History of Foot Levelers
The Story of Our Founder
He wanted to enlist. Instead, he found his calling.
It was 1942, and the war was raging. A young man from Iowa, Monte H. Greenawalt, wanted to help.
But his preparations didn’t go as planned. A tainted batch of vaccinations killed many, and left Monte paralyzed. He was forced to lie in an iron lung for six months. "Monte will have to live the rest of his life as a paraplegic," the doctors told his devastated family.
A Chiropractor changed that. “They carried him in and he walked out,” his mother would recall. Monte’s path was now clear, and in 1948, he earned his degree from Lincoln Chiropractic College.
As a young doctor, Dr. Monte began to notice a pattern: patients, especially ones with foot problems, were returning to him with the same back, joint, knee and hip problems they started with—his adjustments just weren’t holding. Dr. Monte referred these patients to a podiatrist, but their problems persisted.
Dr. Monte began to experiment with orthotics, and through trial and error, developed a formula based on 16 unique measurements of the foot. Unlike off-the-shelf orthotics or even those made by podiatrists, Dr. Monte’s orthotic was designed to support all 3 arches of the foot, rather than just one. His patients began to feel better, results improved; his adjustments held longer.
Demand for his services grew. In 1952, Foot Levelers, Inc. was born.
Innovation Timeline
1967
1967
Casting Kit, first developed by Dr. Monte.
1988
1988
Foot Levelers moves from Iowa to its current headquarters in Roanoke, VA
1988
2000
2000
Study PROVES Foot Levelers orthotics help golfers hit ball 9-12 yards farther
2001
2001
The world's first Chiropractic foot scanner
2006
2006
Associate Platinum 2D foot scanner
2006
2013
2013
3D BodyView®: revolutionary 3D foot scanning technology
2017
2017
Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation publishes study; Foot Levelers custom orthotics proven to reduce Low Back Pain (LBP) by 34.5%
2021
2021
Launched Mother Nurture™ Pregnancy Orthotics!
The first and only custom orthotics designed just for pregnant women. Created by mothers, for mothers.
2021
2022
2022
Foot Levelers 70th Anniversary!
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