Abstract: A golf orthotic for stabilizing a foot of a patient against both supination and pronation includes a main body portion configured to conform to a substantial portion of the plantar aspect of the patient's fool, including the heel and arch, and generally forward to the metatarsal heads. The main portion is provided with medial and lateral flanges terminating respectively beneath the medial malleolus and lateral malleolus. The device also includes a heel stabilization bar with a substantially flat lower surface and an upper surface which is contoured to match the lower surface of the main portion in the heel region, and which is secured thereto. The heel stabilization bar is shaped for easy insertion into the patient's shoe. The flanges are shaped to conform to the patient's foot, and preferably slope up fairly steeply from the main body portion.

Abstract: A bunion treatment apparatus for minimizing forces applied to a bunion on a foot surface of a patient includes a generally planar main portion and at least a first generally planar build-up portion. Both portions are constructed of flexible padding material and have predetermined thicknesses. The build-up portion has a smaller planform area than the main portion. The main portion is provided with a bunion-receiving aperture, which preferably extends therethrough, and the build-up portion is sized and shaped to fit around the bunion-receiving aperture. By providing one or more build-up portions with the main portion, the podiatric patient can custom-adjust the thickness and configuration of the bunion treatment apparatus to fit his own individual bunion. The main portion is also provided with a toe loop, which is formed with strain relief cutouts where its generally opposed edges intersect, to eliminate tearing of the main portion when the toe loop is placed over the toe of a patient.

Abstract: A bandage includes a longitudinal elastic strip, which has a center region, and wherein a first flap extends substantially at right angles outwardly in one direction from the longitudinal strip near one end thereof. The first flap has an inner side, and is formed with a substantially V-shaped notch. A padding is provided on the inner side of the first flap, and a second flap extends outwardly near the one end of the strip in a direction opposite to the one direction. A first Velcro.TM. patch is provided on the outer side of the first flap, and a second Velcro.TM. patch is provided on the inner side of the second flap, the strip having an end region opposite to the one end. The V-shaped notch faces the end region. A third Velcro.TM. patch is provided at the center region of the strip on an outer side thereof, and a fourth Velcro.TM. patch is provided at the end region of the strip on an inner side thereof.