The "Insoles in Boots" campaign offers 3 free baropodometric tests and custom-made insoles!

Artro Sport Clinic is launching the "Insoles in Boots" campaign from 6 to 18 December, through which Dr. Ion Bogdan Codorean draws attention to the need for baropodometric testing. 3D baropodometric testing analyses posture and gait, making it possible to identify postural and gait deficiencies that can cause joint pain, back pain and headaches, and even deformity of the spine.

According to recent studies, 80% of the population has a deficit of posture, position or gait and needs to wear custom-made insoles to avoid the development of bone conditions or muscle and joint pain.

Artro Sport Clinic has the most advanced equipment for baropodometric testing and for producing custom-made insoles for people of all ages. In children, wearing custom-made insoles helps to prevent conditions caused by postural and gait deficiencies, making it possible to correct the problems identified. In adults and the elderly, wearing insoles reduces joint and muscle pain caused by postural problems.

As part of the "Insoles in Boots" campaign, Artro Sport Clinic is offering, through a competition on its official Facebook page, 3 free baropodometric tests and the pairs of insoles corresponding to the results recorded. The competition mechanism is simple: participants must leave a comment on the competition post marked #CONCURS TALONETE IN GHETE and give the correct answer to the question "What is the name of the medical equipment that Artro Sport Clinic doctors use to carry out posture testing and gait analysis?". The campaign rules can be consulted at the clinic reception and on the Facebook page.

Dr. Ion Bogdan Codorean warns that off-the-shelf insoles, which are considered to be one-size-fits-all, may at best have no effect on the wearer. There are also situations in which wearing them can do more harm than good, aggravating existing problems.

"The testing process is very important. It must be carried out in a specialised clinic equipped with the latest-generation technology. For a beneficial effect on health, it is essential to wear custom-made insoles, adapted to each person's specific characteristics. In order to produce custom-made insoles, the testing must be as complete as possible. The patient walks along a 3-metre mat fitted with sensors across its entire surface. Compared with mats for static testing, the 3-metre PODOSTASI mat allows the patient to walk over a longer surface, so that the patient's normal, relaxed gait is recorded. Using its sensors, the mat records every particularity of the sole and of the gait. We must remember that every person is unique and that no insole is one-size-fits-all, because personalisation depends on a great many factors: weight, the way you walk, pain and spinal deformities, age, whether or not you play sport – depending on all these factors, insoles are made in different shapes and from different materials.", explains orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Ion Bogdan Codorean.

Posture testing and gait analysis

3D baropodometric testing provides the information needed to create custom-made insoles, adapted to the needs of each individual patient.