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Biomechanics & Orthotics
Biomechanics
& Orthotics
Do you suffer from:
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Sport injuries?
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Running injuries?
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Heel pain?
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Knee pain?
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Back pain?
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General aches and pains?
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Deformity such as mis-shapen
toes or stiff big toe joints?
THEN OUR
BIOMECHANICS AND GAIT ANALYSIS SERVICE MAY BE FOR YOU!
Sometimes the problems above can be attributable to your foot posture,
foot and leg alignment or gait.
Biomechanics
Rarely do we find that our left and right
sides are symmetrical. This is
equally so for our feet and legs. Additionally, many of us have mild
deformities – perhaps a torsion in your pelvis, a bowed leg, or one leg
longer than the other.
The Result?
When we stand, walk or run our body has
to cope with and compensate
for these anomalies. It is these compensations that put structures such as
muscles, joints, ligaments and tendons under undue strain as they begin
functioning in an abnormal or compromised manner. Over time the
structures become inflamed or injured.
A biomechanics assessment is an
investigation into your lower limb function – looking closely for
abnormalities and compensations. We can look closely
into the underlying possible causes of heel pain, knee pain and even back
pain.
Once we have identified the
causes of your problems we can develop a
tailor made treatment plan to improve your symptoms. This may
involve
one or more of the following:
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Exercises to stretch or
strengthen muscles
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Orthoses – specially made
devices for you to wear inside your shoe to control, realign or
cushion the abnormalities.
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Footwear advice
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Referral on to other members
of the healthcare team if further specialist advice is needed.
Full Biomechanical Assessment
A biomechanics assessment takes about 1
1/4 hours and is undertaken by
a qualified Registered Podiatrist. You will need to bring shorts to change
into so that we can see your knees in order to help our examination.
The
examination has two parts:
We will take various specific
measurements with you laying down and standing up (static
assessment). We will normally video you walking (or running) on a
treadmill so we can understand what is happening during gait – this
is called ‘video gait analysis’ (dynamic assessment).
Static Assessment: non-weight
bearing anatomical examination, muscle testing, weight bearing lower
limb posture assessment.
Dynamic Assessment: video gait
analysis.
ORTHOSES
What are orthoses?
An 'orthosis' is a medical term
which describes a device that supports, realigns or assists in the
function of the musculo-skeletal system.
In podiatry we use foot orthoses.
Therefore “Foot orthoses" are
designed to support, align or improve the function of the feet and
lower limbs during gait.
Functional orthoses
apply forces to the feet enabling the podiatrist to
alter certain movements or off-load stress within tissues. Their
prescription is based on sound biomechanical and anatomical science
but may also
involve a degree of lateral thinking by the podiatrist if you have
complex problems.
Non-functional
orthoses may be designed to improve skin and tissue
viability or off-load painful pressure areas.
FOOT POSTURE
SCREENING
We offer a complimentary
15-minute foot posture screening at our
Weybridge practice. This is a non-diagnostic appointment, but will
give an indicator of your foot type: normal, high-arched (supinated)
or low-arched (pronated). Call us 01932 849373 to book your
complimentary session.
Contact us
TODAY to book a biomechanics appointment or to find out more about
the foot treatments we offer to Weybridge, Surrey including Free
Foot Posture Screening.
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