Why come to Utah Spine & Sport for your custom orthotics?

made custom to fix your feet

• We use the latest, most advanced technology
• Low profile orthotics – fit in any shoe
• Quickly identify weaknesses in your feet & gait
• Compares walking and running scan data of the same patient
• Utah’s cheapest prices on custom orthotics
• We offer a Professional sports line, you get what the pros get

What are custom Orthotics?

Our feet are the foundation of our structural bodies. Like a house, if there is a problem with the foundation there will be a problem with the rest of the house.  Custom orthotics are made to help correct any misalignments in the foot, improve a person’s posture, or alleviate any pain in the foot, leg or spine. They are inserted into a shoe (you usually remove the shoe’s liner first). Custom Orthotics differ from inserts that you can buy at any store because they are specially made to conform to the unique shape  and function of an individual’s foot, thus correcting biomechanical abnormalities in the foundation, something store-bought insoles won’t do.

How do you identify the need for custom orthotics?

Do you need orthotics?

Short answer: We use a high tech system call a Metascan® Gait scanner which has the ability to identify weaknesses in foot biomachanics (your gait) as you walk across it.  The foot scanner can scan the foot dynamically (walking across it), statically (standing on it) and perform a postural scan (postural balance).  We use this information to identify the need for orthotics and to created the perfect custom orthotic.

Long answer: The Metascan software analyzes the frame-by-frame distribution of plantar pressures throughout each individual footstep.  Through the use of tested and proven algorithms, these and other parameters are used to determine the need for and the configuration of the orthotic modules. The overall aim of the custom orthotic therapy is to normalize the biomechanical patterns of the feet. This is one of the parameters that we use to determine orthotic module shape.

-Dynamic scan:

Custom orthotics dynamic scan

Our Metascan dynamic software scans the foot 150 times per second tracking 8 key points along the plantar surface of the foot. Our dynamic display captures bilateral plantar pressure during the stance phase of gait. Gait observations show each of the 8 key points relative to pressure and time in a colour corresponding to the 2D and 3D composite image and displays gait analysis data. The Full Normal Graph compares the patient’s 8-point graph to a normal graph of the stance phase of gait. The Metascan diagnostics translates the digital information along with the clinician information into a prescription for custom orthotics.

-Static scan:

Custom orthotic foot scan

Static scans capture bilateral plantar pressure distribution. The scanning technology can be incorporated into various balance testing, training and therapeutic protocols depending on the clinical approach. The scans can identify muscle/skeletal anomalies such as leg length discrepancies. Can also be used to assess the efficacy of orthotics, lifts or postings using comparison side by side scans.

-Postural scan:

Custom orthotic Postural scan

Bilateral postural display captures the patients’ ability to maintain and control the body center of mass within the base of support. Postural stability is most often characterized by measures based on the displacement of the center of pressure. Metascan posturography includes graphical information with respect to: Antero-Posterior Deviation; Medio-Lateral Deviation; Velocity; Sway Area; Amplitude; and COP Path. Scans can identify the need for balance and strength training or intervention with devices to improve postural or balance control.

More about our Custom orthotic gait scanner:

Biomechanical Assessment of Gait

The human eye observes at a frequency of 7 images per second.

The Metascan™ pressure mat scans the stance phase of gait at 150 images per second.

• Assess new patients for foot function
• Captures dynamic function
• Great communication to patient

70% of patients tested showed moderate to
severe abnormalities when walking.

46.8%    Moderate Abnormality
23.2%    Severe Abnormality
22.7%    Mild Abnormality
7.3%    No Abnormality

* Data on file. N=955. FMX 2004

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