Custom Foot Orthotics
How do Custom Made Foot Orthotics Work?
Custom orthotics (custom insoles) look a lot like the shoe insoles or pre-manufactured foot orthotics that you can find for sale in stores, and like these products, custom orthotics can help reduce foot fatigue and discomfort. However, custom orthotics are also designed to do much more, and last much longer.
Custom orthotics are just that, custom-made medical devices intended to correct the specific musculoskeletal imbalances of your feet. At their core they have a plastic body that helps redistribute pressure while standing and moving. This redistribution of pressure helps encourage proper bone, arch and joint alignment. They are also designed to suit your particular body weight, and intended usage. Compared with over-the-counter orthotics, custom orthotics are also better suited to patients who have problems with circulation or who have diabetes.
If you suffer from muscle imbalances, joint issues, plantar fasciitis or other painful conditions in your feet, a custom orthotic can help reduce your foot pain and discomfort, as well as pain in secondary locations such as the knee, hip, or back. A custom orthotic may also help prevent or halt progressive degenerative changes in foot arches, alignment, and even overall shape, such as that which occurs with the formation or progression of bunions or dropped metatarsal bones. Custom orthotics are designed to promote positive biomechanical changes in your feet over time, rather than to work directly and immediately to heal tissue damage. As a result, the positive impact of orthotics on foot health tends not to be immediate (although it can be), but instead tends to reduce pain and dysfunction more gradually over time.
Custom orthotics are just that, custom-made medical devices intended to correct the specific musculoskeletal imbalances of your feet. At their core they have a plastic body that helps redistribute pressure while standing and moving. This redistribution of pressure helps encourage proper bone, arch and joint alignment. They are also designed to suit your particular body weight, and intended usage. Compared with over-the-counter orthotics, custom orthotics are also better suited to patients who have problems with circulation or who have diabetes.
If you suffer from muscle imbalances, joint issues, plantar fasciitis or other painful conditions in your feet, a custom orthotic can help reduce your foot pain and discomfort, as well as pain in secondary locations such as the knee, hip, or back. A custom orthotic may also help prevent or halt progressive degenerative changes in foot arches, alignment, and even overall shape, such as that which occurs with the formation or progression of bunions or dropped metatarsal bones. Custom orthotics are designed to promote positive biomechanical changes in your feet over time, rather than to work directly and immediately to heal tissue damage. As a result, the positive impact of orthotics on foot health tends not to be immediate (although it can be), but instead tends to reduce pain and dysfunction more gradually over time.
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Your family doctor commonly recommends custom foot orthotics for treatment of bunions, plantar fasciitis, neuroma, metatarsalgia, and much more.
Custom orthotics are created by a gold standard 3D image of the foot. This image or cast, is then used as a mold from which the orthotic is made. We are proud to offer 2 week turnout times for our Orthotic devices. New to orthotics? As an Ontario regulated orthotic provider, we are happy to offer complete orthotic service and education. Had orthotics in the past from another clinic? No problem! If you have them please bring them in for the assessment. We can learn a lot from previous pairs. |
Those with private insurance?
- We are PROUD to be on the Sunlife Provider approved list! Our specialists are also covered by all other insurance plans (GWL, Blue Cross, OTIP, etc..)
- We will provide you with all the proper paperwork for a simple and fast submission for reimbursement.
- We are PROUD to be on the Sunlife Provider approved list! Our specialists are also covered by all other insurance plans (GWL, Blue Cross, OTIP, etc..)
- We will provide you with all the proper paperwork for a simple and fast submission for reimbursement.
What makes us different?
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Education and Experience.
Not all custom foot orthotics are the same. Custom orthotics are not just a product, it is a service. Our reputation is our foundation. We enjoy seeing our patients refer their family and friends. - Trained professionally as both a Certified Pedorthist (University of Western Ontario), and Chiropodist (Michener Institute). - Over 6 years experience both in clinical assessment and manufacturing orthotics from scratch. - Was the official orthotic provider of Halifax's professional basketball team (when practice was in Halifax) - Using the well respected GOLD STANDARD casting technique. Recommended and approved by Insurance Companies. - Using an award winning manufacturing off-site lab (PFOLA accredited). - 1 year warranty on all materials and products. - All paperwork will be provided at the pick up appointment for you to submit to your insurance company |
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Common Treated Conditions:
- Plantar Fasciitis - Metatarsalgia - Bunions - Low Back Pain - Shin Splints - Knee Pain (patellofemoral) - Heel Spurs - Painful Calluses - Pes Planus - Diabetes - Neuropathic Conditions |
Helpful Notes to the Public:
- Please be aware of custom orthotic suppliers who only have you walk on a pressure pad to get impressions of your feet. This method is often used because it is cheap and quick. They do not represent your foot's ideal position, and are not a 3D image of your foot. It is impossible to make a custom orthotic without a 3D image.
- Companies or businesses that supply Free Shoes with purchase of Custom Orthotics is insurance fraud. A number of clinic have been closed down in Ottawa because of this. The provider is also frauding the patient. Orthotics provided in these deals are over-the-counter orthotics and not custom to your foot.
- Physiotherapists and Chiropractors are not insurance accepted orthotic providers. Please call your insurance company to find the details of your coverage.
- Please be aware of custom orthotic suppliers who only have you walk on a pressure pad to get impressions of your feet. This method is often used because it is cheap and quick. They do not represent your foot's ideal position, and are not a 3D image of your foot. It is impossible to make a custom orthotic without a 3D image.
- Companies or businesses that supply Free Shoes with purchase of Custom Orthotics is insurance fraud. A number of clinic have been closed down in Ottawa because of this. The provider is also frauding the patient. Orthotics provided in these deals are over-the-counter orthotics and not custom to your foot.
- Physiotherapists and Chiropractors are not insurance accepted orthotic providers. Please call your insurance company to find the details of your coverage.
