Innovative Orthotics, Redefined Experience
Stride isn’t just innovative
We’re completely redefining the orthotic design experience to emphasize customer convenience and clinical quality.
Our team of award-winning podiatrists factor hundreds of thousands of your data points into your remarkably personalized pair of orthotics.
Our Story - The Search for the Ultimate Orthotic
Gregory Gerla
CEO
As far back as I can remember, I’ve had flat feet. Despite stretching, exercises, and buying over-the-counter insoles, I consistently had pain after walking just a few minutes. Three years ago, I decided to take matters into my own hands and go see a Podiatrist in anticipation of a exchange trip aboard. Nine hundred dollars, and two weeks later, my order was finally placed. Sadly, despite my repeated requests for rush delivery, I didn’t receive my orthotics in the 8 weeks leading up to the trip. Frustrated and in pain, I spent the next two months hobbling around France, wondering if there was a better system for ordering orthotics.
Inspired Innovation
While in France, I met Dr. Zac Cartun, a physician with a passion for leveraging technology to improve patient care. Inspired by the forward-thinking clinics we visited in Europe, we discovered an opportunity to combine smartphone imaging and the latest additive printing technology to enable a more convenient, cheaper, and ultimately better orthotic.
The last step was finding our master craftsman. That year long search led us to a Oberlaken, Germany where Dominik and his father Dietmar Walter were designing orthotics with exceptional quality. I saw the hours they put into every pair, painstakingly designing based on the individual patients’ pains, conditions, and foot type. After I got my first pair from the Walters, I knew they were our guys.
Combining the Walter craftsmanship with our technology is what makes Stride special. I have seen these orthotics work wonders for my own flat foot pain. I am now able to compete in Ironman competitions which would have been impossible a few short years ago. I hope you are inspired by the Stride orthotics as I am.
Dr. Dominik and Dietmar Walter
Chief Designers for Stride
