There are 17 million people or 6.2% of the population in the United States who have diabetes. About 60% to 70% of people with diabetes have mild to severe forms of nervous system damage that results in impaired sensation or pain in their feet. This often causes the patient to be unaware of high pressure, or stress concentrations, on the foot that would normally be sensed and avoided by a healthy person. Diseased individuals are often unaware of a problem until after severe damage has been done. Severe forms of diabetic neuropathy and resulting tissue over-stressing are a major contributing cause of lower-extremity amputations. If physicians have a tool to model a patient’s gait and foot, they may then be able to predict potential ‘high pressure’ zones on the patient’s feet. They may then prescribe an orthosis to better distribute the load and improve the survivability of the diabetic patient’s feet.