Prescription devices for your feet, used when stance is part of the pain. Not a bin of inserts, and not a spur removal.
The device
Custom foot orthotics are made to fit inside shoes. They match the foot you have, including the arch and the way that foot lands. The office lists three jobs: line the foot and ankle up more usefully, take some load off the knees, hips, back, neck, and shoulders when those are paying for the stance, and spread pressure so each step is less of a poke.
They can be worn on ordinary days and during most activities, which is the point. A device that only works in the treatment room does not change the other fourteen hours. They are not issued because they are on a menu. Dr. Levitt looks at stance, shoes, and whether the spine is compensating. If the feet are not the lever, you leave without a pair.
The clinic is at 6200 Excelsior Blvd, Suite 201, Saint Louis Park, MN 55416. Dr. Levitt has practiced since 1987 and at this address since 1999. Call 952-920-7535.
Versus the drugstore
Cheaper is not the same decision as “wrong shape.”
| Prescription pair | Store insert | |
|---|---|---|
| Shape | Made to the contours of your feet and how you move. | A generic shell that may not match either foot. |
| Who decides | Prescribed after a chiropractic look at stance and symptoms. | Chosen from a wall display, with no exam. |
| Wear | The office says most prescription pairs last well over a year in regular use. | Foam inserts compress and stop supporting sooner. |
Who might need them
Heel pain and plantar fascia irritation are the foot-local reasons. Knee pain that tracks with the way the foot collapses is another. Low-back pain that returns in the same gait pattern is the spinal reason, and it is easy to over-claim. Orthotics are tried when the exam shows the ground is part of the load. They are a poor idea for an isolated disc herniation that has nothing to do with the feet. That problem is on the disc care. Recurring back pain in general is on the back pain care.
A heel spur question comes up often enough to answer directly. Calming the tissue and changing the irritating gait is sometimes possible. Removing the spur is not something a chiropractic office does with a device or a laser. If the heel is newly hot and you cannot walk on it, start with a medical exam, not a fitting.
Fractures, active infection, and a foot that needs a surgeon are outside this service. So is a hip problem that is not coming from the ground. We will say which one we think you have.
Fitting
Shoes come with you. The ones you work in matter more than the ones you wish you wore. We look at wear patterns, arches, and how the pelvis and spine sit on top of that. If a custom device is the right lever, it is prescribed. You should know what problem it is aimed at, and what it will not change.
Break-in is gradual. A new pair that hurts more after a full day is a reason to call, not a test of toughness. Most people use them in daily and athletic shoes. Bring the odd pair if you are unsure it has room. There is no published fee in advance. Ask when you book.
Orthotics do not replace an adjustment when a joint above the foot is stuck, and an adjustment does not replace them when the foot keeps undoing the visit. The adjustments is the contact. Orthotics are the ground.
After the pair arrives
The test is whether the pain they were built for is less provocative in the shoes you live in. If the back or heel is unchanged after a fair wear-in, we do not tell you to “give it a year” without looking again. Inserts also wear out. The “well over a year” line is the office’s general description, not a warranty printed here.
Day one is not an eight-hour test. Wear them for a portion of the day in the shoes that have enough depth, then come out of them if a new hot spot shows up. A hot spot is information about the shell or the shoe, not a character test. Call rather than layering moleskin for a month and deciding orthotics “failed.”
Look at the old insoles you removed. The wear pattern, heavier on one heel or one big toe, is part of why a custom shape was even considered. If both shoes are worn evenly and the pain is a disc with leg weakness, we should not have made the pair. That mismatch is on us to catch at the exam, which is why the shoes come to the visit before anything is ordered.
Running, a long shift on concrete, and dress shoes are three different loads. A pair that is comfortable in a sneaker can be miserable in a flat. We will say which shoes are realistic. We will not promise the pair works in every shoe you own, including the ones with no removable liner.
Recheck when the pain they were built for is either clearly better in those shoes or clearly not. “Well over a year” is how long the materials usually hold shape, not how long you should wait to complain. If the heel is worse, stop wearing them and come back. Continuing to prove a point is how a helpful device becomes an irritant.
Socks, volume, and a shoe that was already tight are the boring reasons a good pair feels bad. If you add a thick sock on day three, the fit changes. Tell us that before we reshape anything. Children and people whose shoe size is still changing are a poor time to lock in an expensive shape. Say so if that is you. We would rather delay the pair than deliver something you outgrow before the break-in ends. None of this is a price. Ask the office what a pair costs for your case when you book. The number is not on the website.
Questions
Fit, limits, and the heel-spur question. No price is listed because the office does not publish one here.
Devices made for your feet that fit inside most shoes. They are shaped to your contours and to the way you walk, not pulled from a bin. A chiropractor can prescribe them. They are not the same object as a drugstore insert.
Only if the exam shows the feet are part of why the back, hip, knee, or neck keeps reloading. They ease pressure upstream when the stance is the lever. They do not fix a disc herniation, a hip that needs a surgeon, or a back problem that has nothing to do with gait.
The office’s position is narrow: we can often calm the tissue around a spur and the gait that keeps irritating it. We cannot sand a spur off the bone. A foot that is hot, red, or impossible to bear weight on needs a medical exam first.
Most everyday and athletic shoes accept them. We look at the shoes you actually wear. A dress shoe with no depth may not. That conversation happens at fitting, not as a promise that every pair in the closet will work.
Most prescription orthotics last well over a year in regular use. We do not list a price here. Ask the office. Drugstore inserts are cheaper and often the wrong shape, which is a different problem from the sticker.
Related
Read about the painful condition first if you are not sure the feet are involved.
Address
6200 Excelsior Blvd, Suite 201
Saint Louis Park, MN 55416
Phone
952-920-7535Hours
