Get the right orthotics for your feet from Foot & Ankle Wellness Center at Seven Bridges in Woodridge, IL. Your podiatrist, Dr. Leonard Vekkos, recommends these custom-made shoe inserts to correct a variety of foot and ankle conditions, protecting you from complications, relieving pain and help you move as you should.
Just what are orthotics?
Orthotics, or shoe inserts, are devices worn to prevent or correct foot problems. Many athletes, diabetics, and post-surgical patients use orthotics. Best results come from those designed and crafted by podiatrists such as Dr. Vekkos in Woodbridge, IL.
How to know which ones are right for you? Much depends on your foot exam at Foot & Ankle Wellness Center at Seven Bridges. Dr. Vekkos often uses orthotics as part of a comprehensive treatment plan. Orthotics are simple, comfortable, and usable by a wide variety of patients, helping them feel better, walk and run properly, improve disease processes and malformations and even avoid surgery and immobility.
Custom-made according to plaster or digital molds of one or both feet, orthotics fall into three basic categories according to their function and type of material:
1. Rigid, to improve gait and foot/ankle motion
2. Semi-rigid, to correct your foot motion and balance how you walk (many times used with children and athletes)
3. Soft, to protect deformities and wounds, cushion from excessive pressure and avoid friction
Choosing the right orthotics
In his Woodbridge, IL, office, Dr. Vekkos may advise orthotics if you have:
- Diabetes and diabetic sores
- Bunions
- Plantar fasciitis and heel spurs
- Bursitis
- Arthritis
- Calluses and corns
- Overpronation
- Flat arches
- Achilles tendinitis
- Ankle instability due to multiple sprains or fractures
Be sure you wear your usual shoes when you see your podiatrist. Detail your daily activities. Are you a stay at home mom, teacher or have another job which requires you to be on your feet a lot? Think about where your pain is located and what starts it and helps it. Likely, your care plan will include other interventions besides shoe orthotics to correct your foot issues.
Find out more
Orthotics are just one of the many services available to you at Foot & Ankle Wellness Center at Seven Bridges in Woodbridge, IL. Contact your podiatrist, Dr. Leonard Vekkos, to arrange a consultation:(630) 852-8522.