Activa Clinics - Brampton 490 Bramalea Road #301 Brampton, ON L6T 0G1 (905) 791-7911 - offering a range of healthcare services including physiotherapy services and custom orthotics in Brampton and the surrounding areas. For more information, click here.

1. How Orthotics Can Help Ease Your
Foot Pain

2. Introduction
 Anyone who suffers from chronic foot pain knows
that it is one of the most debilitating kinds of pain
you can have. Considering your feet are
supporting all of your body weight with every step
you take, it’s hard to find relief and still lead an
active lifestyle.
 Luckily, orthotics can help correct certain foot
issues and relieve pain so you can lead a more
active life.

3. What Are Custom Orthotics?
 According to the Palo Alto Medical Foundation,
custom orthotics are foot supports that are
designed to balance out the biomechanical
inefficiencies of your feet and legs. They are
made from the impression of your own foot, and
worn inside your shoes to correct any number of
foot issues.

4. Why Custom Orthotics?
 Over-the-counter orthotic devices are always
available, but everyone has unique feet, so
expecting the same type of arch support to work
for everyone doesn’t make sense.
 According to Canadian-based Activa Clinics, the
best results come from a thorough foot
examination, gait analysis and then a cast of your
feet to create the custom orthotics.
 After this process is followed, you’ll have a
custom pair of orthotics that are perfect for your
feet and only your feet.

5. How Do Orthotics Work?
 Basically, orthotics provide:
 Realignment
 Strength
 Balance
 Stability
 This is accomplished by exerting gentle pressure to
your feet, to coax them into their natural position.
 A more natural foot position means that your weight
distribution is even and many of the problems you’ve
been plagued with begin to dissipate.

6. Who Benefits from Orthotics?
 The Palo Alto Medical Foundation states that
people with arch and heel pain, shin splints and
knee pain are some of the patients that benefit
from orthotics the most. If you are someone who
has an occupation that causes you to stand or
walk a lot, any of these symptoms are possible.

7. Who Benefits from Orthotics?
 If you play a lot of
sports, you may also be a
candidate for custom
orthotics.
Essentially, anyone who is
experiencing foot pain on
a regular basis will likely
benefit from wearing
orthotics. Aside from
lifestyle, there are many
foot issues that make
orthotics a viable solution.

8. Common Foot Issues
 Here are some of the common foot issues that
people in today’s society suffer from:
 Plantar Fasciitis – This happens when the band of
tissue located at the bottom of the foot is
overstretched or overloaded in some way. Pain is
usually felt underneath the heel.
 Hammertoes – This condition occurs when the toes
are forced to grip because the foot can’t maintain
balance. Sometimes one or more toes can curl or
buckle at the joints. Pain is typically felt at the
joints, especially when wearing shoes or boots.
Hammertoes are sometimes called claw toes or
mallet toes.

9. Common Foot Issues
 Knee Alignment – This may happen for a number of
reasons that include flat feet causing stress on the
knee, or a serious knee injury playing sports or in
an accident of some sort. The result is often knee,
lower back or hip pain.
 Foot Misalignment – When this happens, the entire
body weight can rest on the feet, which causes
spinal misalignment and discomfort. It’s not
uncommon to find your shoes wearing out unevenly
when you have this condition.

10. Common Foot Issues
 Bunions – These are formed from calcium build up
that result in unnatural bone formation. The
appearance is of the big toe or small toe being bent
in toward the other toes.
 Sciatic Nerve – pain in the sciatic nerve is often
caused by over-pronation and results in pain that
radiates through the buttocks and sometimes all the
way down the thighs.

11.  Activa Clinics - Brampton 490 Bramalea Road
#301 Brampton, ON L6T 0G1 (905) 791-7911 -
offering a range of healthcare services including
physiotherapy services and custom orthotics in
Brampton and the surrounding areas. For more
information, click here.