Indications
Via muscle chains, foot function disorders can lead to impairments, pain, or dysfunction of the legs, hips and the entire spine including the neck and head area.
The most common ailments for successful medical therapy
Foot Deformities:
Splayfoot
Flatfoot
Clubfoot
Pes cavus
Skew foot
Pes equinus
Pes adductus
Early stages of hallux valgus
Hammertoes
Dysfunctions:
Achillodynia
Heel spur
Enthesopathy
Hypertonia or hypotonus of the long and short foot muscles
Foot roll disorders
Sports-related pain (in the range recreation and competition)
Knee
Functionally influenced axial deviation
Complaints in the patellar bearing
Hypertonia or hypotonus of the long and short foot muscles
Painful enthesopathy
Sports-related pain (in the range of recreation and competition)
Hip / pelvic region
Functional pelvic obliquity
Muscle-related pain in the pelvic area
ISG complaints
Sports-related pain (in the range of recreation and competition)
Illiotibial band syndrome
Pelvic floor weakness
Gait As a dynamic image of the function of the entire musculoskeletal system, the review of the gait is an integral part of any insole. It provides important clues to possible causes for the patient’s complaints. This applies to:
Axial deviation (feet, leg axis, body axis)
Movement restrictions
Distress
Gait uncertainties
Fall prophylaxis
Posture
Functional disorders regarding head control
Muscularly compensable spine deviations (scoliosis, kyphosis, hyperlordosis)
Relieving posture and abnormal posture
Functional pelvic obliquity
Prophylaxis of posture in childhood and adolescence
Rücken
Postural and muscle-related symptoms induced in the cervical, thoracic and lumbar area
Cervical spine syndrome
Recurrent vertebral blockages
Lumbago
Sciatica
Intervertebral disc symptoms (protrusion, prolapse)
Chronic back pain
Pain in spondylarthritis
Plumb line / axis deviations (scoliosis, kyphosis, hyperlordosis)
Prophylaxis of posture in childhood and adolescence
Sports-related pain (in the range of recreation and competition)
Supported therapy for rehabilitation after an illness or accident
Head
Unspecific headaches, e.g. migraines.
Distorted head posture
Neck tension
Pain in masticatory apparatus
MEDREFLEXX insoles have also been effective in pediatric orthopaedics. Sensorimotor insoles are an especially helpful training tool when it comes to treating foot muscle weakness and posture as well as neurological disorders (disabilities).
More information: Step Towards Painlessness
Pain is not always caused in the area where it hurts. The structure of the pain or discomfort and the real, causal origin of the problems are often far apart.