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Orthotics for Calgary

If you think that orthotics might help you, discover what so many folks in the Calgary area have already learned...

Your feet are a complex system of 52 bones, 66 joints, 214 ligaments, 38 muscles and tendons. It is not surprising to learn that 75% of North Americans will have some sort of foot health problem in their life.  Your feet have a direct impact on the rest of your body and support you with each step.  A small abnormality in foot function can have a large impact on joints higher up in the body, causing pain and discomfort.

When you are running, the pressure on your feet can be three or four times your body weight. Even walking can produce more pressure than the sum of your body weight. The American Podiatric Medical Association says that the average person takes 8,000 to 10,000 steps a day. That adds up to about 185,000 kilometers in a lifetime or about 20 trips from Calgary to Florida and back -- by foot!

Many people in the Calgary area just don't know how to care for their feet.  Lack of proper care, ill-fitting shoes and general foot neglect are responsible for the majority of foot problems. Women are four times more likely to experience foot problems due to high heels and/or pointy toe shoes.  185,000 kilometers is a lot of walking with ill-fitting shoes or painful feet!! In some cases foot ailments can be an early signal of more serious medical problems like arthritis or diabetes.

If you are experiencing pain or discomfort in your ankles, knees or hip joints, the direct cause may be the function of your feet or ill-fitting shoes.  Orthotics may be the solution for you!

GaitScan is state of the art computer hardware and software that helps Calgary Chiropractor, Dr. Todd Halowski, to assess and analyze your feet and lower body biomechanics. This analysis combined with Dr. Todd’s experience and knowledge detect abnormal foot function which may be affecting your feet or other parts of your body.

Your foot is in contact with the ground for about 0.8 seconds when walking and 0.25 seconds when running. Imagine trying to determine normal or abnormal foot function with the naked eye in a quarter of a second? This is too difficult for even the most experienced practitioner - in Calgary or anywhere else for that matter!  The GaitScan system records your timing across sequences during gait as you walk or run across the pressure plate. This enables Dr. Todd to have a clear picture of your foot mechanics and determine the best type of custom made orthotics for your foot.

Getting orthotics in Calgary has never been so easy... call our office today!