About Feet First
Feet
First Inc. is owned and operated by Rhonda Doan. She has over 27 years
of nursing experience as a Registered Practical Nurse. More than 11 years
experience providing nursing foot care. She has over 10 years of experience
in the field of Pedorthics. She also has experience as a Registered Cardiology
Technologist and has a Diploma in Gerontology. Her accumulation of knowledge,
skill, and practice of maintaining competence through education allows
her to provide clients a high quality and standard of care.
A pedorthist is an individual
who is trained in the assessment, design, manufacture, fit and modification
of foot appliances and footwear for the purposes of alleviating painful
or debilitating conditions and providing assistance for abnormalities or
limited actions of the lower limb.
The pedorthist provides devices and footwear to assist in:
- Accommodation of foot deformities;
- Re-alignment of anatomical structures;
- Redistribution of external and internal forces;
- Improvement of balance;
- Control of biomechanical function;
- Accommodation of circulatory special requirements; and,
- Enhancement of the actions of limbs compromised as a result of accident, congenital deformity, neural condition, or disease.
These are the designations and qualifications of certified pedorthic practitioners from the College of Pedorthics of Canada Scope of Practice.
C
Ped (C) – Certified Pedorthist (Canada)
- Assessment through observation of surface anatomy and palpation of the limb, gait analyses, range-of-motion testing, footwear analysis and review of potentially complicated health factors;
- Casting, manufacturing, fitting and adjusting orthoses;
- Fitting and modifying standard and orthopaedic footwear;
- Accommodating/incorporating complementary assistive devices; and,
- Casting and measuring for custom footwear.
C
Ped Tech (C) – Certified Pedorthic Technician
(Canada)
The Pedorthic Technician
- Shoe fitting
- Orthotic
fabrication (from files produced by health care professionals with the
ability to assess – such as a C Ped (C) or
C Ped MC)
- Shoe modifications
- May perform duties of a clinical pedorthist under the direct supervision of a Canadian Certified Pedorthist
