Increased Indications

The following is a compiled list of potential orthotic diagnoses. Each of them has a mechanical etiology. Take a minute to look at the list and compare it to the usual diagnoses that you normally use for orthotics. 

By being able to assess your patient’s mechanics and then tracing any faulty mechanics back to a specific chief complaint, most practitioners immediately increase their potential indications ten-fold…literally.  

The Foot and Ankle:

  1. Pes Planus / Pes Plano Valgus
  2. Hammer Toes / Hammer Digit Syndrome
  3. Hallux Abducto-Valgus (Hallux Valgus, Bunions)
  4. Tailor’s Bunions (Bunionette)
  5. Functional Hallux Limitus
  6. Freiberg's Disease (also known as Freiberg's Infraction, Avascular Necrosis of Metatarsal Head)
  7. Metatarsophalangeal joint capsulitis
  8. Turf Toe
  9. Sesamoiditis
  10. Metatarsalgia
  11. Morton’s Neuroma (Intermetatarsal Neuroma)
  12. Excessive Plantar Callous
  13. Metatarsus Adductus
  14. Plantar Fasciitis
  15. Heel Spurs
  16. Sinus Tarsi Syndrome
  17. Calcaneal Apophysitis (Severs Disease)
  18. “Growing Pains”
  19. Posterior Tibial Tendonitis
  20. Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction
  21. Peroneal Tendonitis
  22. Tendonitis (Tenosynovitis)
  23. Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome
  24. Achillies Tendonitis
  25. Retrocalcaneal Bursitis Achilles Tendonitis or Enthesopathy
  26. Haglund’s Deformity (pump bump deformity)

The Leg

  1. Anterior Shin Splints
  2. Posterior Shin Splints
  3. Muscular Leg Cramps
  4. Fatigue
  5. Sciatica
  6. Functional Limb Length Discrepancy
  7. Structural Limb Length Discrepancy

The Knee

  1. Chondromalacia Patella or Patello-femoral Syndrome (Runner’s Knee)
  2. Osgood-Schlatter Disease
  3. Medial Compartment Syndrome
  4. IT Band Syndrome
  5. Pes Anserine Bursitis

The Hip

  1. Hip Pain
  2. SI Joint Pain
  3. Piriformis Syndrome
  4. In toe / Out toe

The Back

  1. Lower Back Pain from Skeletal Imbalance
  2. Radiculopathy
  3. Facet Syndrome

Additional indications not typically thought of as stemming from a mechanical etiology includes:

  1. Tinea / Athletes Foot
  2. Ingrown Toe Nails
  3. Subungual Hematoma
  4. Runner’s Nails
  5. Stress Fractures
  6. Foot and Leg Aches and Pains Secondary to Pregnancy

The High Arched Foot

  1. Cavus feet

A Standardized Model►


Web Site Design by Fast Forward