Functional Foot Orthotics
FUNCTIONAL FOOT ORTHOSIS: Offer corrective forces to the Mid and Fore-foot during the gait cycle whilst maintaining the calcanium in a neutral position. The Functional Foot Orthosis, (F.F.O) allows minimal orthotic intervention with maximum mechanical effect.
F.F.O’s are manufactured from a wide variety of materials including, Acrylic, Plastic, Carbon Fibre, High and Low density Plasterzote.
They can be used for conditions such as Forefoot Varus, Rearfoot Varus and Metatarsus Primus Elevatus.
U.C.B.’S
Derived from the California San Francisco medical Centre UC-BL shoe insert.
The UCB was designed to offer effective control and support to Subtalor instability and the associated collapse.
During this collapse the calcanium deviates laterally (from the bodies mid-line), combined with a mid-foot collapse and abduction of the forefoot ( in relation to the bodies mid-line). To correct this the UCB, realigns the calcanium to a neutral position, whilst supporting the mid-foot. The abduction is controlled by virtue of the plastic ‘cupping’ around the fifth metatarsal.
UCB’s are made of Homopolymer or Natural Polypropylene.
