The orthopaedic shoe technique is the youngest
branch of Pohlig. By taking over a specialist shop in
Traunstein, we could gain the great professional experience of
Horst Hexel, orthopaedic master shoemaker, the former owner
and today’s manager. Together with the innovative capacity
of the orthopaedic technique Pohlig, this sums up to an
especially successful combination.
Foot problems are a wide spread disorder. Every third over
30 complains about foot trouble. In order to relieve painful
or even sore spots on the foot sole, to reduce pressure peaks,
exact data are required.
Pioneering and new is the work in the measuring laboratory.
The feet of the patients can there be examined with an
electronic pressure measuring system and the stress zones
precisely be determined. This method allows for considerably
better results with individual foot bedding, especially in
complicated cases, for example diabetes related diseases.
The complex 3D scanner elaborates automatically with light
reflexes and mirroring the form of the feet. The values gained
are transcribed by computer assisted machines and foot
supports are manufactured with so far unprecedented precision
(CAD-CAM). Thus foot beds and foot supports or orthopaedic
shoes can be adapted by a milling process - a procedure not
extensively available in Germany so far. A constant control of
the stress values renders it possible in the case of changing
patient data to continuously readapt the supplies.
The possibility of accurate pressure measuring is applied
more and more also for leisure time activities such as walking,
running, tennis or golf shoes.
Any kind of shoes can thus be equipped with an individual
foot bedding. Compared with the orthopaedic technical methods
used so far, the new procedure has a decisive advantage.
While for example inserts previously had to be manufactured
manually and once as a unique specimen, the new systems allows
a comprehensive documentation and storing of the data. Thus a
repeated supply with inserts is possible taking into account
the experiences gathered during the time of wear, and on this
basis the fit can further be optimised.
