Abstract: Smart insoles provide comfort and support while analyzing gait, improving posture and alignment, and tracking fitness metrics. Raw data from the smart insoles is fed into normative data algorithms to create a unique user report in real-time. A mobile app associated with the smart insole connects users to caregivers, articles, and personalized exercises. Monitoring of these parameters is used for managing chronic pain and sedentary lifestyle. The smart insole is a smart wearable device with a mobile app to monitor and manage chronic pain, which is an effective strategy in reducing foot pain and increasing physical activity.

Abstract: An apparatus including a first hollow tube having an inner chamber and an outer peripheral surface, a cable having outer insulation and an inner conductor wire, and a hand held device for blowing hot air. The first hollow tube may have an inner diameter which is greater than an outer diameter of the cable so that the first hollow tube can be slid over the cable, so that a portion of the cable resides in the inner chamber of the first hollow tube in a first state. The cable may have a length which is substantially greater than a length of the first hollow tube. The hand held device for blowing hot air may be configured to blow hot air on the outer peripheral surface of the first tube, in the first state, to cause the first tube to shrink and become attached to the cable to repair a defect in the cable.