• Ascent-descent studies show benefits of Proprio-Foot adaptive technology
• WalkAide effects persist for 11 months
• Fillauer expands with OTS acquisition
• ProLab launches orthotic web resource
2009
Lower Extremity Review
Orthofeet tie-less lace line
Orthofeet is adding new designs to its Tie-Less Lace line of shoes. This patent-pending system combines laces with hook-and-loop straps that offer an easy way of fastening without the need for tying laces, which can be challenging for patients who have difficulty...
Pro-Tec Roller Massager
The Pro-Tec Roller Massager with Trigger Point Release Grips is designed to reduce muscle tightness, soreness, and pain. Features include raised Vynafoam sections that “sink” into soft tissue to roll out tightness, rounded grip ends to provide precision trigger point...
T505 Cold Therapy Unit
In response to new CMS Never Events Legislation, DeRoyal introduces its T505 Cold Therapy Unit. CMS Never Events Legislation prevents hospitals from being reimbursed for cost of care resulting from preventable injuries. DeRoyal’s ATC (automatic temperature control)...
Richie Ulcer Guard
The Richie Ulcer Guard, designed to prevent and treat diabetic foot ulcers, is a patch that can be readily attached to footwear opposite an area of concern on the diabetic foot: a callus, for example. The Richie Ulcer Guard provides targeted relief to the ulcerated...
Sher E-Z Post Orthotic Kit
Sroufe Healthcare Products offers the Sher Brand E-Z Post orthotic system for lateral or medial posting. The E-Z Post is available as a kit with color-coded posting plates that easily snap in to post the shell accurately at three different angles: 2˚ (blue shell), 4˚...
Out on a limb: Knowing better
I have a confession to make: I’m one of those women. The kind of woman who is the subject of this month’s cover story on high heels.
By, Jordana Bieze Foster, editor
Balancing Act: A real-world approach to high heels
High heeled shoe wear alters biomechanics over time in undeniable, painful ways. But practitioners also know that asking women to give up their heels is an exercise in futility. Instead, they focus on finding a balance.
By Cary Groner
Managing turf toe in football players
Grade 1 and 2 turf toe hyperextension injuries have good outcomes when treated non-operatively, but the optimal treatment for grade 3 is unclear.
By Seth C. Gamradt, MD, and Robert H. Brophy, MD
Kinematics of PTTD dictate management
Researchers are only starting to examine how orthotic management of PTTD affects foot and ankle kinematics.
By Jeff Houck, PT, PhD, Christopher G. Neville, PT, MS, and Adolph Flemister, MD
Feedback-based rehab could lower risk of OA
Feedback-based gait retraining may help reduce rates of loading by improving joint kinematics and proprioception.
By Jody L. Riskowski, PhD
Diabetes: Offloading difficult wounds
If foot pressures are to be reduced, healing to progress, and prevention of ulceration to be a realistic
goal, offloading is imperative. Part one of two.
By Robert J. Snyder, DPM, FACFAS, CWS, and Karen K. Lanier, CPed
Achilles tendinopathy: A four-part approach
Treatment program includes patient education, deep friction massage, eccentric exercise, and Mulligan taping.
By Russell Woodman, FSOM,OCS,MCTA, DPT, and Juan C. Garbalosa, PhD, PT
In the Moment: Sports Medicine
PFPS responds to exercise
Plus: • Sprinter giveaways • Hamstring injury risks
In the Moment: Foot Care
Wedges assist stroke rehab
Plus: • Kids, footwear and gait • Teens and running shoes
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