What to expect during your visit to our clinic
We will assess you thoroughly. A full medical history will be taken and details of your particular complaint. We will treat you as an individual not just a medical condition.
You will then receive a full Biomechanical assessment to establish the range of motion of your joints, feet, ankle complex, knees, hips etc, which will also include a 2D pressure scan, a Static Balance and Dynamic Gait Analysis (walking examination) which shows force travel paths, identifying maximum pressure areas and centre of body balance and foot balance.
Once a diagnosis has been established we will then scan your feet with our 3D optical laser foot scanner, which is a quick, safe and completely pain free procedure, which you can view on screen.
If we find that your condition is not associated with a foot imbalance, postural or a Biomechanical abnormality our on site team of consultants work closely with an orthopaedic surgeon, to work together to get you back to health.
About Our Scanners
The 2D Pressure Scanner
The 2D pressure scanner measures pressure applied to the “load cells” contained in a pressure plate when the patient walks or stands on it, allowing us to assess peak pressure on different areas of the feet, measuring the centre of mass and progression of weight through the foot and foot position during the phases of the gait cycle, which aids and contributes to the consultants detailed Biomechanical assessment and diagnosis.
Images are taken and recorded by the pressure scanner, which the patient can see on the computer screen and can discuss with the consultant. Force, Time graphs are also taken which plot the stages of the gait cycle from heel strike to toe off.
The 3D Optical Laser Scanner
The optical 3D red laser foot scanner is an incredibly accurate instrument.
It travels over the foot in approximately 10 seconds making thousands of measurements, to be precise 64000 pixels every 2.5cm of foot. The resulting information is captured in our computer, which the patient can view on screen as it happens. The precise images are saved on a personalised file and these are then transferred electronically via modem to our laboratory in the USA. The laboratory has 24-hour access to our computer to enable your prescription to begin its manufacture on the same day you visit us.
A CNC milling machine creates a model of the patient’s foot from which the orthotics are produced to an amazing accuracy of plus or minus one ten thousandth of an inch.