Pedorthics Support Your Foundation. Improve How You Move.
Pedorthics focuses on the assessment, design, and fitting of custom foot orthotics to support how your body moves from the ground up. At Foundation, Pedorthic care is used to improve alignment, reduce pain, and enhance overall movement quality.
Your feet play a critical role in how force travels through your body. When they are not functioning optimally, it can contribute to pain or dysfunction in the ankles, knees, hips, pelvis, and lower back. Our Pedorthic services are designed to address these issues with thoughtful, individualized solutions that can range from correcting severe deformities, to optimizing alignment by as little as 0.1 millimeters.
What Is a Pedorthist?
Pedorthists specialize in the evaluation of foot structure, biomechanics, and gait to determine how your feet affect the function of the rest of your body. Based on this assessment, custom orthotics may be recommended to provide appropriate support, improve alignment, and optimize movement throughout the entire body.
Rather than relying on generic inserts, our approach is based on a comprehensive analysis of how you move in order to create a custom prescription matching exactly what your body needs to function more efficiently.
Who Can Benefit From Pedorthist Care?
Pedorthics can be helpful for individuals experiencing:
- Foot or heel pain, including plantar fasciitis
- Ankle instability or recurring sprains
- Knee, hip, pelvic or lower back pain related to foot mechanics
- Overuse injuries from walking, running, or standing for long periods
- Structural or postural concerns affecting gait
- Discomfort during daily activities or sport
- Persistent pain or re-injury on one side of the body
If your pain or movement limitations begin at the feet or are influenced by how you walk or run, pedorthic care may be an important part of your treatment plan.
Our Approach to Pedorthics and Custom Orthotics
At Foundation, Pedorthics is never offered in isolation. It is integrated into a comprehensive treatment plan that considers the entire body and your individual goals.
Your care will include:
- A head-to-toe posture, biomechanical and gait assessment
- Leg length difference screen (more common than you think!)
- Screen for foot conditions/deformities
- Evaluation of everyday & athletic footwear
- Custom orthotic design and fitting
- 3D Scan for Custom Orthotics
- Education on proper use and progression
- Integration with physiotherapy, strengthening, and movement retraining
Each recommendation is guided by clinical reasoning and evidence-based practice, with a focus on long-term comfort and function.
Why Custom Orthotics Matter
Custom orthotics are designed specifically for your feet and how you move. Unlike over-the-counter inserts, they are designed to optimize specific movement patterns and loading demands that are often different between left and right feet.
When used appropriately, orthotics can:
- Improve alignment and force distribution
- Reduce stress on joints and soft tissues
- Slow degeneration of joints and soft tissues
- Enhance stability and efficiency during movement
- Support recovery and injury prevention
- Improve daily and athletic performance
Our goal is to use orthotics as a tool to support better movement, not as a dependency.
Is Pedorthics Right for You?
If you are experiencing ongoing pain, recurring injuries, or movement challenges that have not improved with exercise or treatment alone, a Pedorthic assessment may help identify contributing factors that have been overlooked.
Our team will determine whether Pedorthic care is appropriate for you and how it fits into your overall plan of care.
Build a Stronger Foundation
If foot mechanics are affecting your comfort or performance, Pedorthics at Foundation can help address the issue at its source. With a focus on assessment, education, and individualized solutions, we aim to support lasting improvements in how you move.
Our pedorthist supports CityPlace, Downtown, Corktown, Etobicoke-Royal York, Etobicoke-Lakeshore, Trinity Bellwoods Dundas West, and Vaughan, ON, currently operating out of Trinity Bellwoods Dundas West. Book your appointment and get your feet fueled to living better.
THIS SERVICE IS AVAILABLE AT:
Brandon Nethercott
R. Kin, C. Ped (C)
Registered Kinesiologist, Canadian Certified Pedorthist