Orthotics are special shoe or heel inserts a doctor prescribes that are custom-made specifically for you. A doctor may prescribe orthotics to treat foot, leg, or back problems. Read on to discover the ...

Whether you have an injury (like me) that requires you to wear custom insoles, or you simply need extra arch support, sneakers, boots, and flats that work with your insoles can be difficult to find.

In 1997, just two months after moving from the grass and dirt of Kenya to the paved roads of the United States, Stephen Ondieki, 28, started experiencing severe pain in both feet. He thought he just ...

The Lupita Project works to help individuals in Mexico with mobility challenges by providing medical devices to those in need ...

Medicare covers the furnishing and fitting of therapeutic shoes and inserts, called orthotics, for people with diabetes and severe diabetes-related foot disease. It also covers medically necessary ...

Accidents, combat injuries, birth defects, and disease may result in the loss of limbs or orthopedic impairment. Patients will turn to Orthotists and Prosthetists to design and fabricate devices such ...

If your shoes never feel comfortable, or you’re burdened with foot pain or conditions such as flat feet, plantar fasciitis, or high arches, orthotics could be the product standing between you and a ...

Medicare covers orthotic devices (orthoses) for people living with diabetes and severe diabetes-related foot disease, as well as medically necessary ankle-foot and knee-ankle foot orthoses. Medicare ...

Runners are prone to injury; we overtrain by increasing our weekly mileage too fast or sticking to a training plan instead of taking an extra day off. We’re devoted—which isn’t always a good thing.

We were the first orthotics and prosthetics program to integrate the residency into the degree. Program graduates are eligible to sit for both Orthotics and Prosthetics board certification exams upon ...

Michaela Doiron hopes to one day design prosthetics for children or veterans, and the Trine University biomedical engineering ...