How do Foot Orthoses Work

May 06, 2023, 10:00 AM – 10:30 AM EDT(-04:00)
Kevin Kirby, DPM

1. To understand the goals of foot orthosis therapy.
2. To better comprehend how foot orthoses can work to “control” pronation and supination of the subtalar joint.
3. To understand the concept of the Tissue Stress Approach of foot orthosis therapy.
4. To comprehend how altering the location of ground reaction force on the plantar foot can have multiple therapeutic effects.
5. To review the major studies which conclusively demonstrate the therapeutic effects of foot orthoses. 
6. To learn how foot orthoses can be used to treat medial knee osteoarthritis and improve balance.

Posture Controls Function: Evaluation and Management of Foot and Ankle Conditions

May 06, 2023, 10:30 AM – 11:00 AM EDT(-04:00)
Ed Glaser, DPM

In the foot, more than anywhere else in the body, posture dictates functions. In this seminar, attendees will learn how arch height turns the foot from a propulsive lever in supination to a loosened, adaptable structure in pronation. Learn how to use postural changes in the foot to reverse twenty-five of the most common orthopedic diagnoses of the lower extremity without surgery. MASS Posture Theory, taught by its inventor, is shifting common biomechanical conceptions about how the foot works with a physics-based approach that makes significant positive changes in the gait cycle to improve efficiency, endurance, and strength while reversing deformity and incidence of injury from excessive pronation.

Dr. Glaser teaches how MASS Posture Theory can be applied to improve patient outcomes and better maintain improvements made to maintain intraoperative alignment post-operatively by correcting the patient’s posture and gait cycle.

Foot Centering Biomechanics – Integrative From the Ground Up

May 06, 2023, 11:00 AM – 11:30 AM EDT(-04:00)
Dennis Shavelson, DPM
After the lecture, attendees should have a greater knowledge and understanding of the following:

• Make closed-chain biomechanics more Stochastic (qualitative) and less Deterministic (quantitative)
• A new diagnostic system (Functional Foot Typing and SERM-PERM Testing) with subgrouping of cohorts
• Independent diagnosis of Rearfoot and Forefoot segments of the foot
• More importance to be placed on Forefoot Segments in biomechanics
• The need for Structure (bioarchitecture) to be more primary and become more important than Engineering (biomechanics)
• The need for new tools, prehab and rehab planning utilized foot type specific on a case to case basis with impact on Wolff’s and Davis’s Laws

Roundtable Discussion

May 06, 2023, 11:30 AM – 12:30 PM EDT(-04:00)
Kevin Kirby, DPM, Ed Glaser, DPM, Dennis Shavelson, DPM, Jason Kraus
You will have an opportunity to ask questions of the experts and participate in a discussion to further the understanding and application of the various orthotic theories in your practice.

Wrap Up

May 06, 2023, 12:30 PM – 01:00 PM EDT(-04:00)
Melanie Shelton with Jason Kraus
A quick discussion to see what the future holds for foot orthoses.