Leonardo da Vinci said, "The foot is a masterpiece of engineering and a work of art." Unfortunately, despite his genius, he missed a piece. What he could not appreciate in his time is that many people are born with hidden congenital defects that cause their feet and legs to function incorrectly throughout the whole of their lives.(1)
Oblivious to their own poor foot function, huge numbers of people continue to expose their feet to an incredible amount of stress. They'll jog 5-miles a day on them, walk the mall for 6-hours on them, dance until 2:00 AM on them, kick footballs with them, and cram them into all sorts of shoe some too short, some too narrow, and some with very high heels! Perhaps it shouldn't come as a surprise to us to discover that up to 45% of the adult population may be suffering with foot pain at any given time.(2)
But now, using Varifit Orthotic's breakthrough technology, today's foot health care professionals can examine foot function in a completely new and technologically-advanced way, which enables them to expose the previously hidden structural and mechanical causes of chronic lower-limb pain. At the core of the VF-300™ system is a unique foot scanner that captures true 3-D images of the feet held in special pre-determined positions. The images are uploaded to a software program called 3-D Analytics™, which uses complex algorithms to identify the mechanical defects in the patient's foot structure and function. Using this information, and by employing patent-pending robot technology, the system can then quickly and easily manufacture custom-made foot supports to correct the mechanical defects and relieve the associated symptoms of pain and disability.
VF-300™ systems are now being distributed to foot health care professionals all over the continental USA and Canada.
It's incredible to think that the average person takes 8,000-10,000 steps a day, and walks over 115,000 miles in a lifetime the equivalent of over four times the circumference of the earth. It's also amazing to think that up to 138-million Americans may be doing it in pain! Using the latest foot analysis technology from Varifit Orthotics™, foot health care professionals can help foot pain sufferers identify the mechanical reasons for their pains, and provide a solution to make their journeys more comfortable.
If Leonardo had had a VF-300™ system for his studies of the human foot, he would have likely concluded: "Many feet are a tragedy of engineering but still a work of art."
About Varifit Orthotics:
Varifit Orthotics is a custom orthotics equipment manufacturer focused on 3D foot analysis and efficient orthotic fabrication technologies. Varifit's patent-pending 3D Foot Analytics facilitates biomechanical foot assessments and functional grouping of feet. The VF-300 Fabrication System, which debuted in 2008, is capable of producing a pair of custom orthotics in less than 20 minutes.
References:
1. Wood BC, Warfield CA: Foot Pain from bad shoes to aberrant genes, Hosp Pract (Off Ed). 1987, Sept 30:22)9A): 107-9, 112, 116-22.
2. Garrow AP, Silman AJ, Macfarlane GJ. The Cheshire foot pain and disability survey: a population survey assessing prevalence and associations. Pain. 2004;110:378 - 384.
Source: Varifit Orthotics
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