09/16/2022    

RESPONSES/COMMENTS (PODIATRY MANAGEMENT ARTICLES) -PART 1

RE: Why Aren’t Orthotics Covered By Insurance? (Ivar Roth DPM, MPH)

From: V. Kathleen Satterfield, DPM

 

All is not lost, indeed! As I read your editorial “Biomechanics and the Survival of Podiatry”, I realized there is growing evidence that we are actually entering a new era of biomechanics and this is a welcome sign. But it is not necessarily the biomechanics of my teachers, as research expands our knowledge. Western University College of Podiatric Medicine is contributing to this renaissance. A modern biomechanics lab opened this fall, with instruments that evaluate both kinesthetics and kinematics.

 

The mainstay of traditional orthotic production is taught by Dr. Arnold Ross, and through a gift from KevinRoot Medical, our students will learn creation of orthotics through scanning technology. The late Paul Scherer, DPM and Dr. Aaron Meltzer established a Biomechanics Fellowship at WesternU with the intent of educating podiatric physicians who have an interest in teaching...

 

Editor's note: Dr. Satterfield's extended-length letter can be read here. 

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