Overview of Casting Techniques
BY KIM NICOLL , BSC ( KIN ), C . PED TECH ( C )., C . PED ( C )
As pedorthists , we know that a cast ’ s quality determines how successful the foot orthosis will be in alleviating the client ’ s symptoms . It has been determined that intra-caster reliabilities ( using two different casting techniques ) are better than inter-caster reliabilities . 1 This means it is easier for a trained clinician to reproduce the same cast , while two clinicians are hard-pressed to achieve the same final product . Studies such as McPoil and Hunt 2 have also indicated that finding subtalar neutral is less important than what we had originally anticipated .
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10 Pedorthic Footcare Association www . pedorthics . org