Orthotics (insoles) Sports Orthotics and Biomechanics assessment
Orthotics are specialist Insoles or devices that provide structural support to improve foot posture and are prescribed after a biomechanical assessment which includes gait analysis.
They are customised for different purposes from everyday use to various sports including cycling, running and football.
Benefits of Custom Orthotics
Reduced ankle or leg pain.
Better balance.
Being able to walk farther or stand without pain for longer periods of time.
Reduced lower back pain.
Fewer calluses, corns, and bunions.
Improved posture.
Studies show that 75 percent of people experience foot problems at some point in their lives. These problems are common in all types of patients from children to seniors, from top athletes to people with sedentary lifestyles.
Vasyli orthotics provide natural alignment and may also help relieve common foot problems.
Loss of your “footprint”
The human foot was originally designed to walk on natural, soft surfaces like earth and sand. Instead, we now spend most of the day on unnatural, hard, flat surfaces like pavements and floors. This loss of our “footprint” has resulted in a new modern variety of pain.
The normal lower limb has a 3- to 4-degree tibial varum (mild bow-legged) angle when approaching the ground. When the feet strike natural surfaces like earth and sand, these surfaces give way to accommodate the foot's strike angle. However, when the feet strike hard, flat surfaces like pavements and floors, the feet flatten and pronate excessively upon contact. Excess pronation may cause:
Calcaneal eversion
Internal tibial rotation
Medial plantar displacement of the talus upon the calcaneus
Lowering and elongation of the arch structure
Excess weight bearing over the 1st metatarsophalangeal joint
Excess medial lower-limb strain
Excess lateral upper-limb compensation
Claim back your “footprint”
VASYLI orthotics realign the lower limb to its natural angle, and may help relieve common biomechanical complaints.
In combination with the practitioner's regular treatment regimen, orthotics may help alleviate complaints due to:
Plantar fasciitis
Achilles tendonitis
Metatarsalgia
Hallux abducto valgus
Patellofemoral pain
Lower back pain
Tibial stress syndrome
Iliotibial band syndrome
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