Based in Glasgow, near George Cross
Biomechanical assessment for orthotics
Custom orthotics (insoles) are used to treat a variety of pains and injuries to feet, ankles, knees or hips caused by misalignment.
While it’s possible to buy generic insoles in shops, these aren’t tailored to your specific needs and often don’t resolve the cause of your pain.
By undertaking a biomechanical assessment, we can properly analyse your gait and design custom orthotics that suit your needs.
Our prices
Our range of biomechanical assessments are performed at our clinic in Glasgow. When you contact us we will advise you on the correct service to choose and how much it will cost before you book.
Designing the right orthotics for you
No matter your sport or activity, our biomechanical assessment service can analyse your gait and identify misalignment issues that could be corrected through the use of custom orthotics.
What are custom foot orthotics and how can they help you?
Foot orthotics are often also called insoles or arch supports. The are usually custom made for more accuracy and better correction of the foot’s position.
The materials foot orthotics are manufactured in can vary – in most cases you want a hard shell orthotics because the light weight, low profile device offers more options for large degrees of correction whilst remaining slim enough to fit in most shoes.
Usually the inlay that comes with your shoe is removed and replaced with the foot orthotics.
In order to be prescribed foot orthotics with more accuracy and safety we need to carry out a Biomechanical Assessment.
This assessment allows us to understand if foot orthotics are required and should work for your symptoms, which angle they should be designed at and which materials the orthotics should be made from.
Foot mobilisation therapy is an excellent method of treatment that can enhance the affect of the orthotics. Not every patient requires this but for those that do, it is a great combination of treatment to really get the muscle pattern of the lower limb changing and improving the position of the ankle, knee and hip.
We manufacture our orthotics by hand or by 3D printers. Either way, we prefer to take a cast of the foot and we then scan that cast and send the file to the printer. We find there is more accuracy in the fit and desired correction to use a cast as opposed to scanning the foot directly.
A biomechanical assessment is an insight into why pain, discomfort or injuries occur
A biomechanical assessment will help our clinician understand your gait cycle, the kinematic and kinetic aspect of your gait analysis, functional anatomy as well as allowing us to be able to take a holistic approach in addressing your problem.
Quite often, a discussion with patients will reveal useful information to help us diagnose your condition. While the cause of your pain or discomfort may be from an obvious event such as an injury, quite often the cause can be from areas that you or other consultants may not consider.
Our assessments can then include a static stance assessment or full video gait analysis using our in-house technology. All this information can help us effectively diagnose your condition, whether it’s a minor pain when moving or why you’re not recovering from an injury.
Get in touch with us
We can assist in the diagnosis, assessment and treatment for most sporting injuries and work with clients ranging from professional athletes to people taking up a sport for the first time. When you contact us we will advise on the best service for your injury and how much it will cost before booking.
Frequently asked questions
Here are some of the most commonly asked questions from patients who haven’t yet had a biomechanical assessment.
Is a biomechanical assessment worth it?
A biomechanical assessment is worth it for anyone who is experiencing pain or injury from sporting activities, particularly those who haven’t been able to resolve the issue from their GP appointment or other consultations. Biomechanical assessments are primarily a problem solving service and can often diagnose and treat conditions relatively quickly.
What happens at a biomechanical assessment appointment?
At you first biomechanics appointment, your clinician will ask you about the nature of your pain or injury. This will cover any direct information (such as a fall that resulted in a sprain) and more general information (such the nature of the sport or lifestyle factors). From here, your clinician will perform a 3D gait analysis and interpret all of the data to help diagnose the cause of your condition.
How long does a biomechanical assessment take?
A foot and ankle assessment will take around 30 minutes, and a video gait analysis will take around 1 hour. The last 10-15 minutes of these sessions is where your clinician will discuss the results with you and recommend treatments.
How much does a biomechanical assessment cost?
At the Body Foot and Leg Clinic, a foot & ankle biomechanical assessment costs £72 and a full video gait analysis starts at £98.