Pedorthist Exam Review 2025/2026
Exam Questions and Correct Answers |
New Update
Sever's Disease - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aka calcaneal apophysitis
-traction injury at the apophysis of the calcaneus where the achilles tendon
attaches
-Most common cause of heel pain in growing athletes (between 8-12 y/o)
calcaneal apophysitis is aka - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sever's Disease
Best Orthotic & Shoe/Modification Solution for Sever's Disease - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔-Functional Foot Orthosis with Heel Lifts
-SACH Heels, Medial heel wedges
-inflammation of the fascia on the plantar surface of the foot that causes
heel pain and disability
,-can be caused by foot arch problems, obesity, sudden weight gain,
running and a tight Achilles tendon - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Plantar Fasciitis
Best Orthotic & Shoe/Modification Solution for Plantar Fasciitis - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔-full length, multidensity foot orthosis w/ soft cushioning for
the heel & firm support for the longitudinal arch & perimeter of the heel to
control the plantar heel pad
-UCBL in heavy patients
-Thomas heel
-Others: temp heel lifts, medial wedging, scaphoid pad
when the foot the moves away from the midline of the body - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Abduction
most common variety of arthritis in the United States - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Osteoarthritis arthritis
Anterior - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-toward the front, as front portion of a shoe or
foot
-of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body
,Bone of foot that articulates with the Tibia and Fibula - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Talus Tarsal Bone
Front-laced shoe in which the quarters are not attached at the throat of the
shoe - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Blucher
(Butcher = slices)
Genu Varum - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔AKA bowl-legs
-deformity of the legs where legs have a lateral curvature outward in the
region of the knee in pediatrics
Medium Plastizote durometer - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔15
Medium Pink Plastizote durometer - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔20
Firm Plastizote durometer - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔25
Poron, PPT, urethane durometer - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔15
tibialis posterior - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔muscle that supports the arch
Scaphoid Pad goes under? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Navicular bone
navicular =
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, oid
3 sections of the foot - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔hindfoot, midfoot, forefoot
2 phases of gait cycle - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔stance phase and swing phase
Shoe/Modification Solutions for bunions - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Depth Shoes
with wide toe box
-Custom Shoes
-No medial seams
-Ball & Ring Stretcher
-Thomas Heel (if over pronation is present)
-Medial Stabilizers (if over pronation is present)
-Rocker Sole
areas of white moist skin between the toes (most commonly between 4th &
5th toes) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔soft corn
Other names for corns - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔calvus mollis, heloma molle
What is metatarsalgia & where can it be located? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-pain in
the metatarsal region of foot
Exam Questions and Correct Answers |
New Update
Sever's Disease - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔aka calcaneal apophysitis
-traction injury at the apophysis of the calcaneus where the achilles tendon
attaches
-Most common cause of heel pain in growing athletes (between 8-12 y/o)
calcaneal apophysitis is aka - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Sever's Disease
Best Orthotic & Shoe/Modification Solution for Sever's Disease - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔-Functional Foot Orthosis with Heel Lifts
-SACH Heels, Medial heel wedges
-inflammation of the fascia on the plantar surface of the foot that causes
heel pain and disability
,-can be caused by foot arch problems, obesity, sudden weight gain,
running and a tight Achilles tendon - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Plantar Fasciitis
Best Orthotic & Shoe/Modification Solution for Plantar Fasciitis - 🧠
ANSWER ✔✔-full length, multidensity foot orthosis w/ soft cushioning for
the heel & firm support for the longitudinal arch & perimeter of the heel to
control the plantar heel pad
-UCBL in heavy patients
-Thomas heel
-Others: temp heel lifts, medial wedging, scaphoid pad
when the foot the moves away from the midline of the body - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Abduction
most common variety of arthritis in the United States - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Osteoarthritis arthritis
Anterior - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-toward the front, as front portion of a shoe or
foot
-of or near the head end or toward the front plane of the body
,Bone of foot that articulates with the Tibia and Fibula - 🧠 ANSWER
✔✔Talus Tarsal Bone
Front-laced shoe in which the quarters are not attached at the throat of the
shoe - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Blucher
(Butcher = slices)
Genu Varum - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔AKA bowl-legs
-deformity of the legs where legs have a lateral curvature outward in the
region of the knee in pediatrics
Medium Plastizote durometer - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔15
Medium Pink Plastizote durometer - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔20
Firm Plastizote durometer - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔25
Poron, PPT, urethane durometer - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔15
tibialis posterior - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔muscle that supports the arch
Scaphoid Pad goes under? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔Navicular bone
navicular =
COPYRIGHT©NINJANERD 2025/2026. YEAR PUBLISHED 2025. COMPANY REGISTRATION NUMBER: 619652435. TERMS OF USE. PRIVACY
STATEMENT. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
3
, oid
3 sections of the foot - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔hindfoot, midfoot, forefoot
2 phases of gait cycle - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔stance phase and swing phase
Shoe/Modification Solutions for bunions - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-Depth Shoes
with wide toe box
-Custom Shoes
-No medial seams
-Ball & Ring Stretcher
-Thomas Heel (if over pronation is present)
-Medial Stabilizers (if over pronation is present)
-Rocker Sole
areas of white moist skin between the toes (most commonly between 4th &
5th toes) - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔soft corn
Other names for corns - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔calvus mollis, heloma molle
What is metatarsalgia & where can it be located? - 🧠 ANSWER ✔✔-pain in
the metatarsal region of foot
