Orthotic & Pedorthics
Faculty Orthotics and Pedorthics
Faculty Orthotics and Pedorthics (Faculty O&P) is a division of Faculty Physicians Knoxville that works closely with patients and clinicians to provide high-quality orthotic and pedorthic services. Faculty O&P evaluates, dispenses, and fabricates durable medical equipment (DME) products specifically for the lower extremities. Currently, there are two Certified and Licensed Pedorthists, as well as an O&P coordinator with a cumulative 40 years of experience.
The goal of Faculty O&P is to provide the best DME products possible to enhance patients’ mobility and movement. Faculty O&P offers a large selection of footwear from some of the largest orthopedic shoe companies in the world that have been carefully selected based on their quality. Common medical conditions that can be improved with orthotics and pedorthics include plantar fasciitis, diabetic foot ulcers, calluses, pes planus/pes cavus, bunions, metatarsalgia, ankle instability, arthritis, Charcot foot, posterior tibial tendinitis, foot/ankle fusions, peroneal tendinitis among many more.
Faculty O&P Specializes In:
- Lower extremity biomechanical evaluations to correct, prevent, and treat abnormal ankle/foot arthrokinematics.
- Gait assessments
- Limb salvage through custom offloads and/or shoe gear
- Custom diabetic inserts and orthopedic shoes
- Prefabricated and custom lower extremity braces such as CROW boots, AFOs, etc
- Prefabricated and custom foot orthoses
- Brace modifications and refurbishing to extend the life of the DME equipment
- Shoe and orthosis modifications to accommodate for deformities and prevent calluses/wounds
- Foot orthosis modifications and refurbishing to extend the life of the foot orthosis
- Pediatric prefabricated and custom foot orthoses and bracing
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Faculty O&P is located at all three Faculty Physician Knoxville locations.
- LaFollette: 2435 Jacksboro Pike #3, LaFollette, TN 37766
- Knoxville: 1415 Old Weisgarber Rd #350, Knoxville, TN 37909
- New Tazewell: 209 Irish Cemetery Rd, Tazewell, TN 37879
Certified and Licensed Pedorthist
Knoxville and LaFollette offices