Pediatric Orthotics

Some children have lower extremity pain when they participate in athletic activities. Many times these issues are a result of less than perfect biomechanics. Custom orthotics can be designed to improve one's natural biomechanics and get a person into a more neutral position, so that when they walk, run or participate in athletics they are able to do so at a much higher level with much, less pain.

At Footworks Orthotics, we know that it can be expensive to get custom orthotics for children, that's why we charge less than half of our regular fee for adolescent patients, so it is less of a burden for the child's family.

In 2007, Kyle spoke at a camp for high school runners on the campus at UW-Whitewater. Of the 200 athletes in attendance, 110 acknowledged that they had been battling chronic lower extremity issues. Many had not seen a doctor, and of the ones that had very few had had custom orthotics suggested as a part of their orthopedic treatment plan. We decided to do a study and selected 14 athletes to see how custom orthotics would help their situation.

The results were very, very positive. Over 93% of the study participants were helped by wearing the custom devices we designed and fabricated in our laboratory, and 43% were helped greatly.

Click to download the complete study (PDF - 974k)

If your adolescent has chronic knee pain, shin splints, foot pain, or other chronic lower extremity pain, and you've tried other treastments and they haven't taken care of the problem think about getting them evaluated for custom orthotics by Footworks Orthotics. We can help. Call us today!