The Penicuik and Peebles Podiatrist Clinics
Peebles - 1 Old Tweeddale Garage, Peebles EH45 8BA
01721 729629
Custom Orthotics in Peebles
Support for Foot Pain, Instability, and Walking Problems
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At The Peebles Podiatrist Clinic, we provide custom orthotics for patients with foot pain, abnormal foot function, instability, and walking-related mechanical problems.
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These are not off-the-shelf insoles. They are selected based on your individual foot mechanics, gait pattern, and clinical findings, with the aim of improving function, reducing strain, and supporting better movement. Your Peebles biomechanical page already explains that the clinic uses Orthotics International pressure-scan technology alongside podiatry assessment to investigate how the feet and lower limbs function during walking.
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If you are a new patient, you should book the new patient biomechanical option. This can be done within the same booking pathway, so you do not need to arrange two separate appointments. Your wider booking information already distinguishes special booking routes for gait analysis and biomechanical services from standard appointments.
Why Patients Choose Custom Orthotics
Custom orthotics may be useful where abnormal loading or poor foot mechanics are contributing to pain, repeated flare-ups, or inefficient walking. Your current clinic material already links biomechanical assessment to symptoms affecting the feet, heels, knees, hips, and lower back, and notes that orthotics may be recommended alongside other treatments such as footwear advice, exercises, or physiotherapy.
Orthotics may be considered for problems such as:
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heel pain or plantar fasciitis
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arch pain or foot fatigue
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forefoot pressure problems
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instability or inefficient foot function
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knee pain linked to foot mechanics
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hip or lower back symptoms influenced by gait
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repeated mechanical strain during walking, work, or sport
More Than an Off-the-Shelf Insole
At The Peebles Podiatrist Clinic, orthotics are part of a more specialised service than simply choosing an insole from a shelf.
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Your existing clinic material explains that the biomechanical examination combines a clinical podiatry assessment with a dynamic foot pressure scan on the Orthotics International GaitScan™ pressure mat. The aim is to understand not just where pressure shows up, but why it is happening.
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That makes this a more individual process, based on your symptoms, loading pattern, gait findings, and podiatrist assessment.
Why the GaitScan™ Pressure Mat Matters
The Orthotics International GaitScan™ pressure mat is used as part of the biomechanical examination to show how your feet load the ground during walking. Your clinic page describes this as capturing a detailed map of pressure points, timing, and weight transfer, helping identify overloading through the heel or forefoot, asymmetry, and unstable or inefficient foot function.
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Orthotics International describes GaitScan™ as a dynamic scanning system with 4,096 sensors and a 300Hz scan rate, and says it can collect over one million data points during gait analysis. The company’s brochure also says the system can create a dynamic cast of each foot, helping reduce reliance on old-style plaster or foam casting where appropriate.
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This means the focus is not just on the shape of the foot in a still position, but on how the foot is actually functioning during movement.
Tied to Orthotics International
​If orthotics are appropriate, the process ties into Orthotics International rather than a generic insole supplier. Orthotics International’s patient material describes a pathway of physical examination, GaitScan™ analysis, diagnosis, and then orthotic manufacture where indicated. It also gives examples of different orthotic categories, including SportFlex, FashionFlex, DynaFlange, SuperFlex, DressFlex, and RunFlex, showing that this is a prescription-based system with different orthotic designs for different needs.
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That means the process is built around:
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biomechanical examination
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GaitScan™ pressure analysis
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podiatrist interpretation
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selection of the appropriate orthotic approach
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manufacture through Orthotics International
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Unique Orthotics for Unique Mechanics
No two people walk in exactly the same way, and no two feet load in exactly the same pattern.
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Orthotics International states that where a custom orthotic is recommended, it is manufactured to meet the patient’s unique needs. At your clinic, that individuality begins with the assessment, because the choice is based on your gait pattern, your symptoms, your biomechanics, and the clinical judgement of the podiatrist.
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New Patients: Important Booking Information
If you are new to the clinic, you should book the new patient biomechanical option.
You do not need to make one booking as a new patient and another separate booking for orthotics. The correct booking option allows both to be handled within the same appointment pathway.
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If you are an existing patient and have been advised to have a biomechanical examination for possible orthotics, you should book the standard biomechanical appointment. Your booking and pricing pages already separate full biomechanical examination from standard podiatry appointments and describe the full biomechanical assessment as a dedicated service.
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The Correct First Step
If you think orthotics may help, the first step is to book a Biomechanical Examination.
That allows the clinic to assess how you walk, how you load through the feet, and whether orthotics are actually appropriate for you. Your existing Peebles and Penicuik biomechanical content already presents orthotics as one possible outcome of assessment, not something sold without investigation.
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For new patients, this should be booked through the new patient biomechanical option, which allows everything to be handled within the same booking pathway rather than needing two separate appointments.​​​​
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Learn More About Our Biomechanical Examination
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Orthotics start with understanding how your feet function during walking. Read more about the clinic’s gait analysis and biomechanical examination service in Peebles.
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Frequently Asked Questions
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Can I buy orthotics without an examination?
Orthotics are offered through the biomechanical assessment pathway rather than as a stand-alone retail purchase. Your clinic’s existing biomechanical content presents orthotics as something considered after examination and gait analysis, not before.
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I am a new patient. Do I need two bookings?
No. If you are a new patient, you should use the new patient biomechanical option, which allows both requirements to be covered in the same pathway. Your booking and pricing pages already show that biomechanical assessment is a distinct appointment type.
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Are these just insoles?
No. The clinic describes the service as part of a biomechanical examination using podiatry assessment and pressure-scan technology, with orthotics considered where clinically appropriate.
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Do you still use casts?
The service is built around biomechanical examination and Orthotics International GaitScan™ analysis. Orthotics International states that GaitScan™ can create a dynamic cast and may reduce the need for plaster or foam casting in appropriate cases.
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What does the pressure mat do?
Your clinic says the pressure mat captures pressure points, timing, and weight transfer during walking to help identify overloading, asymmetry, and inefficient foot function. Orthotics International adds that GaitScan™ uses 4,096 sensors, a 300Hz scan rate, and can collect over one million data points.
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Will everyone who has an examination need orthotics?
No. Your clinic’s biomechanical pages explain that assessment is used to guide appropriate treatment, which may include orthotics, footwear advice, exercises, or physiotherapy depending on the findings.
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What kinds of problems can orthotics help with?
Your clinic already links biomechanical and gait assessment to issues such as heel pain, knee pain, back pain, and movement-related problems, with orthotics considered where foot mechanics are part of the cause.
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One issue: I could not verify the exact wording of your new patient biomechanical booking option from the public booking page, only that biomechanical and gait-analysis appointments are treated as separate booking routes. If you want, I can now produce the same page again with one chosen button per section and tighter sales copy.
The Peebles Podiatrist Clinic is led by HCPC-registered podiatrist Ying Peng and serves patients across Midlothian, Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders. The Peebles Podiatrist Clinic provides gait analysis and biomechanical examinations for patients across Midlothian including Penicuik, Loanhead, Roslin, Bilston, Bonnyrigg and Dalkeith, as well as patients travelling from Edinburgh and the Scottish Borders.