In continuing the discussion of choosing the right AFO for the Patient. We have now assumed that the patient requires a custom fabricated AFO. This brief installment is by no means a substitute for...

     This week I am going to review this fine article on the topic of first ray hypermobility. It has long bothered me that anyone who overly-pronated was labeled as having...

A nifty added benefit to utilizing the Foot ID Pro app on your smart phone is a feature called ShoeFit IQ. ShoeFit IQ is very simple to use, and the only equipment or supplies required are your Iph...

In the two previous installments of Choosing the Right AFO for the patient, the issues of OTC and custom fitting were presented and the Same or Similar issue was reviewed with a real-life example o...

     It seems like I am using heel lifts more and more in my practice. My office buys big sheets of 1/8 and 1/4 inch rubber cork from JMS Plastics for my use. I love to cut...

Part 1 of this series presented some issues to address with regards to OTC and custom fitted orthosis. Part 2 will continue with more information on other issues and choices to be made when it come...

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     I want to highlight this article by Okita and Meyers, et al, from 2013 on Midtarsal Joint Locking. We have all learned that foot pronation in the early stages of gait ...

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A recent phone call from a retired colleague concerning their family members’ AFO status is the basis for the next several articles. Just how does one determine which AFO is correct for the p...

     Recently my students at Samuel Merritt’s College of Podiatric Medicine received their orthotic devices to begin to break in. I want to go over the orthotic dispe...

In every case, biomechanics practitioners are faced with the decision on what type of orthotic they choose to manufacture for their patients. A quick perusal of the KRM website demonstrates the myr...

The previous post compared custom accommodative foot orthotics to custom function foot orthotics. Now, we proceed along the spectrum of treatment options to ankle foot orthotics. We will limit this...

A recent question to an online forum posed this question: Does Medicare Advantage provide coverage for foot orthotics without the shoe being attached to a leg brace? A new patient insists that the...

     Last week I started a discussion on a patient with acute plantar heel pain and chronic recurrent achilles tendonitis. I started the conversation as if it was a limited...

This time of year brings about the back to school rituals as well as the autumn sports seasons. It is a great time to remind ourselves of the often neglected biomechanical issues that may be lurkin...

I retired from practice about three years ago and sold the practice. Now the DME MAC (CGS) agency is auditing me, saying I owe a substantial amount of money back for AFOs, CAM Boots and surgical dr...

     I had just started to write about all the Pathology Based Orthoses offered by KevinRoot Medical, but there seems to be low interest. Therefore, I am going to switch ge...