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How Sole Supports™ orthotics works
This therapy involves us analyzing the posture and function of your feet to create a corrective device for your feet. We mold both your feet in different positions, with particular attention given to your foot arches. This enables us to create tailor-made inserts to support and correct your foot position over the long-term.
Using the Sole Supports™ system, we take a cast of your feet in their perfect posture. Plus, we take into account your weight, activity and any pre-existing conditions. The resulting inserts which are shaped and calibrated just for your feet. This tackles existing pains and deformities, and helps prevents other problems that can be caused by an unhealthy foot posture.
The benefits
- Alleviate a range of conditions relating to your feet.
- Lower the risk of future foot pains and conditions.
- Help reduce strain on other parts of the body, including knees and back.
- Provide better support for sporting activities like running or skiing.
- Inserts use pioneering technology and materials made to last.
FAQs
This intervention can address pain and conditions relating to the heel and arch of your foot, such as plantar fasciitis. Orthotic devices can also help if you suffer with foot conditions such as heel pain, corns or bunions. Through rectifying posture and balance, they may also help relieve or prevent knock-on effects caused elsewhere, such as in the knees, ankles and back.
Most off-the-shelf inserts for your footwear are designed to provide cushioning. But Sole Supports™ orthotics devices are molded precisely for your feet. They are flexible enough to be comfortable when standing and rigid enough to provide the correction your foot arch needs. This finely calibrated balance provides effective and long-term change that generic supports cannot.
This type of foot support is suitable for a range of chronic foot conditions but may not be the answer for some specific injuries. We may also recommend this intervention be used in harmony with another therapy. The best way to find out is to arrange a consultation with one of our therapists, who’ll be able to guide your decision.
Your initial appointment could take up to an hour – this is where we scan your feet and carry out a biomechanical assessment. Once your mold is taken, we send it off to a lab to allow your bespoke Sole Supports™ orthotics to be created. Within a couple of weeks, you should have your inserts, and these should last you for several years. We may advise further follow-up appointments.
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