| Wobbly is not good for you. Wobbly is | | | | lower extremity to the ground.This correction |
| instability and inefficiency. Injuries will | | | | in efficiency will absolutely reduce and in |
| occur where you are most vulnerable to your | | | | many instances reverse problems completely. |
| wobble.The arch is a space and regardless of | | | | Even for people with irreversible chronic |
| how big or small that space you have within | | | | problems, a proper fitting orthotic can help |
| it pronation, excessive pronation | | | | greatly. Because at the very least, a proper |
| (AKA-hypermobility), over-pronation, | | | | fitting orthotic provides a health benefit, |
| hyper-pronation and supination motions.The | | | | just like brushing teeth (i.e. prevention |
| more the arch space compresses/falls during | | | | rather than cure) and more than likely pain |
| pronation (whether you are high arched or | | | | will reduce (provided the problem(s) are |
| flat footed), the more the rest of the foot | | | | biomechanical in nature.)Stabilizing the body |
| up to the low back becomes bio-mechanically | | | | from being too wobbly should be the major |
| wobbly. This is natural bio-mechanical | | | | goal of any functional orthotic. In |
| weakness that comes from over pronation and | | | | addition:Any functional orthotic must be easy |
| produces the wear and tear eventually seen as | | | | and comfortable to wear: |
| plantar fasciitis, Achilles tendonitis, knee, | | | | |
| ITB, hip/low back pain, bunions, neuromas, | | | | |
| hammertoes, Tarsal Tunnel, etc, etc.These | | | | |
| injuries are years in the making. How soon | | | | It must not cause anything else to hurt. |
| and where the injury comes to the surface | | | | |
| depends on a variety of factors such as the | | | | It must not over correct the foot on the |
| twists and turns and angles of your bone | | | | ground. |
| development, weight, activities, and, of | | | | |
| course your overpronation as it affects your | | | | It should support and balance each foot for |
| bio-mechanics.In order to minimize wobble, | | | | the greatest mechanical efficiency. |
| you have to minimize the motion of the arch. | | | | |
| The more precisely you can reduce that motion | | | | It should match the way your muscles work |
| without over-correcting, the better the | | | | and not just the shape of the foot. |
| alignment position of the foot and entire | | | | |