Why Orthotics?
Custom foot orthotics are designed and manufactured to align the bones and muscles in your feet, as well as help your feet work effectively with your legs and back. The materials used and components needed to help correct your condition are selected after a biomechanical examination.
The Benefits:
If your feet don't work right, you hurt all over. In some cases, your feet are compensating for other needs your body can't meet. Your body is constantly breaking down as it adapts to stress. Your age and repair ability also determine if or when you will feel pain. Symptoms can begin suddenly or progress more subtly until structural changes become disabling enough to seek medical attention.
Orothotics can speed the healing process and prevent breakdowns that lead to discomfort and pain. Together with an exercise program, they can help you compensate more effectively for structural deficits and thereby improve performance. Orthotics are simply an investment in speeding recovery and preventing breakdowns.
The Process:
Once it has been determined by your doctor and/or physical therapist (PT) that you will need orthotics, you will be scheduled for a one-hour visit with your PT to do a biomechanical evaluation. You will need to bring shorts and the shoes that you will be wearing the majority of the time. After the evaluation, your PT will form casts around your feet that will be used to mold your orthotics.
It takes about two weeks for your orthotics to be made; then, you will be asked to schedule another one-hour visit, to fit your orthotics. Once again, you must bring the shoes that you will be wearing with your orthotics.
A third visit is usually scheduled to check your orthotics and make any adjustments on them, after you have had a chance to wear them for a week or two.
Who's Covered?
Most insurance plans cover orthotics, with a doctor's referral. See your doctor for a prescription. We will be happy to verify that your insurance plan will cover orthotics.
