Presentation of the Podoactiva Unit of the Arriaza & Associates Medical Institute of A Coruña

Professionals from the world of health, the medicine of sport and the traumatology and rehabilitation met yesterday the exclusive technology of the podiatry and biomechanics company Podoactiva, in the Elite Podoactiva Unit of the Arriaza & Associates Medical Institute from the hand of Víctor Alfaro, general director of Podoactiva and podiatrist of Real Madrid, and Dr. Rafael Arriaza.

La presentation took place within the open doors session of this Unit, on the occasion of the first year of operation. The Galician athlete Pedro Nimo del Oro tested the technology of our race analysis system and demonstrated the biomechanical study of the tread.

Instituto Médico Arriaza & Asociados added Podoactiva services to its specialties in 2013, which were expanded and completed last year with an Elite Unit. These are facilities that have a meeting room pedicure and podiatric treatments, and biomechanics room to perform the gait and foot studies with the Podoactiva protocol and foot scanning using the 3D Scan Podoactiva, worldwide patented high-precision scanning system. It also has instrumented indoor athletics track y treadmill for gait analysis, and 4D analysis of sports gesture, which allows analyzing with four or more high-speed and high-resolution cameras the movement of the whole body and the analysis of the way of running, analyzing not only the footprint but also data such as the running technique, arm movement, knee joint ranges, hip or spine.

The Podoactiva Unit completes the specialties that the Arriaza & Associates Medical Institute has, a center specialized in comprehensive treatment, teaching and research of ailments and pathologies related to the musculoskeletal system. It opened in 2012 in Matogrande (A Coruña), although it has a team of specialists with extensive experience of more than two decades of experience, whose objective is always to treat patients in an integral way, and for this it is necessary to assess their footprint and running technique on many occasions.

 Request an appointment at the Podoactiva Elite Unit of the Arriaza & Associates Medical Institute here!.