Podiatry

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Podiatry
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SOME FOOT FACTS

• In each foot you have 26 bones,107 ligaments
  and 19 muscles. This means that 25 of the bones
  of your body are located in your feet.

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• The average person will walk over 100,000
  miles in a lifetime (more than four trips around
  the world) or the equivalent of 8,000 to 10,000
  steps a day.

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• With each step the impact from the ground is
  making a wave which travels up the leg at 200km/h
  (about 124mph) from joint to joint (ankle, knee,
  hip and spine).

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THE OBJECTIVE

• Most of us experience pain in our feet because
  of a faulty biomechanic (the way your feet
  function). We will assess your Gait and test your
  feet and lower limbs in order to correct or
  compensate this imbalance.

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• To help us with our assessment we use a
  computerized pressure platform to obtain an image
  of the impact of your feet on the ground and the
  distribution of the pressure.

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• Once we have determined what area needs to be
  helped, we make casts of your feet to manufacture
  custom made orthotics. A custom made orthotic is
  a device to align the foot and ankle into the
  most anatomically efficient position.

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• They look like insoles but are biomechanical
  medical appliances that are custom made to
  correct your specific imbalance. Custom orthotics
  work on your feet much like glasses work on your
  eyes, they reduce stress and strain on your body
  by bringing your feet into proper alignment.

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• They help to re-align the foot by redirecting
  and reducing certain motion that takes place
  during the Gait cycle. They fit into your shoes
  as comfortably as an insole but they have the
  advantage of having been made from precise
  imprints of your feet.

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• Your set of orthotics will be usually
  available within 3 weeks however now we offer a
  "rush express service" to make them ready within
  a week (available to all patients and types of
  orthotics at additional cost).

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• Your set of orthotics will be generally
  flexible from shoes to shoes, giving you the
  chance to wear them in most of your shoes.

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• As much as we do not use the same kind of
  shoes for different activities, it might be
  interesting (but not always necessary) to have a
  specific set of orthotics for a specific activity
  (ie running, playing tennis, hiking etc).

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• For More Information Please visit

http//feetbypody.com/