What are orthotics?
Orthotics are a custom-made medical device that must be prescribed by your family physician or a specialist. These shoe inserts are designed to support problem spots in your feet, and can also help relieve ankle, heel, leg and back pain. By redistributing the pressure on the bottom of your feet, you will reduce discomfort, pain, and calluses as well as decrease pain experienced with various activities.
Orthotics are also commonly used to help with: plantar fasciitis, heel spurs, flat feet, bunions, hammer toes, arthritis, low back pain, bursitis, diabetes, high arches, leg length discrepancies
At Durand Health, our chiropodists and our chiropractors offer custom orthotics. At your appointment, a custom mold or scan will be taken of your foot in order to design an orthotic with unique modifications that will control the alignment and function of your foot.
Depending on your insurance coverage, orthotics may be fully or partially covered. Please call or email to learn more.
What is compression wear for?
Compression wear is designed to improve blood supply to the tissues of the lower limb. Simply put they improve circulation in your legs and feet. These specialized medical garments are prescribed for patients who may be experiencing the following conditions:
- Varicose Veins
- Spider Veins
- Fatigue in legs and feet
- Pain and aching in legs and feet
- Edema (swelling in legs and feet)
- Plantar fasciitis
- Arthritis
- Pregnancy-related symptoms
Compression used to have limited options but at Durand Health we carry a variety of different sizes, styles, materials and colours to suit everyone’s personal style. You can be comfortable AND fashionable! Our practitioners, Dr. Marissa Gelinas, Yulian Pavlyuk, and Dr. Greg Bolger, are able to help you choose the best compression wear. Please call us 905-527-1342 to learn more.
Compression Wear Can Help With:
- Varicose Veins
Spider Veins
- Fatigue in legs and feet
- Pain and aching in legs and feet
Edema
- Plantar fasciitis
- Arthritis
Pregnancy-related symptoms
Practitioners Offering Orthotics & Compression Wear
Dr. Marissa Gelinas
Clinical Director & Chiropractor, Hons. B.A. Kin., D.C.Dr. Marissa Gelinas is Durand Health’s Clinical Director as well as an experienced chiropractor with a fitness and wellness background. A graduate of the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College, she started her first practice in 2009 in Toronto within a boutique gym. Here she supported her patients with chiropractic care as well as provided personal training services to fitness fanatics, busy corporate executives and even the cast and crew of Disney’s cruise ships and Ed Mirvish’s Warhorse. Dr. Gelinas also spent time at the Anglo European Chiropractic College in the UK, researching clinical care models and learning how chiropractic fits into healthcare in the UK and beyond.
Dr. Gelinas has dedicated continuing education to a variety of topics including Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Training, Clinical Case Management, Healthy Aging, A.R.T (Active Release Therapy), Functional Anatomy, Custom Orthotics & Compression Wear, Activator Training, Vibromax Therapies, Pediatric Chiropractic, and Kinesiotaping.
Having over a decade of clinical experience working in diverse clinical settings, Dr. Gelinas brings a wealth of knowledge to Durand Health as our Clinical Director. She leads our collaborative care model by ensuring each of our patients feel understood, supported and respected in their health journey.
“The good physician treats the disease; the great physician treats the patient who has the disease”
– William Osler
Yulian Pavlyuk
ChiropodistYulian has experience working in public health settings such as hospitals and community clinics as well as working in private offices. He has experience working with busy health professionals, children, athletes and the elderly. This has enabled him to gain many useful skills. He looks forward to helping you with any foot issues you have. He particularly enjoys treating sport conditions with the utilization of compound medications, orthoses therapy and rehabilitation.
“Health is a vehicle not a destination” – Joshua Millburn
Dr. Greg Bolger
Chiropractor & CMAPDr. Greg Bolger completed his Honours Degree in Human Kinetics with a specialty in Movement Science at the University of Windsor before heading to the Canadian Memorial Chiropractic College where he earned his Doctorate of Chiropractic. He is passionate about helping people treat not only their symptoms during treatments but getting to the root of the functional issues that may be causing problems to reoccur.
In practice, Dr. Bolger practices a patient-centred approach to the assessment and treatment of each patient. Throughout his career, he has been continually learning and adding new assessment and treatment options to best serve his patients. Treatments may include diversified spinal or extremity adjustments, joint mobilizations, soft tissue therapy both manual and instrument-assisted, acupuncture, education and functional exercise prescription. Some of Dr. Bolger’s further qualifications include Contemporary Medical Acupuncture (via McMaster University), Smart Tool Certified (Instrument assisted soft tissue), and Functional Range Conditioning Certified (FRC).
In his spare time, you might catch Dr. Bolger walking his rescue dog Daisy around the Durand neighbourhood or on the golf course chasing his ball into the trees. In the winter watch for him in your local arenas where he is wearing the black and white stripes as an ice hockey official. Dr. Bolger is excited to be a part of the amazing team at Durand Integrated Health Group using our collaborative model of care to ensure every patient’s needs are met and exceeded.
“Wellness is not a ‘medical fix’ but a way of living” -Greg Anderson
