• Do you ever suffer from back, foot or leg pain?
• Experience discomfort and a lack of strength in your lower limbs?
• Do you feel tired with body aches when walking?

Many clients realise that their entire body moves better and feels wonderful simply by wearing foot orthotics and working on simple physiotherapy exercises.

Foot position alters the position of the knee, leg and hip joints…

It’s easy to forget about your feet and the vital role that they play to support your entire skeletal structure, health and wellbeing. With our feet encased in shoes all day, the choices we make about what to put on our feet – and underneath them to offer support – has a huge impact on every single joint north of our ankles!

What would be the affect of poorly supported footwear?

Poorly fitting or the wrong type of shoes, worn for a period of time, can often lean to weakened muscles around the foot, ankle, knee and hip.  Additionally, abnormal forces can then act around the various joints of the lower limb and foot, increasing the risk of joint injury and degeneration.

The following may sound familiar to you.

• Are you aware of aches and pains of the foot, knee, hip, leg or back?
• Has it been brought to your attention that you may “flat feet”?
• Do you notice that you kick your ankles whilst running?

The good news is that your body wants to heal itself, return to its natural alignment and function more efficiently.  By restoring foot posture the knee, leg, and hip alignments are improved.  Thus, all joints and surrounding muscles are better able to work in equilibrium and therefore are at lower risk of injury.

Foot Pronation and Orthotics

The assumption amongst the general public is that Over Pronation of the feet  (“flat feet”) is excessive lowering of the arch of the feet.  However, technically the height of the foot’s arch is less important as one may assume.  Instead, the clinician would assess the alignment and function of the subtalar joint at the back of the foot.

Foot Orthotics can be vital.  They can allow you to wear your favourite pair of dress shoes without the pain, safe in the knowledge that your feet and entire body are being supported and protected. These orthotic inserts are a great flexible solution for people who want to avoid painful feet and legs.

Orthotics help to improve your walking pattern

• Foot Orthotics work to alter the forces under the feet, thus in turn, alter the forces applied to the ankle, knee, hip and spine. Changes in the reaction force under the feet, achieved from changes in how the foot contacts the ground when walking, will alter the reaction force as it passes around the ankle, knee and hip.  This change in reaction force can completely alter the muscle activity.
• To summarise, orthotics help make everyday movements such as walking, standing and running far more efficient and comfortable, by gently and subtly altering the angles at which your foot strikes the ground, reducing pain and tenderness.

Medical research supports the case that the majority of common foot problems can be effectively treated with quality orthotic insoles.

The Benefits of Foot Orthotics

Orthotic insoles are expertly designed to reduce pressure applied on the wearers feet and to promote comfort. These semi-rigid orthotic insoles have measurable benefits in treating and preventing very common causes of heel pain and ball pain such as Plantar Fascilitis.