Metatarsal Domes - The Good, The Bad and the Ugly
One of the most common additions to orthotics, especially cycling devices is the Metatarsal Dome. Famed for reducing forefoot numbness and pain, the promises made by practitioners regarding this i...
We get asked this question all the time in our clinic and online. If you’ve never worn a cycling orthotic that feels like it should, it’s the first logical question. However, if you have, it become...
They’re called many things out there online; footbeds, inserts, insoles, arch supports, orthoses, the list goes on, but all brands and types of these devices are in the same ballpark. Well, they go...
Cobra9 Pro Case Study - 'Flat feet' and Cycling Orthotics
Florence came to Cobra9 to reduce pressure through the pads of her feet with cycling. After a short period on the bike, her feet would go numb and stay numb until the shoes came off. To combat th...
Facts not Fiction - The Science behind Cycling Orthotics: PART 2.
Footbed vs Clinician As we discussed in Part 1, it is possible to alter load through the feet and the lower limbs with the use of cycling footbeds and as such, they are great tools for altering in...
Facts not fiction - The Science behind Cycling Orthotics
Words Nathan White Recently there has been increased discussion on the role of footbeds/orthotics in cycling. In any discussion where some of the theory is quite complex, errors born from simplifi...