L2S was founded and is still being run by Dr. LeeSan Leong, a medical GP with more than 35 years experience, including the last 15 years of using orthotics in treating sport injuries and other overuse injuries of the musculo-skeletal system that are caused mainly by modern day hard flat surfaces that do not support the foot properly.
Dr. Leong has always been active in sports and exercise. He lifted his first barbell when he was 9 years old, played rugby for school and university in his youth, has run 4 full marathons in the 1980s and, at 72 years old, still keeps fit by exercising every day, alternating between race walking (his favourite), jogging, swimming and working out with weights and machines in the gym.
He suffered an attack of plantar fasciitis or heel spur pain in the right foot about 15 years ago. Steroid injection gave only temporary relief. Fortunately, at a Sports Science Conference held in Singapore just then he was introduced to foot orthotics or orthoses and after some difficulty managed to obtain a pair from overseas as there was no podiatrist or orthotics obtainable in Singapore at that time. Orthotics not only cured his plantar fasciitis they became his passion. He thereafter attended as many podiatric and foot biomechanics workshops and conferences as he could mostly overseas, read widely on the subject and taught himself the fabrication and use of orthotics. The use of orthotics became and continues to be standard practice for him in the management of overuse injuries of the lower extremities and he has treated thousands since with satisfying results. His passion now is to make this simple non-invasive method of treatment known more widely and be more easily available throughout Singapore and the world.
As a sportsman and a former fellow sufferer he understands the frustration of having a sport injury and the necessity for a quick recovery. The last thing a sportsperson wants is to be advised to stop practicing his or her sport. An appropriately fitted pair of orthotics can allow the injured athlete to recover faster and get back to his or her sport much earlier.
Many studies have proven that orthotics are useful in the prevention and treatment of many overuse injuries like, metatarsalgia or forefoot pain, plantar fasciitis or heel spur pain, Achilles tendonitis or posterior heel pain, shin splint or shin pain, chondromalacia patalla, patello-femoral joint pain syndrome or anterior knee pain, iliotibial band friction syndrome (lateral knee pain), hip pain and even low back pain. Other conditions which may also be helped are calluses on various parts of the foot and toes, bunions, claw toes and hammer toes.
L2S mission is in helping to make life worth living by providing simple cost effective products to eliminate pain and unnecessary suffering in sports and daily living.
So if you have a painful condition, please look in here for a solution.
