Welcome to AJF Laboratories
Learn more about our services and what we can offer you.
AJF Laboratories is pleased to introduce you to our unique, well established orthotic laboratory and gait analysis clinic.
Andrew Fisher is our senior partner and has been the driving force behind AJF Laboratories since its inception in 1986.He is fully committed and enthusiastic in the field of gait analysis and biomechanics and has worked in a range of settings including Bisham Abbey National Sports Centre and RAF Cosford Rehabilitation unit. Currently he is working as part of the Foot and Ankle Team at Spire Parkway Hospital Solihull.
Andrew constantly reviews clinical research into the efficiency of foot orthoses and has developed a range that has shown to resolve and/or improve many of the clinical lower limb conditions listed below.
As well as providing a first rate service to other practitioners, his clinical knowledge comes to the forefront in the management of patients with a range of lower limb conditions, however complex.
AJF Laboratories have the expertise to provide you with the most effective treatment for all types of foot and lower limb conditions.
COVID-19 and Video Consultations
During the lockdown, video consultations have proved invaluable for patients. This FREE service is still available and includes –
1. An assessment of your symptoms
2. Diagnosis
3. A treatment plan
Please email or telephone AJF Labs to arrange a suitable appointment.
We are also now able to offer face-face appointments at Alveley, following all COVID-19 guidelines. The consultation will include the above, as well as a full gait analysis, casting for prescription orthoses, fitting and review consultations.
Following your assessment, tests such as Ultrasound Scans, X-Rays and MRI Scans can be arranged if necessary.
Private Health Insurance companies, including BUPA, will usually cover the cost of consultation.
AJF LABORATORY orthoses are made using carbon fibre shells. They are manufactured with the main aim of reducing tissue stress. Some of the techniques employed to achieve this include
Cast Inversion and Sectioning
Kirby Skive and Cut-out
Reverse Morton’s Extension
AJF LABORATORIES specialise in the complex foot, for example – Acquired Flat Foot, Supinated Foot
Help and advice on appropriate prescription and orthoses type is always available.
We provide orthoses to specialists podiatrists only. If you are interested in using AJF LABORTORIES and being added to our practitioner list we would be pleased to hear from you.
AJF LABORATORY orthoses are prescribed in our clinic at Alveley as well as specialist clinics and practitioners including –
The Abbey Clinic at Bisham Abbey – www.theabbeyclinic.co.uk
Margaret Carruthers at Amersham – www.margaretcarruthers.co.uk
Rebeca Gomez at Marylebone – www.themarylebonefootclinic.co.uk
Hatt Health and Movement Clinic at Devizes, Frome and Marlborough – www.hattclinic.co.uk
Melanie Healey at Eastleigh, Lymington and Southampton – www.tarsusltd.co.uk
David Williams at Malvern – www.malvernsurgeries.co.uk
AJF LABORATORY orthoses are made using carbon fibre shells. They are manufactured with the main aim of reducing tissue stress. Some of the techniques employed to achieve this include
Cast Inversion and Sectioning
Kirby Skive and Cut-out
Reverse Morton’s Extension
AJF LABORATORIES specialise in the complex foot, for example – Acquired Flat Foot, Supinated Foot
Help and advice on appropriate prescription and orthoses type is always available.
We provide orthoses to specialists podiatrists only. If you are interested in using AJF LABORTORIES and being added to our practitioner list we would be pleased to hear from you.
AJF LABORATORY orthoses are made using carbon fibre shells. They are manufactured with the main aim of reducing tissue stress. Some of the techniques employed to achieve this include
Cast Inversion and Sectioning
Kirby Skive and Cut-out
Reverse Morton’s Extension
AJF LABORATORIES specialise in the complex foot, for example – Acquired Flat Foot, Supinated Foot
Help and advice on appropriate prescription and orthoses type is always available.
We provide orthoses to specialists podiatrists only. If you are interested in using AJF LABORTORIES and being added to our practitioner list we would be pleased to hear from you.
Andrew Fisher has a wide experience with a range of practitioners in treating a varied patient/client base.Choosing our laboratory will benefit both you and your patient. Our level of involvement can be simply provision of orthoses prescribed by yourself to a full support service including advice about orthotic prescription and other treatment modalities that may be needed.
Visits to the laboratory are welcomed where you can see our manufacture processes and our recently refurbished gait analysis clinic.In some instances you may prefer to refer patients direct to us.Specialising in the assessment and treatment of chronic conditions including heel pain, running injuries, knee pain and low back pain we can assess and provide, where appropriate, prescription orthoses within a day.For further information contact Andrew at the laboratory.
Several conditions in the lower limb can be related to biomechanical dysfunction (i.e. poor posture of the foot and leg) and can be treated effectively through the use of orthoses (prescription insoles). By treating the causes of these conditions symptoms will resolve quicker, will be less likely to re-occur and you will be able to return to normal activities including sports. Click on the diagram opposite for more information about just a few of the conditions we commonly see.
For more information, please feel free to get in touch. You can contact us by the following methods: