When your feet hurt, you hurt all over because your feet are the base of your entire bone structure. Problems in your feet can lead to knee and back pain, and discomfort when standing or walking. Your feet do a lot of hard work and take a lot of punishment.

The foot is a very complex part of your body. Each has 26 separate bones, which are held in position by dozens of ligaments, tendons, and muscles from the 3 separate arches that support the weight of your body. These arches are not rigid: they provide the flexibility and leverage needed to walk. As you raise your foot to take a step, joints lock so that you have the leverage to push your body forward. When you lower your foot to the ground, the joints unlock. This locking and unlocking allows you to walk on any surface, whether it be a sandy beach, golf course, or concrete sidewalk. Your foot is a shock absorber that protects your muscular and skeletal systems each time you take a step (the average person takes 5000 to 8000 steps each day).

A misaligned foot may cause the following problems: foot, knee, hip, back, and neck pain; bunions; shin splints; and plantar fasciitis.

The most common foot problem we see is excessive pronation. Too much weight is transferred to the inside of the foot, flattening the arch, and causing misalignment throughout the skeletal structure of the body.

Orthotics can help with your foot problems. They work on your feet in the same way that braces work on teeth—exerting consistent, gentle pressure—to bring your foot muscles and back into proper alignment.

Pronation has been treated with some success with hard plastic orthotics that stabilize the rearfoot. These orthotics are typically expensive and uncomfortable, which restricts their use. They have limited success in correcting forefoot pronation (too much weight on the inside of the ball of the foot and big toe). When we walk we spend more than half the time with the majority of our weight on the ball of the foot. 

We discovered that by shaping a high-density foam full-foot orthotic, we could achieve stability and proper alignment all the way through the stride. 

Your feet are the only pair you will ever have. You are wise to take good care of them. About 80% of the population have structural problems in their feet, which cause abnormal walking patterns. 

What is an orthotic and how can it help?

Our orthotics are made of different densities of foam that are molded and shaped to correctly support and realign your foot. They correct the position of the bones of your feet and hold them in proper alignment. 

Orthotics are necessary after surgery for bunions, callouses, hammertoes, and other rigid or flexible foot deformities. They reinforce the proper alignment of bone and muscle so that these painful deformities will not recur. 

How can orthotics help you following foot surgery?

Orthotics compensate for biomechanical abnormalities within the foot or leg, such as in-toeing, knock-knees, bowleg, or unequal leg length.

Orthotics provide a normal range of motion for the joints of the foot, knee, and hip.

Orthotics improve postural stability and spinal alignment.

Orthotics permit quicker, pain-free walking, and are essential to a speedy recovery.

Orthotics allow the foot to adapt to different types of walking surfaces, providing better shock absorption, and helping to provide rigid leverage for each step at push-off.

Orthotics are now available for specific activities such as running, dance, basketball, and other sports.

Most importantly, orthotics aid in assuring a favourable long-term surgical result, minimizing the chance of recurrence of the foot problem or deformity.

To find out more about this gentle, comfortable, and effective way to correct over Pronation, we recommend most of our Orthotics for this condition, except Sport Supporter series;

Men's Orthotics | Women's Orthotics