Orthotics Treatment process
Before your first visit
- Make an appointment (Be sure to ask if there is anything you need to bring)
During your visit
We will ask you to provide the following information:
- General information - address, age, phone number etc. (You can do this ahead of time by Downloading our form.)
- Your medical history
- Your goals
- We will review your prescription and/or professional reports
We’ll explain funding sources and options
You will have a physical exam and a gait analysis
We will complete both a static functional evaluation and a dynamic functional evaluation without your orthosis
Our clinician will capture the shape of the body segment (ie. Cast, scan, measurements)
Your clinician will discuss a treatment plan with you
Following your first visit
We will provide you with the following services:
- An orientation to your new orthotic treatment
- Initial instructions
- Evaluate the device interface (ie. Volume, pressure distribution)
- Static functional evaluation and a dynamic evaluation with your orthosis
- Outcome measure of orthotic treatment
- Care and maintenance of your orthosis
- Body segment care related to the orthotic use
- Wearing schedule
- Initial gait training
Ongoing support
To ensure that you continue to have success with your orthosis we will help with:
- Educating you on skin care (always contact us should any issues arise)
- Teaching you how to use upper body orthosis
- Physical therapy for gait training
We will also
- Make any required adjustments or maintenance repairs
- Help you set up meetings with other rehabilitation specialists