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Automated tools make it easy to provide custom foot orthotics

Brandi Schlossberg August 26, 2014

There are many reasons a patient may seek chiropractic care. Oftentimes, a person has been dealing with long-time pain or discomfort, like ongoing lower-back issues, that have been relieved only through the use of prescription medication. Such a patient may book an appointment with a chiropractor hoping to find lasting relief from the back pain without the use of medication.

One of the ways DCs can do more to help their patients is by offering custom foot orthotics. It is not uncommon for people to try one-size-fits all orthotics from a drug store, only to discover that these products do not work well enough. These same people may then look into getting fitted for custom foot orthotics.

Other folks may not even realize that their pain, such as lower-back pain, may be tied to issues related to one or both of their feet. In these cases, the chiropractor who can offer custom foot orthotics can better help these patients find relief from their pain, perhaps without the use of prescription medication.

Advances in tools and technology have made expanding your practice to offer custom orthotics fairly streamlined. In fact, one of the keys to providing effective foot orthotics can be as simple as pushing a button.

For example, if you choose to begin a working relationship with a certain company that produces custom foot orthotics, such as Foot Levelers, you may then have access to the automated tools you need to easily fit your patients and clients with foot orthotics that can help ease their pain and diminish postural problems. With Foot Levelers, one of the main tools for the professional chiropractor is the Associate Platinum Digital Scanner, a device that resembles a scale and is hooked into computer software.

When patients stand on the scanner, the device measures indicators of foot imbalances, such as excessive pronation or supination, along with other abnormalities that may lead to pain and dysfunction.

Having such equipment and software available within your chiropractic business not only makes it possible to provide patients with effective foot orthotics, but it can also make for a more thorough patient evaluation, adding value to each appointment.

Once you have an automated tool like this one on hand, creating foot orthotics for your clients can be as easy as scanning their feet, sending the details to a company that manufactures the orthotics, and having them shipped back, customized for your patient.

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