Technical foot and shoe workshop

The technical foot and shoe workshop proposes a wide array of services and means to compensate a missing element or improve the patient's comfort.

The technical foot and shoe workshop has the means to supply the following services :

Orthopaedic supports (insoles) simple & complicated
specially adapted orthopaedic shoes, for support, for post surgery, for patients suffering from diabetes, etc.
orthopaedic shoes made to measure for extremely deformed feet, following a serious injury or an illness caused disability (diabetes, polyarthritis, etc.)
orthoses for lower limbs.

In addition to this our workshop is specialised in the caring for diabetes patients (a multidisciplinary consultation with a doctor can be organised if necessary).

The workshop is equipped with a roling carpet in order to analyse the patients gait with the aid of video (sport).

A multidisciplinary consultation with a specialised doctor from the Clinique romande de réadaptation (orthopaedic doctor, neurologist, rheumatologist) can also be organised on request.

All the services provided by this workshop are recognised by the following insurance covers: AI, AVS, accident insurance. For illness insurance, a complementary insurance is necessary.

Who are we ?

The technical foot orthopaedics workshop provides conservative treatment of all orthopaedic and traumatological pathologies of the foot and ankle.

Our technical foot orthopaedics workshop is at the cutting edge and is supported by a high level of infrastructure and expertise.

Collaboration with other specialized entities within the Clinique romande de réadaptation is facilitated, for example with the sports medicine department and the rheumatology department.

With the development of new techniques, we have, over the past twenty years, positioned ourselves as the leader in conservative foot orthopaedics in the Valais.

Our main products

Production of standard and made-to-measure orthopaedic shoes according to medical prescriptions.
Orthopaedic shoe modifications
Production of thermoformed orthopaedic supporting inserts .
Computerized treadmill gait and pressure analysis.
Specialist consultations in conservative orthopaedics with various specialists in orthopaedics, neurology and wound care

PATHOLOGIES TREATED

We are able to provide conservative management of simple and complex pathologies such as :

complex foot trauma consequences,
rheumatoid foot,
neurological foot,
geriatric foot
sports-related foot injuries
etc.

Of course, we also offer specialist care for more common foot conditions such as :

Footwear after ankle fractures,
Footwear after fractures and dislocations of the foot,
Footwear for ruptured Achilles tendon,
Footwear for ankle ligament instability,
Footwear for hallux valgus,
Footwear for flat foot, sunken foot,
Footwear for ankle arthritis,
Footwear following trauma consequences,
Footwear for sportsmen and women

The treatment of diabetic foot is handled in multidisciplinary collaboration with the "wound care" consulting service and/or the multidisciplinary podiatry consulting service.