Boots – shoes – and leggings – Boots and shoes – Occupational or athletic shoe
Patent
1996-02-28
1998-12-01
Sewell, Paul T.
Boots, shoes, and leggings
Boots and shoes
Occupational or athletic shoe
36173, 36154, 36144, A61F 514, A43B 714
Patent
active
058422943
ABSTRACT:
A golf orthotic for stabilizing a foot of a patient against both supination and pronation includes a main body portion configured to conform to a substantial portion of the plantar aspect of the patient's fool, including the heel and arch, and generally forward to the metatarsal heads. The main portion is provided with medial and lateral flanges terminating respectively beneath the medial malleolus and lateral malleolus. The device also includes a heel stabilization bar with a substantially flat lower surface and an upper surface which is contoured to match the lower surface of the main portion in the heel region, and which is secured thereto. The heel stabilization bar is shaped for easy insertion into the patient's shoe. The flanges are shaped to conform to the patient's foot, and preferably slope up fairly steeply from the main body portion. A preferred method of manufacturing the device, as well as methods for using it to treat chronic weak ankle syndrome and to prevent ligamentous damage, are also disclosed.
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Steven J. Levitz et al. "Biomechanical Foot Therapy" pp.729-731 (no date available).
Dr. Fabricant's Foot Health Products Inc.
Sewell Paul T.
Stashick Anthony
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