How was Neuromuscular Motion Control® discovered?
It started by discovering that when the foot is in a position where the heel is straight to the ground (not leaning in or out), the first metatarsal and big toe is up in the air – not weight bearing. In order for the first metatarsal and big toe to become weight bearing the foot has to roll in so the first metatarsal and big toe can get ground contact. This is just the way the bones in the foot are formed from birth and is common for over 80% of the population. When Dr. Rothbart build the ground up under the first metatarsal and big toe the same way orthotics are built up under the arch, he noticed that the patient’s weight were shifted to far back over the heels causing an unstable gait. Through experimentation he discovered that he could fill as little as one third of the gap between the first metatarsal and big toe and the floor and still observe a substantial and appropriate postural shift. The small wedge causes first metatarsal and the big toe to have ground contact slightly earl
