Orthotic modifications
We will often have ProLab clients ask us to accommodate for prominent fifth metatarsal base. Rarely, however, do they indicate on the prescription form whether the styloid process is prominent
A patient came in to pick up her orthotic devices this morning. She has worn orthotics for years for several pathologies but what we were addressing primarily today was pain
I just spoke to a ProLab client who has a patient with large fibromas and he wants to be able to accommodate for those. We were trying to decide whether
A recent study, published in the Journal of American Podiatric Medical Association, evaluated the incidents, location, pain, and risk factors of blisters seen in ultramarathoners. Research was conducted at a
What can you do to your orthotic Rx to help decrease pain to this area!! In addition to a well contoured, minimal arch fill, wide and deep heel cup device,
A ProLab client called me with a question regarding a patient who is feeling that his orthoses are very comfortable when he is walking on them but they are feeling
A fairly common complication for patients with cavus foot type who begin wearing orthosis is to develop pain on the dorsum of the foot secondary to shoe pressure. Without orthotic
Patient presented with a painful met head (2nd met). He is already wearing some custom molded orthotics and someone had added a met pad to the device. He removed it
I had a consult call from a ProLab client this afternoon. He has a patient who suffered a midfoot fracture at the base of the fourth and fifth metatarsal shafts.
A patient came in today with 5th toe pain. This is a patient who has functional hallux limitus with transfer metatarsalgia and associated pains. She presented with a pair of