The human body is made up of many joints with the view to facilitate movement… so when you consider that each foot is made up of 33 joints and is designed to bend, twist and move… It's hard to understand why stiff and firm orthoses are used to profoundly restrict movement that increase forces in other joints at the knees, hips and spine, AND reduce proprioceptive signalling from brain to feet, oh AND increase dependency on these styles of devices… meaning you’ll be back to get them adjusted in replaced sooner.
Safe to stay we use orthotics or orthoses as a tool to assist and guide feet to reduce pain and to improve function and efficiency. We use softer materials to allow the foot, ankle and lower limb to work like a spring, and alter loading forces rather than as a tool to “correct or re-align feet” as mentioned above.
Orthoses can be helpful if there is underlying foot dysfunction, weakness and early fatigue particularly when completing activities with high demand on the foot, ankle and lower leg muscles such as running and playing field sports not just the day to day at work or school.
We capture impressions of the feet using the state of art pressure mat technology from Sensor Medica and physical impressions of the foot using Orthema. We are able to design and manufacture your orthoses ready for fitting in as little as 48 hours* thanks to our on-site laboratory.
While we can create custom orthoses for every need, we also offer solutions to improve pain and function without them. Whether you have long relied on orthoses, or were recently prescribed a pair, we can develop a plan to reduce your dependence on them - starting with minutes, then hours and days, and maybe for good. Andrew Saunderson, owner of Ankle and Sole Podiatry, has collaborated with industry experts to create strength and conditioning programs to transform dependent, dysfunctional feet into feet that are strong and resilient.
For runners who need more functional strength to support their running or strong humans who need more aerobic conditioning to support their overall health.
First step in improving your pain, injury, dysfunction or instability. Includes pre and post surgical interventions as well as acute injuries such as fractures, sprains and strains
