NZOPA accredited orthotist

Back to the things you’d stopped planning for.

Custom and off-the-shelf orthotics across Hamilton and the Waikato — assessed, fitted and reviewed by an NZOPA-accredited orthotist who chooses the device that suits your need.

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14+years in orthotics and prosthetics

NZOPAfull accredited member

ACCinsurance and private appointments

Conditions we treat

Whether you’re recovering from an injury, working through post-operative rehabilitation, or getting back to work, we can help. Choose an area to see what we treat and the devices we use.

Why continuity matters

Orthotic treatment fails most often in the gaps — between assessment and casting, between fitting and review. We are built to remove those gaps.

Nothing lost in a handover

The person who assesses you is the person who measures or casts you, fits your brace, and reviews it afterwards — adjusting it until it’s comfortable enough that you’ll actually wear it. Nothing gets lost in a handover.

Costs explained before we start

We explain the costs, the funding pathway and the expected timeframe before any device is made. A written quote is available on request.

Digital scanning and 3D design

Scan-based capture where it suits you, plaster casting where it works better. The device decides, not the machine.

What happens, and when

A custom device usually takes three appointments across two to four weeks. Off-the-shelf bracing is often same-day.

Illustration of a goniometer, tape measure and pen on a notepad

Assessment

History, gait and joint assessment, and a clear discussion of the options — including doing nothing.

Illustration of a handheld 3D scanner beside a plaster cast of a lower leg

Casting or scanning

Plaster cast or 3D scan of the limb or torso. Often done in the same visit as your assessment.

Illustration of an ankle-foot orthosis shell with a heat gun and hand file

Fabrication

Your device is made to the cast and checked against your assessment before it comes near you.

Illustration of a fitted ankle-foot orthosis beside a clipboard with a tick

Fitting and review

Fit, adjust, and a wear-in plan. A review is booked before you leave, not left to you to chase.

Some of our work

Devices made and fitted by us. Every one is set up for the person who wears it.

Two plaster casts of a child’s lower legs, held in one hand — Casts taken before a device is made

A leather and plastic orthosis being checked by hand over a workshop grinder — Finished by hand on the bench

Three orthotic shells side by side: pink hearts, plain cream and carbon weave — You choose the finish

A pair of paediatric ankle-foot orthoses in camouflage and football prints — Camouflage or footballs, their choice

A pair of paediatric knee-ankle-foot orthoses in red and yellow prints — Paediatric knee-ankle-foot orthoses

A pair of paediatric ankle-foot orthoses in a bright butterfly print — Paediatric ankle-foot orthoses

An ankle-foot orthosis in a cartoon print held beside a matching trainer — Matched to the shoe it goes in

A pair of knee-ankle-foot orthoses with jointed knees — Knee-ankle-foot orthoses

A custom thermoplastic resting hand and wrist splint with black straps — Resting hand and wrist splint

A custom wrist-hand orthosis with a thumb post and a pink patterned lining — Wrist-hand orthosis, lined and padded

An upper limb prosthesis with a cable harness, held during fitting — Upper limb prosthesis

A cream leather lower-leg gaiter with five adjustable straps — Leather gaiter, made to measure

A pair of pink boots joined by an adjustable bar, used in clubfoot treatment — Boots and bar for clubfoot

A pair of black custom-made leather boots on wooden lasts — Custom footwear, made on a last

A child’s trainer with a built-up sole to correct a leg length difference — A raise built into the shoe

Meet your orthotist

Zeshan Zahid kneeling to fit a carbon ankle-foot orthosis and lace the patient’s shoe

Zeshan Zahid — Orthotist, BSc (Hons) Orthotic & Prosthetic Sciences

Fourteen years across hospital, private and international orthotic practice, from paediatric bracing to complex lower-limb work. Kiwi Orthotics was started to do the parts of this job that get squeezed out elsewhere: proper assessment time, honest options, and review that actually happens.

BSc (Hons) Orthotic & Prosthetic Sciences, University of Health Sciences
Full accredited member, New Zealand Orthotics and Prosthetics Association (NZOPA)
MS Health Informatics, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Management
Fourteen years of clinical and clinic-management experience across New Zealand and the Middle East, including four years with a Hamilton orthotic practice, most recently as its lead clinical orthotist
Foundations in Cultural Competency — Mauri Ora, Mauriora Health Education Research
Consultations in English, Urdu, Punjabi and Hindi, and Arabic at a conversational clinical level; interpreters arranged on request

Working alongside your team

Orthotic treatment works best when it sits inside a wider plan. Where required, we write back to the referrer after assessment and again after fitting, so your GP, physiotherapist, surgeon or case manager knows exactly what was provided and why.

We take referrals from general practice, physiotherapy, podiatry, orthopaedics, general surgery, rheumatology, paediatrics, midwifery, stoma and continence nursing, rehabilitation services and ACC case managers, and we will call you back the same working day if something is urgent.

We also see prosthetic patients privately, outside the ACC contract, for assessment, socket fitting and adjustments. Alongside the orthoses and bracing above, we provide pregnancy pelvic support belts for pelvic girdle pain and symphysis pubis dysfunction, postnatal and post-surgical abdominal binders, ostomy support belts, parastomal hernia support, and hernia trusses for symptom management while patients wait for surgery.

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Common questions

Orthotic assessment, manufacture and fitting across the Waikato