I am officially the new owner of a new foot! My Supplefoot has a stent in place and I have a non wobbly, arched foot. The longterm problems of hyperpronation are resolved and I am delighted.
The operation was yesterday and I am in no pain. The surgery was fine, done under local anaesthesiae with barely any pain and my sub talar arthroeresis went well.
The implant used to transform my foot is the Hyprocure TM and we have amazing before and immediately after xray pictures.
The surprising find from the motion analysis tests was a rigid beam of a 4th metatarsal that has supported my feet despite all the flexibility around it.
By getting this hyper pronated foot corrected I have headed off a bunion later on, early hallux limitus, neuromas and capsulitis in the 2nd and 3rd metatarsal heads (seen moving around alarmingly!) no wonder I had shearing stress and paraesthesiae there. And that is just the front part of my foot!
It immediately feels like the arch has been restored(it has) and I guess it might be like having old fashioned (now discredited) electric current treatment to "strengthen arch muscles."
So despite having worn orthotics since podiatry college aged 19, the flat feet were not going to improve. They - there is still another one to do- deterioate over time and cause all sorts of conditions up and down the skeletal frame.
Thanks to Dr Graham, DPM for designing it, performing the surgery and looking after me!
He is a genius.
The operation was yesterday and I am in no pain. The surgery was fine, done under local anaesthesiae with barely any pain and my sub talar arthroeresis went well.
The implant used to transform my foot is the Hyprocure TM and we have amazing before and immediately after xray pictures.
The surprising find from the motion analysis tests was a rigid beam of a 4th metatarsal that has supported my feet despite all the flexibility around it.
By getting this hyper pronated foot corrected I have headed off a bunion later on, early hallux limitus, neuromas and capsulitis in the 2nd and 3rd metatarsal heads (seen moving around alarmingly!) no wonder I had shearing stress and paraesthesiae there. And that is just the front part of my foot!
It immediately feels like the arch has been restored(it has) and I guess it might be like having old fashioned (now discredited) electric current treatment to "strengthen arch muscles."
So despite having worn orthotics since podiatry college aged 19, the flat feet were not going to improve. They - there is still another one to do- deterioate over time and cause all sorts of conditions up and down the skeletal frame.
Thanks to Dr Graham, DPM for designing it, performing the surgery and looking after me!
He is a genius.
PS As soon as I can I shall share with you my pictures of my foot. In the meantime the image is of the stent in place, from the Gramedica website. For more info go to www.hyperpronation.com
Best wishes
Emma Supple
Hi Emma, keep up the good work. Had a great session with Tim and Claire last week, they mentioned your blog so here I am....
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