There is a difference between a soft material and one that doesn't compress. Dick Schuster used Leather Rubber butter orthoses on his runners which was flexible and non compressible. Years ago I us...
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Custom Functional Orthotics versus Custom Accommodative Orthoticsposted in Practical Pearls
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What is a Medial Lateral Instability Orthosis? Part 2posted in Clinical pearls
Hi Rich, Great article. In depth and you touch on so many things. May I just add that if it is unilateral, you might want to check for a short leg with equinus.
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Orthotic Salesmanshipposted in Practical Pearls
There have been bogus studies that show that there is no difference between Custom orthoses and OTC orthoses. Most notable was a paper by Nadine Rasenberg (Rasenberg N et al. Efficacy of foot ortho...
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Back to Orthotic Basicsposted in Practical Pearls
I really enjoy your excellent posts. One very minor correction on your last post. I am older than you, so I go back further. During my fellowship, I met a podiatrist who told me that they tried pl...
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Schuster vs Root - East Coast vs West Coast Biomechanicsposted in BIQ pearls
I think you misunderstood what Dr. Schuster said. With the subtalar joint in neutral position, there is a restriction to the Range of Motion of the midtarsal joint. Therefore it cannot be maximally...
