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Digital video gait analysis reveals what is causing your foot and lower extremity pain

Pedigait 4 camera system and treadmill My colleague and good friend Brian Cragg from Markham Footcare has produced a very informative YouTube video (shown below) outlining the benefits of using the PediGait synchronous 4 camera gait analysis system.   We both introduced this technology into our offices in April 2012.   Gait analysis is used on a daily basis by chiropodists/podiatrists  as a  component of the physical evaluation of the presenting patient.  Typically, gait analysis consists of watching a patient walk back and forth in a hallway.   The information observed in the gait analysis helps to reveal the the cause the patient's presenting symptoms.   Hallway gait analysis provides valuable information to the practitioner but provides no visual feedback for you "the patient" relating to the way you walk or run.   Gait analysis in hallway Since the introduction of PediGait into our Whitby office,  we have eleva...