Orthotics are a great way to help with issues related to walking and spinal alignment. Stabilizing Orthotics provide structural support, yet allow the foot to retain full range of motion. Orthotics may also be helpful in reducing knee, foot, and lower back pain. The need for orthotics is often related to an issue with the natural functioning of the foot. Orthotics help to realign the bones of the lower extremity, particularly within the foot and ankle and reduce pressure to other parts of the body such as the hips and lower back. In addition, orthotics will help with distributing your weight properly and take further pressure off of toes, bunions and other parts of the foot.
At Partners in Health & Wellness, Dr. Hecht has partnered with FootLevelers and is using their new state-of-the-art V7+ technology. The new and enhanced features include: the personalized pronation/stability index number and calculated measurements to reveal severity of imbalances in patients’ feet. Further, the body assessment demonstrates the foot-pelvis-body connection to clearly illustrate how foot imbalances lead to pain throughout the body; and the vibrant graphics show pressure points and imbalances. This will help you to visually see and understand how much pressure and where specifically the most pressue is applied to each foot. Then a report will be generated and able to be emailed to you. Even if your not sure, get your foot scanned and make sure your are heading off any potential problems before they start.
Our orthotics are custom made not a cookie cutter pattern seen at most athletic stores. Moreover, recent research indicates that orthotics that are not custom made may be harmful! Further, if you already have an issue or suffer from pain when walking, an orthotic can provide the needed support to help improve your stability. Finally, the great benefit of orthotics is that they can be worn in almost any shoe so you never have to go without them.
One of the most difficult parts of orthotics however is the cost. Most orthotics will last several years and some are even covered (in full or in part) by your insurance company. If you have questions, call your insurance provider or let us know and one of our staff will be happy to check in with your benefits.
At Partners in Health & Wellness, we offer free foot scans to all patients. So if you have been curious or are sufferering with a chronic lower back problem, foot or ankle problems, or plantar fascitis, call us today!
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