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Orthotic Labs

Discussion in 'Biomechanics, Sports and Foot orthoses' started by Zac, Jun 19, 2013.

  1. Zac

    Zac Active Member


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    I am wanting to use a new orthotic lab as I don't feel my current lab meets my needs. Can anyone recommend a lab that they feel provides a good service/quality of product at a fair price? I still use plaster. I Not all labs have an internet presence & I was hoping other Pods could give their recommendations rather than me searching endlessy through various sources for lab details & then not being sure of client satisfaction.
     
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  3. Griff

    Griff Moderator

    How does the current lab not meet your needs?
     
  4. Zac

    Zac Active Member

    Sorry, from Australia.

    My current lab - I want to be very careful and not disparage them. They provide a reasonable product at a very reasonable price. But Im looking for a lab that provides some greater scope for adjustments & modifications. I attended Craig's Bootcamp recently & was keen to find a lab that uses the MOSI technique (this is just an example).
     
  5. Zac

    Zac Active Member

    I've used the same lab for 15 years & maybe it's like driving a Holden which has been fine, but Id now like to try a Toyota. Not that the Holden is bad, but maybe the Toyota is better? Or more enjoyable? Or just different? If you never change, you never know.
     
  6. joejared

    joejared Active Member

    From what I've seen of the MOSI method, it would likely be easy to create a variant of a blake inverted device, effecting power of curvature longitudinally and medially (diminishing proximally and laterally, if I understand the MOSI technique correctly) to provide your desired shape. The nearest vendor using OreTek would be in Cadence Orthotics in NewCastle NSW and I'd be happy to add design code variables to help them make the device the way you want it made.

    On Skype, they are cadence.orthotics, and my skype account is listed below.
     
  7. Hi Zac,
    If you are going thru a "re-think" you might like to consider modelling your own device, and then sending off to central lab for the production process?

    The pod who saw the patient does their own (computer aided) modelling/prescription... with a good level of support from production lab and from other pods operating this way. The case studies we presented at the Sydney conference this month demonstrates this approach (modelled by treating pod but outsourced manufacture) is one method for going after better patient outcomes at the same time as better "business" outcomes.

    Would require a scanner etc and "re-think" of approach, but you may be surprised at where the financial "tipping point" is for moving from plaster casting to scanning.

    The concept of the treating pod doing the modelling and outsourced production...with nothing getting "lost in translation", and no "getting used to the nuances of a new lab" is worth considering if you are having a "re-think".

    I have this discussion a lot with pods, happy to give some further input by pm for consideration.

    Dieter Stahmer
    Paromed (Australia)
     
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