- Differentiate between foot problems resulting from systemic disease and those resulting from structural/functional abnormalities.
- Provide biomechanical assessment of the foot and leg, especially in the child and athletic adult.
- Perform a physical examination of the lower extremities.
- Prescribe and manufacture orthoses (functional, accommodative or palliative devices worn in footwear).
- Provide custom-made, subtalar joint neutral orthotic devices from a negative Plaster of Paris cast, after a thorough gait analysis and biomechanical assessment.
