How Do They Help?
Custom Orthotics reduce stress and strain on your body by bringing your feet back into proper alignment. They look like insoles for your shoes, but are custom made medical appliances that correct your specific imbalance.
Your feet are the foundation of your entire body! By redistributing the pressure areas on your feet, your skeletal alignment can improve because your feet have a direct impact on the rest of your body. Like the foundation of a house, your feet support the weight of everything above them.
Orthotics are comfortable to wear and gently reduce problems. You start out by wearing them for short periods of time, gradually increasing the usage to allow your body time to adjust naturally. The subtle change in the way you walk will cause a chain reaction of adjustments in your posture and walking mechanics, easing strain in other parts of your body such as back, neck and hips.
How Would I Know If I Had A Problem?
The symptoms of faulty foot mechanics can include any one of the following:
- Localized foot pain
- Bunions, hammer toes
- Arch, heel pain
- Leg, knee pain
- Hip or back pain- even neck pain
- Generalized soreness and stiffness at or around the joints
What is a Gait Scan?
A Gait Scan is a computer system that tests how you walk. The system records your timing sequences during gait as you walk or run across the pressure plate. This enables the chiropractor to have a clear picture of your foot mechanics and whether you would benefit from wearing Custom Orthotics.
FASCINATING FOOT FACTS
- 25% of the bones in your body are in your feet.
- The average person takes 8,000 to 10, 000 steps per day
- The average person will walk over 100,000 miles in their lifetime or more than 4 trips around the world.
- Women have four times as many foot problems as men- blame it on fancy, ill-fitting footwear!
- More than 75% of people will experience foot problems in the lifetime.
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