Orthotics & Gait analysis

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Prescription Orthotics and Arch Supports

Andrew Wilson-Smith ND DO is our lower leg bio-mechanic specialist with a particular interest in running & sports injuries, focusing on the hip and knee and in gait assessment.

Andrew has been prescribing prescription orthotics for 30 years, working closely with Langer bio-mechanics Group during this period as manufacturers of orthotic devices. http://langergrp.com.
Orthotics are orthopaedic devices designed to treat or adjust various biomechanical foot disorders.  Prescription corrective orthotics are custom-made devices. These are prescribed after a biomechanics assessment. Measuring up involves a combination of the assessment and a surface scan of the feet with a medical 3D laser scanner. The scan, along with a gait analysis will show the lab where the misalignments are. Specialists at Langer Biomechanics laboratory can then create a orthotics to correct the misalignments with compensation and stabilisation techniques. The finished orthotic is then placed in the patient’s shoe and helps to keep the foot and leg correctly aligned.
Conditions that are commonly helped are:
  • Knee pain
  • Hip pain
  • Running injuries
  • ITB injuries
  • Osgood Schlatters disease
  • Shin splints
  • Plantar fascitis (or policeman’s heel)
  • Flat feet
  • Severs disease
Andrew Wilson-Smith
  • Andrew Wilson-Smith, Registered Osteopath and Naturopath, ND, DO

    After qualifying at the British College of Osteopathy & Naturopathy in London in 1989, Andrew stayed on and lectured on osteopathic technique. He entered full-time practice at the Haslemere Clinic in 1990 and completed post graduate studies in lower leg biomechanics and podiatry thereafter. Andrew became a partner in 1996 and in 2006 became the sole owner.


    One of our most experienced osteopaths, he has a particular interest in sports injuries, focussing on the hip and knee, and in gait assessment – he has been prescribing prescription orthotics for 15 years, working closely with Langer Biomechanics during this period as manufacturers of orthotic devices. See our Orthotics page for more information. He’s a keen sportsman himself, playing tennis, village cricket and golf on a regular basis.

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