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Orthotics
Other clients may also benefit from this approach. These conditions include; stroke, rheumatoid arthritis, diabetes, or cerebral palsy.
Clients that have suffered a catastrophic injury may benefit from orthisis either due to the impact of a neurological injury or directly from the physical injury. In line with our multi-disciplinary approach, this can be incorporated into a wider rehabilitation plan, encompassing other team members or delivered on its own. Clearly, the approach may vary as the rehabilitation progresses or may be used in a stable condition.
Who might benefit from Orthotics?
Orthotists and Prosthetists are a related and are sometimes confused with each other. Orthotists provide a range of splints, braces and special footwear to aid movement, correct deformity and relieve discomfort, whereas Prosthetists provide an artificial replacement for patients who have lost or were born without a limb.
In line with this close relationship, both are governed by the same professional body, the British Association of Prosthetics and Orthotists
In line with this close relationship, both are governed by the same professional body, the British Association of Prosthetics and Orthotists
What is the difference between an Orthotist and a Prosthetist?
Barney White is a Neuro Orthotist and leads our Orthotist service. Barney graduated with a BSc Hons in Prosthetics and Orthotics from Strathclyde University, Glasgow in 1995. Subesquent to gaining a wide range of experience in Orthotics and Bio-Mechanics he has now specialised in the provision of Orthotics for patients with neurological conditions. He is often asked to present at conferences attended by both Physiotherapists and Medics involved within the arena of Neuro-rehabilitation. Barney can offer comprehensive assessments and bespoke Orthotics for the leg and arm including AFO's, KAFO's, Lycra splinting, serial casting, provision of splints, silicon AFO's and Saeboflex.
Who leads this service?
Orthotics combines disciplines of the health and physical sciences; mathematics and materials engineering, gait analysis, anatomy and physiology, pathophysiology, biomechanics and psychology.
- Control, guide, limit and/or immobilize an extremity, joint or body segment for a particular reason.
- To restrict movement in a given direction or to assist movement generally.
- To reduce weight bearing forces in designated areas.
- To otherwise correct the shape and/or function of the body, to provide easier movement capability or reduce pain.
Orthotics (from the Greek "to straighten" or "align") is a specialty within the medical field concerned with the design, manufacture and application of orthoses. An orthosis or (plural: orthoses) is an orthopedic device that supports or corrects the function of a limb or the torso used to:
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