How can orthotics help with so many medical problems?

The foot bone’s connected to the leg bone, the leg bone’s connected to the thigh bone... These common lyrics ultimately determine the way any change in foot function can alter position and function of virtually every other structure in the body during waking and standing activities.

The science of human biomechanics defines this relationship further by the way foot position during weight-bearing activity ultimately affects the position of all of the anatomical structures of the human body. Scientific research describes the relationship between foot function, rotation of the leg and hip, tilt of the pelvis, and curvature of the human spine.

When collapse of the human foot is stopped, rotation of the leg is stopped, excessive tilt of the pelvis is limited, and curvatures of the spine are decreased. The overall effect of this change is observed in posture as we walk and stand.

Thousand of references can be found that relate poor posture to many symptoms and deformities affecting the anatomical structures of the human body.

Ultimately, orthotics alter body posture and thereby affect symptoms and deformity associated with an improvement in human function and posture.

As a podiatric-trained physician, my original focus was on foot function and foot and ankle symptoms. As I began to understand theta (angular correction), I realized that because the foot bone is connected to the leg bone , and the leg bone is connected to the hip bone, which ultimately affects all of human posture, every time I improved foot function I improved function throughout the entire body.

Orthotic control is therefore related to many conditions that plague the human body. In fact, it may play a role in most of the medical conditions treated by physicians today.

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