Lower Extremity Review
Crary Shoes has a motto: “The last is always first.” With a decades-long commitment to quality, the business provides custom shoes for clients with a spectrum of foot concerns, ranging from diabetes to unusually shaped or sized feet.
By Samantha Rosenblum | Photos by Monty Wolfe
A growing body of research suggests the strength of small muscles in the foot can have big implications for a range of foot-health issues—including running-related injuries, diabetic neuropathy, obesity, flatfoot, and plantar fasciitis—and that interventions for strengthening the intrinsics may help.
By Barbara Boughton
Silver fibers and other examples of nanotechnology are increasingly turning up in shoes, socks, and orthotic topcovers in an effort to control odors, reduce the risk of infection, and improve foot health by making these devices moisture wicking, breathable, antifungal, and/or antibacterial.
By Shalmali Pal
Foot specialists since 1885, PediFix now offers a new version of its popular Visco-Gel ToeBuddy for dividing crooked toes, including overlapping, hammer, claw, and mallet toes…
ComfortFit Labs has expanded its topcover choices to seven with its purple perforated Memory Foam Top Cover. The 1/8″ topcover forms to the contour of the foot based on heat. With perforations for improved air flow, it is designed to be both comfortable and durable…
For 2016, Acor has updated its custom AFO Gauntlets, which are handmade in the company’s Cleveland, OH, facility. Also known as a “Leather Lacer,” the company’s most popular AFO (ankle foot orthosis) gauntlet is the G9210. This particular design comes with…
Allied OSI Labs now offers the Foot Gym Pro, an all-in-one tool for performing eight different foot and ankle strengthening and rehabilitation exercises including toe curl, toe extension, dorsiflexion, plantar fascia…
Orpyx LogR is a technology solution designed for accurate, efficient, and real-time foot and plantar pressure measurement and analysis. Featuring comfortable sensor-embedded shoe inserts, a simple but powerful iOS application, and cloud-based software…
Swede-O introduces the Patella Tracker, a thermal support designed to help reduce swelling and associated pain while providing gentle counter “traction” to help prevent the patella from shifting out of position…
Therafirm is releasing an addition to its new brand, Ease by Therafirm. Sheer Ease styles include open- and closed-toe knee highs, thigh highs, and pantyhose in three compression levels—mild (15-20 mm Hg), moderate…
Apex introduces a prefabricated version of its custom DynaFlange orthotic support. This over-the-counter device features a rearfoot flange, which flexes at three points during heel strike to minimize the deforming effects of impact. DynaFlange orthotic supports are designed to…
Investigators involved in the CreakyJoints patient education initiative on June 10 presented preliminary results stemming from the ArthritisPower research registry at the 2016 Annual European Congress of Rheumatology (EULAR) in London, UK.
Sparks, NV-based Arcopédico USA, the only US distributor of Portuguese-made comfort and travel footwear, celebrated its 50th anniversary on May 4 by announcing results of its shoe comfort research.
The American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons (ACFAS) in May released two new infographics for patients on summer foot issues.
Ottobock in May reported results of studies involving two of the Duderstadt, Germany-based company’s devices.
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