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An adjustable dynamic, removable, mechanical foot leverage orthotic system is disclosed having a plate member positioned on top of one or more fulcrum member that are placed inside of a shoe. The plate is free to move within the shoe about the fulcrum to provide the wearer with mechanical improvemen

An adjustable dynamic, removable, mechanical foot leverage orthotic system is disclosed having a plate member positioned on top of one or more fulcrum member that are placed inside of a shoe. The plate is free to move within the shoe about the fulcrum to provide the wearer with mechanical improvement of abnormal, functional and associated foot pathology and can directly and indirectly effect the entire gait cycle. The foot leverage system can be integrated into the shoe design or can be inserted within a conventional shoe to create a foot leverage system. Methods of use and treatment are disclosed for the treatment of pes planus, pes cavus and tendonitis. The foot leverage system may also be used with the disclosed foot mapping system and method.

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1. A foot leverage system intended to be used with a shoe having a sole member, wherein the sole member has an inner side upon which the system functions, comprising:a. a semi-rigid plate member having a top side and a bottom side; said plate member sized in relative proportion to a shoe; b. a fulcr

1. A foot leverage system intended to be used with a shoe having a sole member, wherein the sole member has an inner side upon which the system functions, comprising:a. a semi-rigid plate member having a top side and a bottom side; said plate member sized in relative proportion to a shoe; b. a fulcrum member; c. said fulcrum member being positioned substantially aligned in a horizontal plane in an oblique orientation range between the longitudinal and frontal axis of the foot under the bottom side of said plate member and above the inner side of the sole member; wherein one end of said plate member extends unrestricted beyond the position of said fulcrum member whereby said plate member is free to rotate fore and aft about said fulcrum member within the shoe relative to the sole member.