What are Sports Orthotics? These orthotics are prescribed insoles that are made to a sports person biomechanical needs in their field of sport so a golfers orthotics would be very different than a runners orthotics.         Sports Orthotics Benefit All Sporting Activities.  Athletics.   Due to the fast gait pattern in the above sports it applies intense and repetitive stress to the heels and as weight is shifted through the gait cycle to the ball of feet and toes these orthotics protect and stabilise  the heels arches and forefoot they provide shock absorbency to the feet ankles knees hip and lower back relieving pains . these orthotics eliminate shin splints and reduce the chances of stress fractures occuring . There are four types of athletic orthotics: Sprinting / Long Distance Running / Middle Distance Running / Field Events .        Hill Walking.   These orthotics reduce the stresses and pains to the feet and the rest of the body. During hill walking our feet are subjected to long periods of walking on uneven soft and hard surfaces which lead to alot of medial and lateral movements which are destructive.   This causes alot of stresses and pains to our feet and body.Hill walking orthotics corect these problems giving the feet and the rest of the body maximum support comfort and function.                             Tennis / Squash / Racketball.   The above sports puts intense stress on the ball of foot and toes.These orthotics protect these areas and  redistribute the intense stress to the entire body relieving fatigue and providing proper foot function to any of the above sports.         Golf.   Walking on uneven terrain and the golf swing stresses the ball of the foot the plantar fascia and ankles. These orthotics protect and support these structures which will reduce friction and stabilise feet and ankles eliminate pain while playing and improving foot function and the golfers swing.       Orthotics For All Other Sports .    Regarding all other sports including Rugby / Boxing / Ice Skating / Indoor Soccer / Climbing etc a Sports Orthotics can be designed to the biomechanical requirements of any sporting activity.