Interpod diabetic

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Research-backed innovation from the World's most respected preform orthotic producer.

Function:

• Inverted rear foot improves biomechanical function and enhances the windlass effect.
• 6° Moderate arch height provides adequate functionality for the majority patients.
• The Interpod arch profile was developed by Interpod to ensure superior patient comfort and therefore patient compliance.

Cradling:

• Open cell urethanes such as PORON® have been proven to reduce vertical pressures by up to 18%.
• PORON 96® sets a new level of advanced underfoot comfort technology. The slow rebound quality of the material cradles the foot and allows enhanced redistribution of body weight over the foot's plantar surface.
• All materials from the PORON® family pass both the Schwartz and Peck Human Patch Tests (for primary skin irritation) and USP Class VI toxicology testing.

Interpod designs and distributes quality foot orthoses internationally. The designs are supported by clinical research completed at LaTrobe University, Australia. Their focus is to engineer effective foot orthotic products for a broad range of customers that wear a variety of shoe types and styles. Materials for production originate in Australia and their product is assembled in New Zealand.

Unique product features

1. Rear Foot Wedge

• The Interpod arch profile was developed in an Australian Sports Podiatry Lab. The profile is designed by Interpod to ensure patient comfort and compliance.
• Rear foot wedge is incorporated to offload the medial column and reduces the need for otherwise excessive arch height
• Inverted rear foot improves biomechanical function and enhances the windlass effect.

2. Plantar Fascial Groove

• All Interpod orthoses are designed with a plantar fascial groove. This helps to;
• Decrease arch irritation
• Facilitate the windlass mechanism* which acts to stabilise the foot during windlass mechanism:

*The Windlass mechanism explained
The plantar fascia attaches to the heel and the base of the proximal phalanx of all toes. When the hallux is dorsiflexed at the 1st Mtpj joint, it acts as a lever that winds the plantar fascia around the ‘drum’ of the first metatarsal head (the “windlass effect”). This has the effect of shortening the distance between the hallux and the heel, raising the arch and making the foot a rigid and stable structure during propulsion.

3. PORON 96 top cover - Slow Memory Medical Grade

PORON® is a microporous polyurethane foam which is able to cushion effectively the 'stepshock' of walking and running. Its open cell structure gives the material the ability to absorb a measure of the moisture vapour generated by the active foot.

Poron Features:

• Excellent impact absorption
• Supports stability and balance
• Long-term comfort
• Compression-set resistance
• Open Cell - Breathable
• Microcellular structure
• Antifungal

Indications

• Neuropathic foot
• Metatarsalgia
• Pre-ulcerated sites
• Plantar fasciitis
• Foot deformities
• Morton’s Neuralgia
• Skin breakdown
• Charcot foot

Typical Users

• For patients with a flexible diabetic neuropathic foot, with excess pronation evident
• For patients with the early stages of rheumatoid arthritis, to prevent forefoot deformity

“The flexible neuropathic foot showing gait changes, needs to be treated with functional insoles to achieve reduction in T/P Integral. This will reduce forefoot loading by controlling the rate and duration of pronation.”

Barnett 2006