MEDIPIE podiatry and biomechanics
Juan Bautista Calero in the MEDIPIE biomechanics assessment room
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Our evolution

More than two decades building our own way of working

Professional experience dating back to 2003, together with ongoing training, has contributed to our approach to assessing each case and designing, manufacturing and fitting personalised foot orthoses.

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Clinical evolution

Continuous training to strengthen clinical decisions

Ongoing professional development in orthopodiatry, clinical and sports biomechanics, and paediatric podiatry helps us broaden our knowledge, reassess our clinical reasoning and keep developing our way of working.

For each biomechanical assessment, we select the examinations we consider relevant to the reason for the visit. We consider symptoms, function, gait, activity and footwear together rather than relying on one test or following an identical protocol for everyone.

Our accumulated clinical experience has helped us refine an in-house process for translating findings into an individual orthosis design. Two people with similar footprints may need different treatment approaches, or neither may need foot orthoses.

Juan Bautista Calero working in the MEDIPIE workshop
2003

Professional experience

A clinical career focused on understanding each patient's function and individual needs.

Training

Continuous development

Professional development in orthopodiatry, clinical and sports biomechanics, and paediatric podiatry.

Judgement

Individual assessment

Examination and clinical reasoning are adapted to the problem rather than a fixed protocol.

Development

In-house design and fabrication

A process refined through experience, from initial design to direct fitting.

Today

MEDIPIE Method

Assessment, design, fabrication, fitting and follow-up within one clinical process.

MEDIPIE in-house custom orthosis workshop
A turning point

Why we developed our own design and fabrication process

At one stage in the clinic's development, foot orthoses were commissioned from external manufacturers. This limited direct control over aspects that mattered for individual cases: geometry, materials, stiffness, volume, offloading and the ability to modify an orthosis after fitting it to the patient.

Our response was to develop and refine our own design and manufacturing process. Juan Bautista Calero personally designs and makes the foot orthoses he prescribes, translating his clinical decisions into each orthosis's shape, materials and characteristics. Direct fitting on the foot and follow-up complete the process.

  • The indication and design arise from each patient's assessment, not just the shape of their footprint.
  • The same clinician makes the design decisions and fabricates the orthosis without outsourcing it.
  • Fitting is checked directly on the foot and reviewed according to tolerance and progress.
Since 2003Continuous professional experience in podiatry and biomechanics.
In-house fabricationPersonal design and fabrication of clinically indicated foot orthoses.
Follow-upProgress and tolerance guide whether treatment should be maintained, adapted or reviewed.
MEDIPIE Method

A personalised orthosis begins before fabrication

Two people with similar footprints may need different approaches. Personalisation starts by understanding the problem and assessing whether a foot orthosis is appropriate.

When indicated, the same clinical reasoning guides design, in-house fabrication, direct fitting and subsequent follow-up.

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Areas of experience

Areas of biomechanical care

Across clinical biomechanics, orthopodiatry, sport, childhood and complex cases, we follow one principle: assess function and adapt decisions to each patient's actual needs.

Biomechanical movement analysis at MEDIPIE

Clinical biomechanics

Assessment of loading, gait and movement in relation to symptoms, activity and functional goals.

Biomechanical assessment
Custom foot orthoses fabricated at MEDIPIE

Orthopodiatry

Design, in-house fabrication, fitting and follow-up of custom foot orthoses when clinically indicated.

Custom orthoses
Biomechanical assessment for runners

Sports podiatry

Assessment of load, movement, footwear, training and tolerance for runners and active people.

Running biomechanics
Biomechanical assessment of a child's foot

Paediatric podiatry

Assessment of development, gait and foot loading with a cautious approach: not every child with flat feet needs treatment.

Children's feet
Assessment of a complex biomechanical case

Complex cases

After-effects, surgery, trauma, asymmetry or previous treatment that requires more information before deciding what to do next.

Complex cases
Older adult walking with references to balance and support

Older people and instability

Support, functional balance, comfort and walking confidence adapted to the person's everyday needs.

Older adults and balance
Juan Bautista Calero during clinical fitting of a foot orthosis at MEDIPIE
Clinical lead

Juan Bautista Calero Márquez

A podiatrist with professional experience since 2003 and ongoing development in orthopodiatry, clinical and sports biomechanics, and paediatric podiatry. His work centres on functional assessment, biomechanical reasoning and the clinical application of the MEDIPIE Method.

  • Clinical biomechanics
    Assessment of loading, gait and movement.
  • Orthopodiatry
    Design, fabrication and fitting of foot orthoses.
  • Sport and childhood
    Functional assessment according to activity and stage of development.
  • Professional registration
    Murcia no. 115 · Madrid no. 1913.
Contribution to an institutional healthcare publication

Juan Bautista Calero is a co-author of the chapter “Early detection of musculoskeletal pathology” in the Child and Adolescent Care Programme (PANA), published by MurciaSalud.

View the publication on MurciaSalud

Authorisation for manufacture of custom-made medical devices MU-092-PS · Healthcare registration 20500127

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