Anyone have any experience with this product from PediFix? Thanks
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Never heard of it, never used it, looks gimmicky
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Let logic prevail. You weigh X lbs. You expect 1mm of tape to support the plantar fascia and all of your weight? Then you expect that tape to last 7 days per manufacturers recommendation?
Then you gotta love all the conditions this amazing tape treats!
BONE FRACTURES?! Forget CAM boots when you can use foot tape!
Sprained ankles? Forget actually immobilizing the ankle when you can tape the foot!
Sigh....
Then you gotta love all the conditions this amazing tape treats!
BONE FRACTURES?! Forget CAM boots when you can use foot tape!
Sprained ankles? Forget actually immobilizing the ankle when you can tape the foot!
Sigh....
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I had a terrible PF random flair up once of unknown caused and I tapped myself just for a day and honestly it helped. Will I offer this in clinic? Probably not, but one of our professor in school love to offer this during races that she volunteers at and it's the only time I can see this being useful.
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reminds me of the episode of House where he takes a pill bottle and fills it with candy from a gumball machine...and later on the pt shows up asking for a refill
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Self custom to supinate a flexible pronated foot- sure it worked for me too for an hour or so.
But this?
This isn't it.
Only considering it for temporary plantar fasciitis relief as an alternative to low dye strapping/taping which I do occasionally for patients
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Could point to hypoglycemia
Yep a few minutes is all that tape lasts for. Thats why all the athletes are constantly on the sidelines getting taped up during games.
I could understand its use in teaching patients in barefoot sports like karate/gymnastics, but a a treatment for the lay public.... meh
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At the risk of being ridiculed, I'll admit that I've used it a fair amount. One of the other docs in my practice started using it and I was a bit surprised patients seemed to find it relatively helpful. Ended up adopting it vs other strapping options. I would say, if applied correctly, it may last for a few days. If the MA has a bad day, it may fall off later that day. I've had a few patients ask to come in weekly and have it applied on Mondays to help get through work shifts. Definitely not a long term tx but for a patient that has to be on their feet, I've found them somewhat helpful.
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Why not just do prefab orthotics? Powerstep/Superfeet + send them to your local running shoe store. At some point your payors may deem it to be excessive if you are loading up strap codes weekly. Also what does that pay.... and why waste your time putting them in your schedule bc you cant justify an e/m weekly.
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Yikes. Say you went to a pre-1980 pod school without saying you went to an "original 5" pod school. 🙂
Is there a skiving board next to the spray adhesive? 😛
Rid dic ule... rid dic ule!
...It's all good if you like taping or have a lot of time, but it's been proven very minimally effective or long-lasting. Arch taping is a moustache pod thing, through and through. A lotta plans don't even pay the code for taping (or worse, might bounce the e/m), so it's generally a bad use of MA time (definitely a bad use of doc time). The wrap/strap I will rarely have MA do for PF is occasional Jones wrap with arch padding... but that's done after inject and to go into CAM boot (for truly severe PF cases or PF rupture pts).
I agree w above: when you can get PStep or similar for $20 your cost and $XX their cost to get pt longlasting support, why do $10 for a little Pedi rubber sock or putz with some cloth tape and spray that does next to nothing? Efficiency is paramount. I will stick with doing the doc stuff (dx, imaging eval, injects, DME, edu, etc for PF). I'm fine letting PT sessions do taping if they or the pt really wants (I know virtually no PTs who do it for PF tho). Jmo.
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To clarify, I have never put one of these on myself. My staff does it, and if someone schedules to have it put on during the week, I never even see them. They are booked as an assistant visit with one of my MAs, takes 5 mins. Dependent on insurance, reimburses $20-30.
And to be clear I recommend orthotics over the taping, but sometimes patients refuse/can't afford/complain the orthotic is "to hard".
Definitely one of my more "mustache" style tx options, but if it makes the patient happy/feel better, I don't see the big deal.
And to be clear I recommend orthotics over the taping, but sometimes patients refuse/can't afford/complain the orthotic is "to hard".
Definitely one of my more "mustache" style tx options, but if it makes the patient happy/feel better, I don't see the big deal.
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I have done my fair share of Low-Dye strapping or taping in clinic. I still do, it's one of the best quick treatment options for my patients. Often I am garnered with an assortment of goodies from these patients as they are very grateful.
Lately I have been offering deep tissue work on the fascia, and it seems to be having a similar outcome. This has boosted my practice beyond belief, and I'm sure some of you will ridicule me for it...but it works?
I typically use copious amounts of lotion and bill CPT: 97124.
Thank you
Lately I have been offering deep tissue work on the fascia, and it seems to be having a similar outcome. This has boosted my practice beyond belief, and I'm sure some of you will ridicule me for it...but it works?
I typically use copious amounts of lotion and bill CPT: 97124.
Thank you
