Custom Orthotics: Relief for Foot, Knee & Back Pain | Podiatrist Info

If you are having back or knee or foot pain, often proper arch support for your feet would go a long way in relieving pressure. Most name-brand shoes are terrible when it comes to arch support. Before you invest in expensive, clumsy looking, orthopedic shoes, consider getting custom made orthotics prescription from a podiatrist.

Custom foot orthotics is a cost-effective treatment for many foot and lower extremity conditions, and are often covered by healthcare insurance plans.

Instructions

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  Call your health care insurance and find out custom orthotics are covered. If so, find out whether they are covered 100%, 80% or such. There might be year or life time based restrictions on how many pairs you can order.

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  Make an appointment with a podiatrist that is covered by your insurance plan. Your podiatrist would take a custom non-weight bearing mold of your feet and design orthotics device to control alignment and function of your foot, in order to treat or prevent injury-causing motions such as pronation (rolling-in) and supination (rolling-out).

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  Your insurance will often allow one orthotics support for running, exercise shoes and a separate one for dress shoes. Women in particular would love the dress shoe arch support. Your podiatrist can custom fit it for your shoes, even for your high heels shoe!

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  Enjoy the perfect arch support and wonder how you walked without it until now! Best part is, if you were lucky, you didn't even spend a dime on it!