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As necessary as surgery often is to relieve foot problems, specialists in foot care are now seeking more and better ways to treat and rehabilitate, where possible, without surgery. Thus, the field of foot orthotics or "pedorthotics" has become increasingly important and popular.

Foot orthoses have been a specialty of DynamicBracingSolutions™ for a number of years. Our orthotists have received specialized training as part of their education. In addition, everyone involved in pedorthic work at DynamicBracingSolutions™ receives the latest training, educational materials, and information about the field, staying closely abreast of the latest product advances and innovations.

There are, for example, several alternatives currently available for managing foot deformities and painful feet without surgery. They include various types of foot orthoses or arch supports, orthopedic shoes, shoe corrections, pads, and other control devices. Extra-depth shoes are also often recommended when a foot orthosis is used, especially for diabetic or neuropathic feet.

One type of corrective device is a Rotational Control foot orthosis that replaces the University of California of Berkely Laboratory (UCBL) insert which is used to correct hindfoot, midfoot, and forefoot displacements. Its advantages over the previously popular UCBL are that it includes rotary control forces in all three planes, thus offering greater control of the foot.

Through proper pedorthic treatment, a patient can achieve a much-improved alignment which increases the success rate and comfort level. Some foot problems that were treated surgically not long ago can now be treated conservatively.

There are a multitude of low-profile foot orthoses to solve different problems for the foot, knee, hip, and back. It helps to think of the foot as the front end alignment of a car. If the alignment is off, other parts wear prematurely, with undue stresses on parts not designed to withstand them. The human body is similar, except it's not so easy to replace those parts, and the replacements are not nearly as good. The human body often has pain associated with this uneven wear. The best cure is preventive - as soon a problem can be diagnosed.

There often is a device that can alleviate premature wearing of joints, ligaments, muscle, and bones, along with preventing ulcers, reducing or eliminating pain, and improving balance.

DynamicBracingSolutions™ orthotists work closely with a patient's physician, and can send an elaborate evaluation report with recommendations back to the physician. Most physicians are unaware of the advances in orthotic systems, pedorthists need to educate them on what is now possible.

Marmaduke Loke, CPO, recently gave a lecture to several physicians and showed them his functional outcomes. One physician actually said to him, "What are you trying to do, put orthopedists out of work?" He was shocked at first, but then took it as a compliment and replied, "Absolutely not! I am trying to enhance their practice."

He then asked, "Could you imagine clients telling other clients, 'Go to Dr. XYZ, who referred me to someone who was able to solve my problem non-surgically!'? That doctor would probably get a nice reputation," Marmaduke commented.

P R O S T H E T I C S

• Advanced Lower Extremity Prosthetics
• Advanced Upper Extremity Prosthetics
• Advancement of Prosthetics in the Workplace
• Ambulation in the 90's
• Excelling in Functional Outcomes in a Cost-Effective Way In Orthotics & Prosthetics
• Latest in Prosthetics
• Lower Extremity Prosthetics
• Myoelectric Prosthetics
• Orthotic and Prosthetic Care
• Professionalism in Orthotics and Prosthetics
• Prosthetic Care and Ace Wrapping
• Prosthetic Training and Course Curriculum
• Prosthetics - Lower Extremity
• Prosthetics in the Workplace
• Upper Extremity Prosthetics
• What is New and Advanced in Prosthetics and Orthotics?

O R T H O T I C S

• Case Study: Comparison of RGO's, Ankle Stabilization Boots, and MKAFO'S
• Excelling in Functional Outcomes in a Cost-Effective Way In Orthotics & Prosthetics
• Improving Functional Outcomes & Preventing Surgeries In Geriatric & Rehab Patients
• Improving Functional Outcomes & Preventing Surgeries in Geriatric Patients
• Improving Functional Outcomes in Geriatric & Rehab Patients
• Improving Functional Outcomes: Preventing Surgeries & Amputations
• Lower Extremity Orthotics
• Orthotic and Prosthetic Care
• Pathomechanics: Excelling in Functional Outcomes
• Preventing Surgeries in Geriatric & Rehab Patients
• Professionalism in Orthotics and Prosthetics
• Reciprocating Gait Orthosis
• Rotational Control Orthotics
• Rotational Control Orthotics in the Acute Care & Rehabilitation Setting
• Rotational Control Orthotics in the Rehab and Home Setting
• Rotational Control Orthotics in the Rehab Setting
• Tone Reducing AFO's and AFO's in the Rehab Setting
• Upper Extremity Orthotics
• What is New and Advanced in Prosthetics and Orthotics?

SPINAL ORTHOTICS, BODY JACKETS AND HALO CARE

• A Step Ahead: Latest in Spinal Cord Technology
• Body Jackets: Proper Use and Techniques
• Cervical and Spinal Stabilization
• Cervical Stabilization Utilization of Halo's and Cervical Orthoses
• Halo Care
• Halo Cervical Stabilization, Body Jackets & Spinal Orthotics
• Latest Orthoses for Today's Spinal Cord Patient and Halo Care
• Latest Techniques for Fitting Body Jackets
• Physical Therapy Assistant Program (Curriculum)
• RGO's and Ankle Stabilizing Boot
• RGO's and OOS, Stabilization Boots
• Spinal Control in Muscular Dystrophy Patients
• Spinal Cord Injury Orthotics in the Rehab Setting
• Spinal Orthotics
• Spinal Orthotics in Acute Care Setting
• Spinal Orthotics in the Rehabilitation Setting
• Spinal Orthotics, Halos & Body Jackets in the Rehab Setting
• Spinal Orthotics: Proper Care of Geriatric Patients