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Exam of foot structure, mechanics and gait.
Orthotics in Carpentersville.
Custom support under the foot, for when the way you load your feet is what keeps hurting everything above them.
What It Is
Built for your foot. Not a shelf.
Orthotics are devices worn inside the shoe to correct biomechanical foot problems. They correct foot abnormalities, redistribute weight, take pressure off sore spots and improve balance, and they sit inside a treatment plan rather than replacing one.
Because they change how your feet and ankles line up, they also change what your knees, hips and lower back have to put up with. That is often the real reason a knee or a back keeps flaring: the way you load the ground has not changed.
There are two kinds. Functional orthotics control abnormal motion and correct alignment, used for things like shin splints and tendinitis. Accommodative orthotics cushion and support, used to take pain out of conditions like plantar fasciitis.
Fitted here, adjusted here
What It Helps
Where orthotics helps most.
When a knee, hip or back keeps flaring, the way your feet load the ground is often the part that has not changed.
Plantar Fasciitis
That stab in the heel on your first steps out of bed. It responds well, and it responds faster early.
Learn MoreFoot & Ankle Pain
Every step goes through your foot, so a small problem down here changes how your whole body moves.
Learn MoreHip & Knee Pain
Your hips and knees are the largest joints in your body, and it is common for them to hurt together.
Learn MoreWhat A Session Looks Like
How custom orthotics are made.
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A 3D mould taken of your foot.
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Fitted, worn in, then adjusted.
Why It Works
Why custom beats off the shelf.
Made from a mould of your foot, not an average one.
Built around your shoes and your day.
Takes load off knees, hips and lower back.
Adjusted here if they need it.
Pairs Well With
Orthotics rarely works alone.
Questions, Answered
Orthotics, answered.
You can, and for some people they help. The difference is that a shelf insert is built for an average foot and a custom orthotic is moulded from yours, then designed around your footwear, your activity and the specific problem being treated. If inserts have not worked, that is usually why.
Not necessarily. Sometimes an orthotic is a permanent support, and sometimes it is scaffolding while we fix the strength and mechanics underneath, and you need less of it over time. We will tell you honestly which one you are looking at.
They can, and early is often better. Bones and muscles are still developing, so correcting alignment and gait while that is happening can head off problems that would otherwise settle in for good.
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