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Biomechanics Nomenclature Primer
KevinRoot Medical continues to grow, expanding with new clients from various specialties and locations, both domestically in the United states, as well as internationally. All of our clients share ...
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Podiatry Bread and Butter: Plantar Heel Pain Part 3 - Mechanical Considerations
In the last 2 posts, I have talked about how plantar fasciitis presents and does not present. This understanding can help us develop the best working diagnosis that we can begin treat...
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Neutral Position Impression Technique for Custom Foot Orthoses
Dr. Feldman, are you suggesting that neutral position, suspension imaging can be performed with foam box impressions? Also, I don't see that you can successfully perform a scan with one hand. Kevi...
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Custom Foot Orthosis Neutral Casting Basics
Successful treatment of your patients with custom foot orthoses is directly related to the accuracy of the impressions that you have obtained. The particular technique, be it plaster cast, foam box...
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Podiatry Bread and Butter: Plantar Heel Pain Part 2
Last week we started talking about plantar fasciitis as the cause of 50-80% of all plantar heel pain podiatrists treat. Let’s review the other problems that we will typically see which ...
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Neutral Position Impression Technique for Custom Foot Orthoses
Accurate positioning of a patient’s foot with the subtalar joint neutral and midtarsal joint pronated has been the standard for obtaining precision impressions for Root Functional Orthoses fo...
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Podiatry’s Bread and Butter: Plantar Heel Pain Part 1
If you treat feet, patients come in wave after wave with plantar heel pain. We start with an historical review of the problem to attempt to analyze variants of our most successful treatment of plan...
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Morton’s Neuroma Orthotic Therapy Part 3
In the last 2 blog posts, I explored treatments for Morton’s neuroma. I concluded last week with components for a good orthotic device for your patient. The balancing of the device shou...
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Morton’s Neuroma Treatment Options - Part 2
In Part 2 of Morton’s Neuroma treatment options, I am going to begin to dig a little deeper. We will start with discussing the components of a CFO that makes sense for our treat...
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The Tundra Sandal
The Tundra sandal is similar to the Tundra Boot. It is a non-articulating gauntlet AFO integrated within a functional open walking sandal. The combination of the internal solid ankle frame ...
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The Tundra Boot
The Tundra boot is an integrated non-articulating gauntlet AFO within a functional boot type shoe gear. The marriage between the internal solid ankle frame and a leather boot eliminates the...
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The Charcot Restraint Orthosis Walker (CROW)
A Charcot Restraint Orthosis Walker (CROW) is a specialized type of orthotic device used in the treatment of Charcot foot, a condition commonly seen in individuals with diabetes or peripher...
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Morton’s Neuroma Discussion of Treatment Options Part 1
We all deal with patients who present with Morton’s Neuroma symptoms. These 10 treatment options are in my office handout to the patient to get treatment moving. Of course, some will ne...
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A Little Off Topic
Sharing a personal experience like this is truly powerful and serves as an important reminder of how vital support and community are when facing life’s challenges. The story of attending the ...
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Dorsiflex Carbon AFO
A Dorsiflexion Assist Ankle-Foot Orthosis (AFO) is a type of brace designed to help individuals who have difficulty lifting the front of their foot (dorsiflexion). This condition is often referred ...
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What is a Sagittal Plane Device? (Part 2)
This is part 19 of a series that should be read in order. Key Points: What are H1, H2 and H3 orthotic devices? Today I am going to...
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The XTERN Brace
An XTERN brace refers to an external orthopedic brace used for the treatment of foot drop or similar conditions. It’s designed to help people with foot drop maintain proper foot positioning a...
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Staying a DMEPOS provider worth the costs
In the face of many DME issues, many ask if continuing as a DMEPOS provider is worth the costs ($709/3 years) and the exposure (audits). Let’s break these discussion points down and p...