Pathologies

The sensorimotor foot orthotic activates or blocks muscles; the classic orthopedic foot orthotic supports and beds: However this notion is too easy. Classic approaches in the foot orthotic care sometimes create the conditions so that the sensorimotor system once more can function correctly. This can be seen with the example of foot orthotic care in case of a plantar fasciitis.

Maike Stelter

Podoconiosis belongs to the most neglected diseases according to the World Health Organization (WHO). This type of elephantiasis mainly affects people who walk barefoot in endangered regions. Shoes play an important role in prevention and therapy, as our report from Ethiopia shows.

Splay foot (pes transversoplanus) is a three-dimensional structural deformity of the foot characterized by a fan-like spreading out or splaying of the metatarsal bones (MT1–MT5) and a prominence of the heads of MT1 and MT5. In addition to a rare, congenital cause, splay foot mainly develops from obesity, but also from shortened calf muscles and ligament instabilities among others.