I Apologize.
This was the first of two days of shooting video with an unfamiliar camera. There is a bit of focusing and refocusing going on in the middle of the video. Please take your motion sickness pills before viewing! Just kidding, its not too bad, but I thought that was good enough to give you a picture of how plaster additions are done…
The Trick.
The hard part is that the plaster is drying as I am working with it. I want it to dry a little before I smooth it out more with my hands, but I don’t want it to dry so much that it is too hard to work with in my hands. Always a delicate procedure for me!
The Takeaway.
This step is critical to a comfortable functional orthotic. Because of the skill involved, you will want the same person doing this for all of your patients. If you can’t get that to happen, your best bet for consistency is to go with laser scanning. Question: Have you seen this done before? Do have any questions about this critical step?
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