Footwear

Footwear suitable for your needs, either ready to wear, or custom made.

Get the positive results you need

Olab’s diverse range of braces and supports products offer targeted treatment for a range of conditions. Our expertise is in providing the best orthotic bracing or footwear solution for you.

Combining scientifically advanced products with the high standards of quality clinical care and customer service, our destination is “Freedom in Motion”.

Ready to Wear Orthopaedic bracing solutions

Incorporating brands like GII, Becker, Innovation Sports, Donjoy, Össur and Royce Medical, Olab’s extensive orthotics range offers some of the most effective orthopaedic solutions available today.

Olab has bracing solutions for all areas of the body including, spinal, upper limb & hand bracing. Hip knee and ankle bracing.

Custom Orthopaedic solutions

Olab not only provides an extensive range of Ready to Wear (prefab) orthopaedic braces but also manufactures a wide range of custom orthopaedic braces (orthoses) within our Tauranga based fabrication laboratory. Your Olab Orthotists and Technicians will combine their skills to build you a custom bracing solution to meet your orthotic needs.

Conditions Treated

  • Multiple Sclerosis (MS)

    MS is a chronic neurological illness involving the central nervous system. The immune system attacks myelin, which is the protective [...]

  • Rheumatoid Arthritis

    What is rheumatoid arthritis? With RA, your immune system attacks your body’s tissues and causes painful swelling of the joints. [...]

  • Plantar Fasciitis

    What Is Plantar Fasciitis? Plantar fasciitis causes pain in the bottom of the heel. The plantar fascia is a thin, web-like ligament [...]

  • Achilles Tendonitis or Tendinopathy

    What is Achilles tendonitis? The Achilles tendon attaches your calf muscles to your heel bone, or calcaneus. You use this tendon to [...]

  • Cerebrovascular Accident or Stroke

    What is a stroke? A stroke is a medical emergency that happens when the blood flow to your brain is interrupted. Without blood, your [...]

  • Gout

    Gout: A Success Story Gout has caused much human suffering and has been studied intently by physicians since the days of Hippocrates. [...]

  • Foot Drop

    What is Foot Drop? Foot drop describes the inability to raise the front part of the foot due to weakness or paralysis of the muscles [...]

  • Down’s Syndrome

    What is Down’s Syndrome? The word syndrome means a collection of signs or characteristics. The name Down comes from Dr John [...]

  • Diabetes

    A common problem Diabetes occurs because the body can’t use glucose properly, either owing to a lack of the hormone insulin, or [...]

  • Club Foot (CTEV)

    Parents know immediately if their newborn has a clubfoot. Some will even know before the child is born, if an ultrasound was done [...]

  • Cerebral Palsy

    What is Cerebral Palsy? The term Cerebral Palsy refers to any one of a number of neurological disorders that appear in infancy or early [...]

  • Bunions

    A bunion is a bulge or lump that develops on the inner side of the foot, near the base of the first toe. It is caused by a poor [...]

  • Back Pain

    Low back pain is a common musculoskeletal disorder causing back pain in the lumbar (lower) vertebrae. It can be either acute, subacute [...]

  • Arthritis

    “Arthritis” refers to over 100 different conditions that affect the joints (the places where 2 bones meet). Some types of [...]

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Our expertise is in combining scientifically advanced products with high standards of quality clinical care and customer service. Our desired outcome for you is “Freedom in Motion”.

About Ortholab

Our expertise is in combining scientifically advanced products with high standards of quality clinical care and customer service. Our desired outcome for you is "Freedom in Motion".

About Ortholab

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We have some exciting changes happening at the Orthotic Centre.

Changes to Service
In line with our customer-focused approach and the Ministry of Health and DHB objectives, we are moving to a decentralised community-based health care service.

Our clinic in Great South Rd is closed

We are currently in the process of moving our manufacturing facilities to a new address in Mt Wellington.

For repairs please call us. 0800 550 632

New Locations
In addition to our current sites in Remuera, Morrin Rd and Albany, we now have new clinics in Mangere East, Wai Health and soon Mt Roskill and Takanini. Addresses for our clinics are on the website. Call your nearest centre.