Finding Your Balance: How Orthotics Enhance Your Alignment and Empower You to Do More!
When embarking on life’s journeys, whether you’re an avid hiker, weekend warrior or simply going about day-to-day activities, you require a solid foundation. Orthotics can provide solid support, quietly working to help bring balance and alignment with every step you take.
Orthotics do more than just support your arches. In addition to providing relief for painful foot problems or injuries, orthotics may also help those who must walk or stand for a long time as part of their job by redistributing pressures across their feet and lower limbs. Our daily lives include a great deal of movement and pressure on our feet. Slight imbalances — which may not cause problems to you under usual circumstances — may make a person more susceptible to injury with extra stress of an active lifestyle. By eliminating the need for our muscles to compensate for imbalances or irregular walking form, orthotics can reduce fatigue, improve balance and promote efficient muscle function to enhance performance.
Much like a house with a faulty foundation, your ankles, knees, hips, and back can suffer if we don’t have the proper support at our feet. Orthotics are also very helpful for knee, hip and back pain, especially when accompanied by problematic foot types, such as a flat foot or a foot with a high arch. Orthotics can assist with reducing strain on the Achilles tendon or plantar fascia by supporting our heels, offloading a troublesome bunion with contoured arch support and controlled pronation, accommodating for a painful deformity, or allowing for more stability in a previously injured ankle through high boarders and support in the device.
There are many different styles of orthotics, and one of our BioPed clinicians can help determine what type is best suited for you. An orthotic is not magic, but it can give you the confidence to step forward, to explore, or to do more! At BioPed, we understand that every client is unique and so are their specific needs. Our skilled BioPed clinicians are dedicated to crafting orthotics tailored to the individual foot structure and lifestyle. The goal is to craft a device that creates a harmonious relationship between your feet and the ground.
At BioPed, we are big believers in empowering our clients with more than just the right custom-made orthotic device. BioPed clinicians are firm believers in educating their clients and giving them the proper knowledge about their condition and treatment plan to accompany the devices dispensed. Simple exercises to strengthen muscles and joints, tips for selecting the correct footwear for your foot type, and understanding the tricky skin and nail conditions are all part of the journey we take with you. BioPed clinicians are always happy to answer all questions or address any concerns that our clients may have.
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Orthotics are more than just a shoe insert, they are the cornerstone in building a more aligned, balanced and active life. Our BioPed clinicians are here to help make your journey memorable, one step at a time.
