Welcome to Hersco's educational pages where we strive for the perfect fit.   This is a virtual classroom where you can discover many insights into evaluating and casting custom foot orthotics, molded shoes and ankle gauntlets.   Here you will learn about ideal Fit and Function.

We have written and refined our educational material as an aid to practitioners involved in each aspect of custom orthotics, shoes and gauntlets.   These articles explore diagnoses, design and dispensing devices for control of the lower extremity.

Custom Foot Orthotics:

Casting for Foot Orthotics		Online article
Designing Foot Orthotics		Online article
Foot Orthotic Materials		Online article
Taking an Impression Foam

Custom Molded Shoes:

Designing Custom Molded Shoes		Online article
Fabricating Custom Molded Shoes		Online article
An Overview of the Therapeutic Shoe Bill		Online article
Pedorthic Shoe Modifications		Online article
Casting for Custom Shoes		Online article
Custom Shoes: Further Considerations		Online article

Gauntlets:

Dispensing Ankle Gauntlets

Online article

Diagnoses:

Pediatric Club Foot and Pes Planus		Online article
Posterior Tibial Tendon Dysfunction		Online article
Charcot, Neuropathy and Toe Fillers		Online article
Morton's Toe; Morton's Neuroma		Online article
Leg Length Discrepancies		Online article
Lower Extremity Biomechanics - Overview; Part I		Online article
Lower Extremity Biomechanics - Overview; Part II		Online article
Treating Running Injuries		Online article
Rheumatoid Arthritis		Online article
Tarsal Tunnel		Online article
Considerations for Biomechanical Evaluations		Online article

Perspective:

What is Pedorthics?		Online article
The Future of O & P		Online article
Choosing Shoes For Children		Online article