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Ottawa Orthotic Lab has been a local business in Canada's capital since 1996. We have helped all levels of athletes and walkers, from everyday exercisers to Olympic champions.
We have a full-time staff of professionals, including certified pedorthists, certified pedorthic technicians, orthopedic technicians, orthotists and athletic therapists.
Athletes Helping Athletes
We ourselves are athletes, with a wide background in a variety of athletic accomplishments:
- more than fifty (50) marathons, including the Boston and New York City marathons.
- Golf tournaments, competitive hockey & soccer
- Provincial marathon champion
- triathlons, half iron man duathlons and 50-kilometre X-country ski loppets.
- skate and ski instruction
We are just as passionate about orthotics as we are about our sports. Being athletes, we understand not only how orthotics and your footwear work together but also how they work with you in your sport. Our experience and expertise allow us to focus on your concerns and goals.
Accredited And Dedicated
Ottawa Orthotic Lab is an accredited and dedicated member of the Pedorthic Association of Canada (www.pedorthic.ca), a professional association that develops and promotes the study, practice and knowledge of pedorthics within the context of the larger medical community. Ottawa Orthotic Lab is also associated with the University of Western Ontario’s Pedorthic Teaching Program.
Pedorthic Practitioners
A pedorthist is someone trained to manufacture, fit and modify foot appliances and footwear to help:
- alleviate painful or debilitating conditions of the lower limb
- accommodate foot deformities
- re-align anatomical structures
- redistribute external and internal forces
- improve balance
- control biomechanical function
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