What is toe spring and how does it help forefoot and midfoot pain Walking is often described as a controlled forward fall. As your body passes over the foot, resistance is supplied by the calf that limits forward progression of...
How do Carbon Fiber Spring Plates improve the patient experience post Lapidus bunionectomy? Medical and surgical care is often trending related to new technology and new concepts related to care. Surgical procedures are a great example of trends in medicine....
Lisfranc fracture-dislocation benefits from Carbon Fiber Insoles Working in a rural hospital I see a lot of foot and ankle trauma. ATV and motor sports injuries are common and often result in midfoot injuries. When the trauma is specific to...
First, it was the four-minute mile. Who could possibly run a mile in under four minutes? That record was broken by Sir Roger Bannister in 1954. And this month another record was broken – the 2-hour marathon. In this extraordinary...
New carbon fiber insole from America's leading supplier of carbon fiber foot plates. We’ve been looking for some time for a carbon fiber foot plate that is less expensive yet strong enough to provide support and toe spring. We’ve finally...
Levers, rockers and carbon graphite insoles Part 3 – Putting it all together In part 1 of this conversation I presented a common customer question: can I wear just one carbon fiber insole? I briefly discussed gait and how a...
How do carbon fiber insoles affect gait? Part 2 - rocker mechanics of the lower extremity Rockers are a very important part of lower extremity biomechanics. Rockers describe pivot points in the gait cycle that decrease the range of motion...
How do carbon graphite insoles affect gait? Part 1 – Legs and levers A common question that we hear from customers is whether a carbon graphite shoe insole can be used as a single shoe solution or should they purchase...
What is a Morton's Extension? Thomas George Morton (1835-1903) was a clinical professor and surgeon at The Pennsylvania Hospital. He was an active surgeon during The Civil War and founding director of several hospitals in the Philadelphia area. As a...
Chronic Achilles tendonitis – treatment with Spring Plates What’s a Spring Plate got to do with Achilles tendinitis? Quite a bit, actually. A Spring Plate changes the gait cycle enough to ‘unload’ the Achilles tendon during gait. Let’s take a...
Cross-country skiing requires form that is centered over the ski with virtually no reliance on your bindings. Alpine and Rondonee bindings differ in that they are rigidly fixed to the ski (Alpine) or semi-rigidly/rigidly tethered as found in Rondonee bindings. The beauty of a cross country set-up is the simplicity of a toe clip. But that simplicity also means that the act of cross-country skiing requires a very calculated, centered load bearing and swing phase to keep the skis in alignment.
