Guest guest Posted May 23, 2012 Report Share Posted May 23, 2012 A question for all you sports gurus. I have a new patient who has unilateral pronation syndrome? He sustained a shotgun blast to the right gastroc/soleus in his adolescence and is missing a good portion of the medial muscles bellies. Now in his late 20’s he’s decided to start training for the HTC marathon and is experiencing right sided IT Band syndrome and a SI joint dysfunction. I did the Foot Levelers PSI test and he’s got a significant drop in the right arch (10 mm) but mild on the left (5 mm). My question is should I prescribe an orthotic for the pronation syndrome for both sides or mix the arch support to accommodate the differences between the two sides. I’ll add a caveat that I’m a skeptic of the neutral casting and also the Food Levelers products. I’ve had good success sending my patients who need an orthotic up to REI to buy a pair of Superfeet orthotics based on the results of my assessment. It’s a whole lot cheaper and as a far as I can tell just as effective as the overpriced custom made products. Yours In Health, Mealey, DC Milwaukie Wellness Center 5111 SE Lake Rd Milwaukie, OR 97222 www.milwaukiewellness.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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