TORONTO CHIROPODIST AND FOOT SPECIALIST DISCUSSES CUSTOM ORTHOTICS

MOST TORONTO FOOT SPECIALISTS INCLUDING TORONTO CHIROPODISTS AND TORONTO PODIATRISTS AGREE THAT YOU SHOULD ONLY SEEK OUT A QUALIFIED FOOT SPECIALISTS WHEN PURCHASING CUSTOM MADE ORTHOTICS.

 CUSTOM FOOT ORTHOTICS OR FOOT ORTHOSES LITERALLY IS A BRACE CONSTRUCTED FOR THE ARCH OF THE FOOT THAT RESTRICTS MOTION OF THE FOOT IN ORDER TO PROPERLY SUPPORT THE FOOT AND CORRECTLY ALIGN THE LOWER LIMB AND SPINE.  WHEN TAKING THE CAST OF THE FOOT IT SHOULD BE DONE IN THE NON-WEIGHTBEARING POSITION USING COMPUTERIZED 3D LASER SCANNER, PLASTER OR FOAM, ALL OF WHICH ARE TECHNIQUES EMPLOYED IN OUR OFFICE.

 THE MAJORITY OF PROFESSIONAL ATHLETES USE CUSTOM ORTHOTICS AS THEY IMPROVE PERFORMANCE AND DECREASE THE RATE OF INJURIES SUCH AS PLANTAR FASCIITIS, ACHILLES TENDON INJURIES, METATARSALGIA, ETC.  THEY ALSO IMPROVE THE LINE OF DRIVE FROM THE FOOT TO THE PLAYING SURFACE.  THEY ARE VERY USEFUL IN DIABETIC PATIENTS TO PROPERLY DISTRIBUTE THE WEIGHT OF THE FOOT EVENLY AND PREVENT THE FORMATION OF ULCERS WHICH CAN LEAD TO AMPUTATION.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY YOUR TORONTO CHIROPODIST AND TORONTO FOOT SPECIALIST, MARZ HARDY, D.Ch., B.Sc., (PODIATRIC MEDICINE) AND THE TEAM FROM ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS TEAM.