DR. HARDY'S ADVICE ON CUSTOM ORTHOTIC MODIFICATION
posted: Mar. 25, 2015.
AS A RETIRED DOCTOR SPECIALIZING IN CUSTOM ORTHOTICS, I KNOW A FEW THINGS ABOUT MODIFICATIONS.
ONE THING I LEARNED IN OVER 35 YEARS OF PRACTICE IS THAT IF THE PATIENT WAS PROPERLY CASTED, MODIFICATIONS WERE NEVER NEEDED.
OVER 99% OF MY FIRST CASTINGS WERE PERFECT AND NEEDED NO MODIFICATIONS.
CHIROPRACTORS NEED THEIR PATIENTS TO COME BACK TO BE ADJUSTED, CORRECTLY CASTED ORTHOTICS DO NOT.
BEWARE OF ANY FOOT SPECIALIST WHO TELLS YOU TO COME BACK FOR CONSECUTIVE CORRECTIONS. THAT ONLY MEANS THAT THEY WERE NOT DONE PROPERLY IN THE FIRST PLACE.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. JOHN A. HARDY, OWNER OF ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.