| Hockey custom orthotics may help with plantar | | | | Stretching cold muscles can increase your risk of |
| fasciitis, arch pain, heel pain and spurs, pronation, weak | | | | injury. |
| arches and tired, aching feet. In other words, they may | | | | But, there are some things that additional exercise |
| help a lot. | | | | cannot "fix". Almost all people are born with slight |
| Regardless of your sport of choice, using customized | | | | differences in the feet, legs and hips that can cause a |
| insoles can help improve your game. Those that have | | | | slightly uneven gait and interfere with one's athletic |
| tried them report reduced pain, everywhere from the | | | | ability. |
| lower back to the feet. They have also reported | | | | If you need hockey custom orthotics, you probably |
| reduced fatigue, which allowed them to participate for | | | | need insoles in all of your shoes. If you have yet to |
| longer periods of time. | | | | consult a podiatrist or orthopedic specialist, it might be a |
| In addition to those benefits, they may also reduce | | | | good idea to do that. But, orthotics will cost more if |
| your risk of injury to the knee, hip or ankle by | | | | your order them through the doctor's office. They are |
| correcting pronation. Pronation is when the heel bone | | | | more affordable when you order them online. |
| angles inward causing a knock-kneed effect. If a | | | | Unlike other sports, where skates are not involved, the |
| person with a pronated foot does not make additional | | | | importance of equipment maintenance cannot be |
| efforts to correct the problem, the result can be a | | | | overstated. If you have pain in your knees, shins or |
| fallen arch, which is very painful. | | | | feet not caused by a fall or other injury, your skates |
| Pronation can also cause shin splints, knee pain, | | | | could be to blame. If the blades are not sharpened |
| Achilles tendinitis and plantar fasciitis. As you may be | | | | correctly, that could be responsible for your problem. |
| able to see, many of the conditions that affect the | | | | Injuries can sometimes lead to the need for hockey |
| feet are interconnected. One can cause or worsen | | | | custom orthotics. It's a tough game. No matter how |
| another. A problem in the heel can cause pain in the | | | | much padding you wear, there is additional stress |
| arch and vice versa. | | | | placed on the joints. If you want to continue to enjoy |
| Although they are beneficial in all sports, hockey | | | | the game and perform to the best of your ability, you |
| custom orthotics may be particularly beneficial in | | | | need to take advantage of everything that sports |
| providing additional support to the ankles. Any hockey | | | | medicine has to offer. |
| player should spend extra time on lower body | | | | A little physical therapy could be advisable. Regular |
| workouts that strengthen the calf muscles. Elastic | | | | massages or visits to the chiropractor might be |
| band workouts that strengthen the Achilles tendons | | | | necessary. Hockey custom orthotics are just one of |
| and improve flexibility are recommended. Stretching is, | | | | many things that have been brought to us by the field |
| of course, important, but so is a good warm up. | | | | of sports medicine. They help amateurs and pros alike. |