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Orthotic fabrication text/manual

Discussion in 'Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses' started by bearfootpod, Aug 23, 2006.

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  1. bearfootpod

    bearfootpod Member


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    Hi all

    does anyone have any recommendations for manuals or texts about orthotic manufacture (not prescription), everything from cast pouring, cast modification, shell pressing grinding, posting etc.

    any ideas would be appreciated

    regards

    claire
     
  2. paulm

    paulm Member

    Hi Caire

    one i found useful is Foot Orthotics and Conservative Foot Care, author Thomas C. Michard
    ISBN 0-683-05974-2

    regards
    Paul
     
  3. Admin2

    Admin2 Administrator Staff Member

    There is also Ray Anthony's Manufacture of the Functional Foot Orthoses and Jim Philps's Functional Foot Orthoses.
     
  4. bearfootpod

    bearfootpod Member

    Thank you both for your recommendations and time taken to reply.

    if anyone else has any other sources of orthotic manufacturing manuals, university notes or online sources please let me know.

    regards

    claire
     
  5. JTValls

    JTValls Active Member

    Hello!

    I'm also looking for that. Can you help me?? Im trying to compare the manual methods for make the shell of orthotics in spain compared with your methods.

    I have been reading the book of T.Michaud about foot orthoses (chapter 6), but i do not understand very well how you design and draw the shell in any material. Im looking for this information over internet but i do not find anything (only im finding for cad-cam prescriptions). I know i can cut a piece of eg. EVA, put it into the oven and using a mark incast in metatarsal head level and vacumm-form the eva with the cast.

    I see all of your orthotics have normally the same shape of the shell (then you use the same method for make the shell) but here all orthotics are different about the shell shape. I refer about this shell shape:

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    What measures you take for arch, heel cup? Or you only cut a rectangle of material, vacuum and polish? But my questions are.. What measures need to have the rectangle of material to fit well with the cast in the vacuum process and achieve your shell shape? How do you learn to make it getting references in the positive cast?

    Thx for all
     
  6. Jo-Pod

    Jo-Pod Member

    J.W. Philps - "Functional Foot Orthoses" is a very good book. Unfortunately out of print, but you can still get a second hand copy on Amazon. That is how I got mine.

    Hope that helps.
     
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