Curafoot Custom Insoles or Custom-made Orthotics are inserts added inside the footwear or shoe to custom support the foot’s natural structure. Our feet are the support base for our entire skeleton. A badly aligned foot structure affects the rest of our body including lower back, hips, knees and legs.
Everyone can benefit from custom insoles. Custom orthotics do more than support your feet. They help realign skeletal structure to a relaxed neutral position to relieve foot, leg, and back stress. They also help restore balance, increase endurance, alleviate foot fatigue and prevent a vast array of foot problems.
What are the Different Types of Orthotics?
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/orthotics
Cited with thanks from the Cleveland Clinic website.
“Orthotics range from simple inserts you can buy over-the-counter (OTC) to custom-made devices that a podiatrist creates especially for your foot.
- Foot pads: Foot pads are small cushions you place at the bottom of your shoe to make a barrier between your foot and your shoe. They come in many different shapes and sizes, including bunion pads, circle or “doughnut” pads and metatarsal pads.
- Heel liners: Heel liners, or heel inserts, provide extra support by cushioning your heel. Also called heel pads or heel cups, you can use them for age-related thinning of your heels’ natural fat pads. They can also increase the heel height of the shoe to aid in the reduction of pain in the arch, Achilles tendon or plantar fascia.
- Arch supports: Arch supports provide support for your foot’s natural arch. They typically have a “bumped-up” look to them and can help people with flat feet or high arches.
- Insoles: You slip insoles, or shoe inserts, into your shoes to provide extra support and cushioning. They’re made in a variety of materials, including foam, plastic and gel, and create a solid foundation for your feet to stand on. Insoles may be soft or firm and come in different shapes and sizes.
- Ankle braces: You put on ankle braces before you put your foot in a shoe. Providers recommend ankle braces for a variety of foot and ankle conditions, including tendonitis”.
Custom Orthotics
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/treatments/orthotics
Cited with thanks from the Cleveland Clinic website.
“Custom orthotics are specially made devices that your provider designs to cushion and support your feet. You can get some custom orthotics as full-shoe inserts. Others are available that support just your heels.
Your provider will craft a pair of prescription orthotics that precisely match the contours of your feet. They’ll design them to work with the way your feet and ankles move. To construct your custom orthotics, your provider will either make a plaster mold of your feet, have you step in a foam box that takes an impression of your foot or use a computerized foot analysis to create a 3D image of them.
There are two main kinds of custom orthotics:
- Functional: Functional orthotics are made of a semi-rigid material like graphite, carbon fiber or plastic. They help reduce pain and discomfort by controlling the way your foot moves. You may also use this type of orthotic to treat injuries like shin splints.
- Accommodative: Accommodative orthotics are made of flexible, soft materials. This lets them mold to the shape of your feet and provide support and cushioning. This type of orthotic is helpful for treating health conditions like diabetes-related foot ulcers.
Custom orthotics are more expensive than shoe inserts you can buy at the store. But they last much longer and provide better cushioning and support for your feet”.
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Curafoot – India’s No.1 Mobility Clinic
The Curafoot Clinic is situated at Ajoynagar in Kolkata. It also offers foot diagnosis and scanning facilities at other hospitals and clinics in the city, such as Apollo Multispeciality Hospital. Additionally, there are Curafoot Partner Clinics offering Foot Scanning Facilities and Custom Orthotics around the country, for example, in cities such as Bhubaneshwar. The Curafoot Clinic provides consultations for numerous Foot and Ankle Problems, Custom-fit Orthotics, Podiatry and CuraProsthetics.
