“When your feet hurt, you hurt all over”

CEO, Robert Salmon

By John R Allison

What we do

Robert Salmon, CEO of FootMindBody.com, has been in the business of making people’s feet feel better ever since he first heard the words from his father, “When your feet hurt, you hurt all over.” For the past 44 years Mr. Salmon has been diligently nurturing and growing the family business. As a pharmacist who has gained a vast knowledge base in holistic approaches to medicine and health, Mr. Salmon’s mission in life is to help others achieve and maintain good health.

CEO, Robert Salmon

Our belief

Mr. Salmon believes in diet and exercise. These are things we have control of and we know will lead to a healthier, longer life and staying active is the key. And one important factor in staying active is having healthy, comfortable feet.

Staying active

70% of us over 40 years of age have some type of foot condition that slows us down from time to time. From runners knee, heel spurs, plantar fasciitis, neuropathy, arch pain, arthritis, diabetes, Metatarsalgia, Morton’s neuroma, over pronation and a host of other issues can slow an active lifestyle.

Keeping your feet healthy

The goal is to keep our feet comfortable and happy because we know that when our feet are happy we are happy. So, we want to keep creating those euphoric endorphins in our brain through exercise and for that we need comfortable, healthy feet.

The custom insole

15 years ago www.FootMindBody.com began fabricating custom insoles that were designed from the mold of a person’s foot. Today we fabricate over 15,000 pair of custom insoles a year. The new fad for custom insoles is taking foot and plans to be here for a long, long time and will only grow as news spreads and newer more effective technologies emerge.

State-of-the-Art

New state-of-the-art technology (hardware and software) has moved us closer to finding better and more precise ways to fabricate custom insoles that mate, support, stabilize and comfort your feet while in motion. The materials used in the process have also been drastically improved over the past few years. Let’s have a look at the latest process for fabricating a truly custom orthotic.

Vulcanized materials

A customer will choose from a variety of orthotics. They vary according to purpose, i.e., standing, running, plantar fasciitis, diabetics, etc. Each style employs different variations of extremely durable vulcanized materials in a tri-layered fashion. All insoles come with an anti-microbial top cover that helps keep your feet bacteria free and dry.

Tri-layered, vulcanized EVA materials(with added top cover)

The foam impression box

Once your order is received, we will send you our foam foot impressions box with simple instructions to follow. Once your foot impressions have been captured you will use our pre-paid mailing label to send us back those impressions.

Foam foot impression box

3-D AutoCAD design

Once we receive your foot impressions we use a laser scanner that captures all the detailed contours of each of your feet. From there, one of our State Certified Pedorthists uses 3-D AutoCAD software to begin designing the custom insole for each of your feet.

3-D AutoCAD images

Freedom Milling machines

We use new Freedom milling machines to mill your insoles from the final AutoCAD design. Each insole is carefully inspected and sanded before the placement of a top cover. What we now have are truly unique insoles designed specifically for each of your feet. We guarantee that you will love your insoles or we will give you your money back!

Vice Presidents Peyton Boone and Leslie Heafner examine insoles

Certified Pedorthist studies insoles by our Freedom Milling machine

Beware of pre-fabricated

You will pay more for custom insoles made in the USA than you will for inserts sold off the shelf. These pre-fabricated inserts are cheaper because they use cheaper materials in the process; they are made in China, will not be as durable, offer no heel or arch support and are cut from one mold for millions of feet. Why bother.

Invest in the best

The best thing you can do for your feet is to purchase a quality shoe/sneaker that is comfortable for your feet. When you add a custom insole that was designed with each of your feet in mind, well, it does not get any better than that. Remember, each foot is unique and each insole will reflect that and you WILL experience the difference. www.FootMindBody.com

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