Have a look at our new and improved Extra Depth Footwear Clinic
Come and see our friendly staff at 142 Little Ryrie St for a professional footwear fitting in our new purpose designed clinic. At Last – A footwear service that ensures a perfect fit.
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Geelong’s own Footwear Clinic for problem feet
Our clinics are managed by professionally trained staff with experience 
in fitting problematic feet with the correct shoe. When you come to visit us we measure and assess the general appearance, shape and condition of your feet. We observe how you walk and assess extra requirements needed to fit in orthoses. We then fit you in the most
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suitable footwear to accommodate your particular needs.
We provide information and support to ensure you get the most from your new footwear.
We Offer
- A Professional fitting service
- Home, hospital and nursing home visits, by appointment.
- Split sizing option for different shaped or length feet
- Shoe repairs
XDF Mission Statement 2010
Regional Footwear Clinic Dates for 2011
Contact 5224 2216 to make an appointment for Geelong, Ballarat and Warrnambool Clinics
Location and Contact Details can be found on our WebSite http://www.geelongorthotics.com.au/extradepth-clinicdetails.aspx
This Article Footwear and Diabetes
Outlines the Importance and Advantages of a whole-patient approach
Forefoot plantar pressures respond to rocker bottom diabetic footwear
A Mayo Clinic study confirms previously reported offloading effects of a rocker bottom shoe design in patients with diabetic neuropathy and suggests that a plastazote insole may increase that benefit.
Researchers analyzed dynamic plantar pressures in 15 subjects with diabetic peripheral neuropathy and a history of forefoot ulceration. A stiff soled shoe with a rocker sole modification was compared to a flat stiff soled shoe; both types of footwear were tested with and without a 1.25-cm plastazote insert.
The rocker sole with insert most effectively decreased mean peak plantar pressures, associated with a 50% mean reduction overall compared to the flat shoe with no insert and a 35% mean reduction at the metatarsal heads and hallux specifically.
The findings, e-published on April 19 by Clinical Biomechanics, are consistent with those of a Dutch study published in the February 2003 issue of Diabetes Care, in which 50% less loading in the central forefoot was seen with a rocker bottom shoe with PPT insole than a conventional oxford-type shoe with no insole.
Sourced from Lower Extremity Review – May 2011
