Adding Stiffness to the front of a Shoe: Help for Many Problems in the Front of Our Feet

     My retired partner, Dr Jane Denton, known world wide of the Denton Modification for over supination, continuously used this metatarsal stiffener. It is a 1/16 to 1/8 inch thickness of out sole material. All chronic pain in the area may be helped with this shoe modification. When patients tell you that they feel better as the shoe stiffness increases, this may be something that a shoe cobbler can add to a more flexible shoe. It should be done on both sides (even if the pain is on one side). It can always be removed if not helpful, or after the need for stiffness passes. 

1/8 inch Stiff Out Sole Material Applied to Add Stiffness for Painful Metatarsals

The Stiffness has to be created with 1/16 to 1/8 inch Material only. This increases someone's falling odds due to separating the ground from the foot, so has to be broken in to gradually. The patients that it works for are really pleased that they can wear some normal looking shoes. 

Thank You Dr. Jane Denton for the Denton Modification

     Today is the last day I am practicing Podiatry with Dr. Jane Denton. She says she is around for September some, but nothing is fixed. So, after asking her advice for 38 years and using her brilliant orthotic modification for lateral stability for almost 35 years, I am finally saying thank you publicly. 

     Dr. Denton's modification has improved the stability for thousands of my thankful patients. A patient of mine last week told me that the difference in a good vs great professional is only in subtleties. The Denton modification is subtle, but powerful. It has been the difference in making my orthotic devices, and overall treatment, a success in both pronators and supinators alike. It is a vital part of the Inverted Orthotic Technique for severe pronators, and a crucial element of every orthotic device designed for supinators. I am attaching a video of the orthotic components crucial for supinators, and a photo of the Denton modification.

     So, Dr Jane Denton, I personally, and the world of podiatry, thanks you anytime the Denton modification is applied to an orthotic device. It always makes a difference, sometimes big and sometimes small, but it is always helpful in treating my patients. I will miss you. Rich 

Here is the Denton applied before ground down even with the floor or base of the shoe. 

https://youtu.be/hMhrTmWXfDA

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