Our office is committed to patient care and want to provide you with advanced technologies and treatment modalities.  TOG GaitScan will assist our practitioners to identify biomechanical problems that lead to your ailment.  This technology is also very helpful in our practice of Sport Medicine getting many of our athletes get back in the game faster.

 

The GaitScan, is one of the most technologically advanced gait analysis tools on the market.  Not only does it incorporate a digital pressure plate scanner with an industry high 4096 sensors and scans at an industry high 125 Hz(scans per second), but the scanning technology is unique in which the data is transferred from the gait scan into a prescription for orthotics (if needed).

 

Static Assessment -  understanding how your feet distribute your weight provides important information to how your feet function and what the potential causes of abnormal function could be.  This could be relative to your foot knee, hip, or low back complaints.  Just by standing on the pressure - sensitive mat, it is possible to identify how your weight is distributed across both feet.  Ideally, your weight should be spread evenly across both feet.  Sometimes we will see one foot carries a third of the overall body weight, leaving the other foot with two-thirds.  You can imagine how conditions arise as a result of this weight distribution.

Dynamic Assessment -  by walking over the pressure sensitive mat tiny sensors pick up how pressure is distributed across your foot when it is in contact with the ground.  The GaitScan collects this data and presents it in several different ways.  (1) A 3-D model of the foot which shows areas of high and low pressure, (2) 2 - D color images which show the center of pressure line and areas of high and low pressure, (3) Comparison of data against that for an optimally functioning foot, and (4) graphs and tables of data which show the relationship of timing and extent of pressure across each foot throughout every step.