TORONTO FOOT CARE FOR CHILDREN

AT ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS OUR FOOT SPECIALISTS ARE VERY INTERESTED IN FOOT CARE FOR CHILDREN.  ONE OF THE CORNERSTONES OF OUR OFFICE IS PREVENTION.  IT IS ALL WELL AND GOOD TO TRY TO HELP PEOPLE WHO ARE ALREADY SICK, BUT IT IS MUCH BETTER TO EDUCATE PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR HEALTH AND TO TAKE PREVENTATIVE MEASURES TO PREVENT  DISEASE.  MOST PEOPLE ARE BORN WITH A GENETIC PREDISPOSITION CALLED OVERPRONATION WHICH CAN BE CORRECTED WITH CUSTOM ORTHOTICS.  THAT IS WHY WE LIKE TO HAVE OUR PATIENT'S CHILDREN ASSESSED AT THE AGE OF 3 TO SEE IF THEY HAVE A POSTURAL DEFECT WHICH CAN BE CORRECTED BY CUSTOM ORTHOTICS.  IF A CHILD DOES HAVE THE DEFICIT, ORTHOTICS CAN BE PRESCRIBED SO THAT THEY CAN GROW AND DEVELOP IN THE CORRECT POSTURAL ALIGNMENT.  THIS IS VERY IMPORTANT SO THAT ALL OF THE JOINTS ABOVE THE FOOT DEVELOP CORRECTLY WITH NO POSTURAL DEFECTS.  ADULT ORTHOTICS LAST ABOUT 2 YEARS BUT CHILDRENS ORTHOTICS HAVE TO BE CHANGED AT LEAST EVERY YEAR OR EVERY TIME THEY OUTGROW THEIR SHOES.  OUR FOOT SPECIALIST ARE EXCELLENT WHEN TREATING CHILDREN AS THEY HAVE A LOT OF PERSONAL EXPERIENCE WITH THEIR OWN CHILDREN.

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

PROFESSIONAL FOOT CLINIC

416-465-8737

Toronto, ON Chiropodist Academy Foot and Orthotic

752 BROADVIEW AVENUE Toronto, ON M4K 2P1 

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