Orthotics - A Shoe Insert For Pain Relief - A Simple Quick Check Guide
Posted: Thursday, July 09, 2009
by GARY WEBB
WEBB'S PODIATRY
If you can answer answer 'yes' to any of the conditions mentioned below you may require orthotics.
You can first try our range of orthaheel temporary orthoses. They are a very good low cost alternative to prescription orthotics. However, a podiatrist can help you decide if you need prescription orthotics if the condition persists.
- Do you have visible signs of foot related problems such as bunions, hard skin, hammer toes etc.
- Are you very sporting and are your activity levels very high impact?
- Does your family have a history of foot, hip and lower back related problems?
- Do you have a leg length problem?
- Do you spend a lot of time walking on hard surfaces?
- Do you in toe or out toe while walking?
- Do you have condition such as Rheumatoid Arthritis or any other joint related problem?
- Are you aged over 40?
- Do you have knock knees or bow legs?
- Orthotics may relieve your discomfort almost immediately.
Orthotics is a corrective appliance that fits easily into your shoes to gently redistribute your body weight more effectively, correcting any abnormalities in the way that you walk.
Orthoses help the brain to send messages to the ligaments thus correcting the firing pattern of the muscles, to correctly realign your body mechanics via proprioception from the cerebellium in the brain. This is the part of the brain that is largely responsible for reporting unconscious sensory feedback to other parts of the body down the spinal cord. By correcting the body in this way orthotics can help with your foot, knee, hip and lower back problems.
Temporary orthotics is generally used in the rehabilitation of short term injuries, where the injury or gait problem is more serious prescription orthoses are normally advised. In the same way that you would go to an optician to be measured for glasses, a Podiatrist will measure you for prescription orthoses. Where better control and accuracy is required a Podiatrist will complete a biomechanical assessment and have your feet and lower limbs measured correctly. Also, permanent orthoses just do that, the shell lasts for a lifetime. This will help you to achieve comfort and relieve your aches and pains.
Copyright (c) Gary Webb MChS June 2009
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