PodSole: Specialist 3D Orthotic Laboratory for Clinicians | Designed & Manufactured by MSK BioMechanical Podiatrists

Specialist orthotic laboratory

Precision 3D-printed orthoses made by MSK BioMechanical Podiatrists, for clinicians

PodSole turns your clinical prescription into a truly custom medical device: no form interpretation by a lab tech, density variation exactly where you specify it.

Why clinicians choose PodSole

Your prescription. Exactly as written.

  • Prescription lives in the design file, not a form for a lab tech to interpret
  • Zone-by-zone density control in a single device
  • Designed & printed under senior podiatrist clinical oversight
  • Digital file = perfect repeats, no cast variability
  • Foot scanning app available which removes need to send foam impressions or casts by courier
Senior podiatrist oversight Decades of prescribing experience MHRA compliant Additive manufacturing ~1 week turnaround Clinician-operated lab
Why PodSole

A boutique lab built around your prescription.

Four principles shape every device we print, from prescription fidelity to clinic-direct delivery, with nothing reinterpreted along the way.

01

Prescription fidelity

The design file is the prescription. Nothing is reinterpreted downstream.

02

Clinician-operated

Designed and printed under the direct oversight of Senior Podiatrists with decades of orthotic prescribing experience.

03

True customisation

Firm support and soft cushioning specified zone by zone in one device.

04

Speed & control

Scanned → designed → printed → delivered without leaving the clinical workflow.

How it works

From your assessment to a finished device, without the traditional lab loop.

A clear digital workflow built for prescribing clinicians. You retain clinical control; we execute the manufacture with precision.

1

Capture

High-precision digital scan (common formats accepted). No plaster, no postal risk.

2

Prescribe

Submit structured clinical notes and your preferred device parameters.

3

Design

Device geometry and density map created under Senior Podiatrist clinical oversight at every stage.

4

Print & the environment

Additive manufacture: only the material required, exact to the digital file.

5

Deliver

Precision-finished and sent direct to your clinic, typically within about a week.

The laboratory

A boutique lab directed by a Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow, Podiatry Faculty member.

Peter Colhoun, Clinical Director of PodSole laboratory
Clinical Director · Designer · Manufacturer

Peter Colhoun

BSc(Pod) MFPM RCPS(Glasgow)

Member of the Faculty of Podiatric Medicine, Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow. Clinical Director of InMotion Clinics, Chester.

One of a small number of UK podiatrists to hold Membership of the Faculty of Podiatric Medicine. Thirty years of assessment and prescribing experience underwrite every device that leaves the lab.

PodSole is the specialist manufacturing arm of InMotion Clinics. Devices are designed and printed under direct clinical control, not handed to a remote technician for interpretation.

Capabilities

A prescribed medical device is not an off-the-shelf insert.

Both go in shoes. Only one is made for the individual foot, gait and clinical presentation you assessed.

Off-the-shelf / Amazon / pharmacy

An average-foot product

Made to a template.

  • Cushions the ground
  • Does not meaningfully alter load transfer because it was never designed around the patient
  • Low cost, limited clinical effect
PodSole prescribed device

A medical device

Built to your digital prescription.

  • Support and cushioning specified where your assessment requires them
  • The difference is the assessment and the clinical knowledge that shapes the design file
  • Like an optician making prescription spectacles, not a reading-glass rack
Why additive manufacturing changes the device

Firm where you need support. Soft where you need give.

01

Specified, not compromised

A printed device can vary in density across a single insole, precisely where the assessment says it should. You choose the balance between firm support and soft cushioning zone by zone, rather than selecting the nearest stock material.

02

Repeatable

Because the device is a digital file, a second pair is produced from the same specification rather than a fresh interpretation of an old cast or form.

03

The clinician’s advantage

Manufactured under the clinical oversight of the same profession that writes the prescription: not catalogued, not reinterpreted by a remote technician, not delayed by courier loops.

What the research shows

When bespoke orthoses are truly customised for the right problem:

28%
Lower overall injury risk

Lower overall injury risk with foot orthoses in a systematic review and meta-analysis.

41%
Fewer stress fractures

41% fewer stress fractures in the same systematic review and meta-analysis.

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Back pain

In people whose low back pain was linked to how their feet roll inward, custom orthoses significantly reduced pain and disability.

Bonanno DR et al. Br J Sports Med 2017, PMID 27919918.
Castro-Méndez A et al. Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021, PMID 34201981.
Turnaround

What used to take a month now takes about a week.

In-house additive manufacture removes the traditional lab queue and the courier in both directions.

Traditional lab route
~1 month

Impression posted away · weeks in production · courier return · frequent modification requests.

→
PodSole lab
~1 week

Digital capture → design under clinical oversight → additive print → direct delivery to your clinic.

Work with PodSole

Two clear pathways, one laboratory.

For clinicians & clinics

Become a prescribing partner

Request details on scan submission, prescription support, device capabilities, turnaround and white-label options. We exist to strengthen your clinical offering, not replace your judgement.

Request lab access →
For patients

Need an assessment first?

If you do not yet have a prescribing podiatrist, book directly with Peter at InMotion Clinics in Chester.

Book an assessment

Specialist 3D-printed orthotic laboratory. Devices designed and manufactured under the clinical oversight of Senior bio mechanical and MSK Podiatrists with decades of experience.

For clinicians

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Prescription support · Scan submission · White-label production

For patients

Book an assessment

InMotionClinics.com · Chester, UK

The 28% lower overall injury risk and 41% fewer stress fractures figures are taken from Bonanno DR et al., Br J Sports Med 2017, PMID 27919918. The low-back pain finding is from Castro-Méndez A et al., Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021, PMID 34201981. These figures describe published research evidence on bespoke prescribed orthotics in the relevant populations and are not claims about an individual patient’s outcome. PodSole devices are MHRA compliant medical devices manufactured under clinical oversight.