shoes for work, dress, and play, allowing you to experience just how comfortable a shoe can be.
Many shops will also provide shoes for the hard-to-fit narrow and extra-wide foot.
All shoes come in matching pairs.
The same can't be said for feet, though.
Many people's left and right feet vary in size and shape significantly, leading to problems when wearing mass-production shoes.
At a good pedorthist's office or shop, their professional staff can help you achieve the appropriate fit for each of your feet.
They will use a variety of methods to customize shoes to achieve the appropriate fit - we can even modify shoes you already own to make them more comfortable! When you find a good pedorthist, you no longer need to pass up a favorite brand of shoes because of a minor rub or discomfort.
Sometimes the work is done on site in their workshop for meticulous customization.
What Do I Do Now? Shoe comfort is a personal decision that significantly affects our quality of life.
Whether we are busy professionals who realize the value of exceptionally styled shoes, or patients whose health condition requires state-of-art orthotics, shoe comfort often determines how much we can do to realize our full potential.
Custom pediatrics and comfort footwear is the business of improving your quality of life by providing the absolute best shoes in both comfort and style.
If you are a medicare recipient you could qualify for free comfort shoes and custom orthotics made just for YOUR feet! A certificate of medical necessity from your MD, along with a prescription from the doctor or your podiatrist can be your ticket to new levels of comfort you never realized existed!
