Footscan Technology
Advanced Footscan® and Dynamic Gait Analysis
Your feet are the foundation of your entire body. When you stand still, your weight distributes one way – but the moment you take a step, everything changes.
When walking or running, your body generates forces up to several times your own body weight. Imbalances, misalignments, or hidden high-pressure zones that are completely invisible to the human eye can trigger a painful chain reaction. If your foot doesn’t strike the ground correctly, your body compensates, sending shockwaves up through your shins, knees, hips, and lower back.
That's where Footscan® Technology comes in
The Footscan® system is a state-of-the-art, high-speed biomechanical platform embedded with thousands of advanced micro-sensors.
As you walk or run across the force plate, it captures real-time dynamic data at up to 200Hz (200 measurements per second). This allows us to generate a highly accurate, digital map of your exact foot strike, weight distribution, and structural timing.
Why It Matters to Your Care:
- Unmatched Precision: It visualises exactly how your foot interacts with the ground down to the millisecond.
- Clinical Gold Standard: Footscan® is the first gait analysis technology to be Professionally Approved by the Royal College of Podiatry, ensuring your assessment meets the highest clinical testing standards.
- Objective Visual Evidence: No more vague explanations. You will see a clear, color-coded visual graph of your movement mechanics.
What to Expect: Your Step-by-Step Assessment
We make the process simple, clear, and fully interactive. Here is how your appointment breaks down:
Step 1: Clinical Evaluation We begin with a comprehensive look at your medical history, current pain points, lifestyle goals, and a physical assessment of your joint mobility and muscle strength.
Step 2: Dynamic Pressure Mapping You will walk across the specialized Footscan® plate multiple times. The sensors instantly track your gait cycle, capturing how your heel strikes, how your arch rolls, and how you push off your toes.
Step 3: Interactive Visual Review We pull up your data immediately on the screen. Together, we will look at custom 2D and 3D visual data maps of your feet, showing you exactly where your mechanics are breaking down and why you are experiencing pain.
Is a Footscan® Assessment Right for You?
If you are living with persistent lower-limb discomfort, data-driven analysis can provide the answers you’ve been missing. This technology is highly beneficial for:
Chronic Foot & Heel Pain: People battling Plantar Fasciitis, heel spurs, metatarsalgia, or Achilles tendon issues.
Unresolved Joint Strain: Anyone experiencing persistent knee, hip, or lower back pain that flares up when walking or running.
Athletic Optimisation: Athletes, runners, and walkers looking to improve performance, fix visual asymmetries, and actively prevent stress fractures or shin splints.
Workplace Strain: Professionals who spend long hours standing or walking on hard surfaces and require targeted structural support.
Find out more about the assessment process here:
More Podiatrist Services
As well as the various skin, nail and foot complaints that we help you overcome, we also assist with:
- Musculo-skeletal pain in your back, hips and lower limbs
- Sports injuries
- Podiatry for children
- Ingrowing toenails
- Acupuncture for soft tissue release
Please do contact us if you have any questions for our team to answer – we’re happy to help.
Our clinic is in Battle, an easy driving distance of Bexhill, Northiam, Hastings and Heathfield in East Sussex.
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