Orthotic devices are used to optimise functional mobility in a disabled person e.g. shoe inserts, and ankle-foot orthoses, which stabilise the ankle after a stroke. Prosthetic devices, on the other hand, replace a body part after the loss of a limb either by birth or due to an accident. The centre is responsible for providing orthotic and prosthetic services to all the four Western Cape regions excluding the South/Cape Karoo, which has outsourced this service to a private service provider.

You have to be referred to the Pinelands centre by either an orthopaedic surgeon/orthopaedic sister/physiotherapist or occupational therapist. Staff from the centre offer outreach programmes at satellite clinics in the various regions once every three months.