Accommodators™

Freedom accommodators have a thoughful, effective design.  Imagine a half sole with a contoured heel cup to cradle and stabilize the heel.  A nicely shaped longitudinal arch to support the arch and relieve fatigue.  A mild transverse arch to support and reduce unnecessary pressure from the metatarsal heads.  Even a carefully sculpted relief to avoid unnecessary, irritating pressure on the navicular.

"The investigation noted a consistently high number of patients within their outpatient practices who were suffering from disabling fasciitis.   They also found that each investigator had been prescribing a totally different, but standard, invasive or non-invasive treatment for the condition.  In light of the high cost of custom orthoses and the morbidity of surgery, the investigators sought to prospectively investigate effective treatment for plantar fasciitis.  The purpose of this study is to identify a clinically successful, yet cost-effective, conservative treatment for plantar fasciitis...

Conclusion

"The results would indicate that a relatively inexpensive anatomic stock orthosis of the type used in this study provided a marked amount of relief from the disabling symptoms of plantar fasciitis by one month, and nearly complete healing by 3 months.   This positive response to treatment was essentially no different from those patients treated by the additional and invasive use of steroid or lidocaine, although all patients who wore an orthosis wre significantly improved over the baseline comparison group prescribed a standard series of exercises commonly recommended for the treatment of plantar fasciitis.  The preliminary findings of this ongoing study lead us to conclude that the use of the stock anatomic orthosis would be the most simple, cost-effective and clinically effective treatment for the disabling disorder of plantar fasciitis..."

- B.J. Awbrey, M.D.; J.J. Bernardone, D.P.M.; T.J. Connolly, D.P.M., Rehabilitation R&D Progress Reports, 50,1989.

High Impact Accommodators synergize the proven support and comfort of the Accommodator and Impact Plus™ is incorporated into the Accommodator half sole arch support.

High Impact Accommodator withstands repeated impact with no reduction in energy absorbing ability.