Nolaro24, LLC's Foot Type Classification Method is the first of its kind, custom-to-foot type orthotic system. The QUADRASTEP™SYSTEM is based on founder Roberta Nole's 24 patented foot typing methodology, identifying 6 major foot categorizations. Each of these 6 major foot categories represents a sub groupings of 4 foot types. These 6 subgroups are referred to as "Quads", the derivative of the name "QUADRASTEP™SYSTEM". These Quads are both letter (A through F), and color coded to reinforce product branding. Users of the system can now, through simple observation of a patient's foot in standing, identify a person's QUADRASTEP™ Foot Type in less than two minutes. For the first time ever, patients can walk into their practitioners' office and leave within minutes with comfortable, high quality, custom to foot-type orthotics.

In 2010 Nolaro24, LLC added to our product line with the revolutionary new pediatric orthotic solution, called LITTLESTEPS™. LITTLESTEPS™ are pre-fabricated orthoticricated foot orthoses specifically designed for kids. They deliver prescription based correction closely matching the criteria of traditional UCBL devices, enabling early intervention and treatment of many musculoskeletal conditions common to children, particularly developmental flat-foot.
LITTLESTEPS™ orthoses are specifically designed to improve coordination, balance, pain, posture, strength, and aid in the development of a more stable and functional gait. Sizing ranges from a toddlers size 7.5 through a child's size 4.5 (euro sizes 23-36), suiting most children up to ages 12.

Roberta Nole, MA, PT, CPed
President, Chief Product Developer

Roberta Nole is owner of Stride™, Inc. Custom Foot Orthotics, Stride Physical Therapy & Pedorthic Center, and Nolaro24™, LLC (Middlebury, CT).  She is a graduate of the University of Scranton (B.S.  1982); the University of Connecticut (M.A. Sports Medicine, 1984; and, B.S. in Physical Therapy, 1994); and received her training in Pedorthics at Northwestern University through the Board for Certification in Pedorthics (1992), now currently credentialed by ABC (American Board for Certification in Orthotics and Prosthetics).

Nole has developed a clinical specialty in biomechanics of the foot and ankle and orthotic treatment, and has been lecturing and practicing in this area since 1986.  She is an advanced fabricator of custom and non-custom foot orthoses and conducts both adult and pediatric gait clinics.  Nole has authored on the biomechanical foot examination process in Orthotics & Prosthetics in Rehabilitation (Butterworth and Heinmann, Boston, 2000) and is the inventor of the novel 24 foot-typing clinical algorithm presented in her courses, as well as  the RX24 Quadrastep System™ (U.S. patent pending 11/377,053). 

Joe Coletta, C.Ped.
Director of Education/Training

A Certified Pedorthist since 1993, Joe specializes in biomechanical foot evaluation and fabrication.  He is Director of Education and Training for Stride, Inc. and the RX24 Quadrastep Orthotic System™. He is a graduate of Maria College of Albany (A.A.S. Physical Therapist Assistant), and the Pedorthics Program of Ball State in Muncie, IN.  He works and lectures extensively for Stride, Inc. Custom Foot Orthotic Laboratory on the subject of foot biomechanics, evaluation methods and orthotic design.  He is currently assisting in the research and development of a unique classification method for assessing adult foot types, at Quinnipiac University.  He is a member in good standing of the Pedorthic Footwear Association. As a father of two young boys, Joe can be found on the local little league fields coaching his sons when he is not working.

NOLARO24, LLC, maker of littleSTEPS™ Foot Orthotics for kids, is on a mission to help educate people worldwide about our revolutionary littleSTEPS™ product. Roberta, Louis and Joe travel the globe in an effort to reach out to practitioners, through speaking engagements and educational courses. Through this effort we have gained distributors in the United Kingdom,Canada, Japan, and The Cayman Islands. We are garnering interest from other coutries as well, and we hope to be adding to this list on a regular basis!

For a list of Distributors in your country, please visit our Distributors Page.