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| Polysport, plantar
Orthoses |
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An exclusive line of high-performance
athletic orthoses |
| From our extensive
experience with hundreds of amateur and professional athletes, our
laboratory set out to make an exclusive line of highly perfected
athletic orthoses whose active principles are individualized and
adapted to each sport.
Following the treating physician’s examination and recommendations,
we analyze the irritants and biomechanical constraints so that we
can blend the correctives with these requirements and the athlete’s
threshold of physical tolerance.
Since these factors can vary as considerably as
the diversity of today’s sports activities, we have adopted
various manufacturing techniques which have been perfected over
the years. These alternative methods are used for all fabrication
details: insert cuts, the thickness of the shell, the depth of the
heel cup as well as the use of postings whose capacity, thickness
and density vary as much as the angles used in the transverse layer,
the grade of the frontal layer and the height of the sagittal layer. |
Sharing the effort in action |
| In this way, it
is possible for us to directly modify many functions or key attributes
such as movement phases, flexion-extension, energy recovery, stimulation
of stretch receptors, as well as the operation of specific muscles
or tendons to optimize the athlete’s performance.
Depending on the sports disciplines involved, the postings also
take on the role of stimulating, correcting and compensating. They
absorb shock waves which, in some sports, are particularly violent.
Consistent with the entire line of Bi-Op products,
the Polysport orthosis retains its uniqueness because of its significant
superiority over all other similar products on the market in resisting
impact.
We offer a huge variety of top cover materials whose performance
is based on grip, flexibility or perspiration control.
Whether you aspire to climb to new heights, conquer difficult slopes
or surpass your own limits, Bi-Op’s orthoses will propel you
to excellence.
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The
general appearance of the orthosis may vary with the patient’s
body structure, the additions you may require and the use of top
covers, if applicable. |
| Sports
activities |
Polynyolene
type |
Shock
Absorption |
Forefoot
/
rearfoot
Post |
Heel
cup |
Extension |
Suggested
top cover |
|
Aerobics
/Step
Gymnastics |
Bi-Flex*
3 mm pink |
Maximum |
Intrinsic
FF
Int. or ext. RF |
Very
high
Normal |
To
phalanges |
Steinco,
Spenco |
 |
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Marathon
/ Sprint
High Jump |
Bi-Flex
3 mm transparent |
High |
Half
ext. FF
Int. or ext. RF |
High |
To
phalanges
(with toe crest pad) |
Stein,
Plastazote, Poron, Mutilform |
 |
|
Baseball
/ Basketball
Handball / Volley-Ball
|
3.5
mm
transparent |
Maximum |
Int.
or ext. FF
Int. or ext. RF |
Moderate
to high |
To
phalanges
(thinned under the toes) |
Deer
leather,
Multiform 3 mm |
 |
|
Football |
4
mm
transparent |
High |
Int.
or ext. FF / RF |
Moderate |
To
sulcus or 3/4 |
Lunafoam
& vinyl |
 |
|
Soccer
|
3
mm
transparent |
Maximum |
Light
ext. FF only |
Low |
To
phalanges |
Multiform
2 mm
& vinyl |
 |
|
Badminton
/ Tennis
Racquetball / Squash |
Bi-Flex
3 mm
transparent |
Maximum |
Int.
or ext. FF or RF
Longitudinal arch reinf., M4 - M5 extension, kinetic |
High |
To
phalanges
(with lateral flange) |
Steinco,
Spenco |
 |
|
Hockey
Ice Skating
Rollerblades |
3
mm
transparent
with heel
aperture |
Light |
Ext.,
half FF / RF
Compensation for navicular height |
Low |
To
phalanges
or to sulcus |
Deer
leather, pigskin |
 |
|
Snowboard
Skiing |
3
mm
transparent |
Maximum |
Ext.
RF only
(+6 mm, women) |
Normal
Low |
To
phalanges |
Deer
leather,
Multiform 3 mm |
 |
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Golf |
3
mm pink or transparent |
High |
Int.
FF / RF
|
Normal |
To
sulcus |
Deer
leather, Multiform |
 |
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Cycling |
3
mm pink |
Light |
Ext.,
FF only (sulcus) |
Low |
To
phalanges |
Stein |
 |
|
Curling |
3
mm pink |
Moderate |
RF
only, int. or ext. |
Normal |
To
shell |
Leather |
* Bi-Flex indicates a polynyolene
that has been trimmed in specific areas to increase flexibility. |