Dr. Miguel Reis e Silva
Dr. Miguel Reis e Silva is a sports medicine physician, Clinical Director of Clínica Myalgia in Lisbon and Medical Director of Sport Lisboa e Benfica. He created the clinical protocol behind VESTA Insoles and reviews the clinical content published on this site.
Clinical background
- Sports medicine physician, registered with the Portuguese Medical Association (Ordem dos Médicos), no. 52856.
- Medical Director of Sport Lisboa e Benfica (Health & Performance Department).
- Clinical Director of Clínica Myalgia, a musculoskeletal medicine clinic in Lisbon, where more than 10,000 insoles have been made from biomechanical analysis, from top-level football players to older adults.
His role at VESTA
The VESTA protocol comes from his clinical practice: a 3D foot scan combined with movement videos, so that each insole is designed from how the person moves and not only from the shape of the foot. He defines the design rules our clinical team follows and supervises the review of every assessment.
How we write and review our guides
Every guide on the VESTA blog is based on systematic reviews and clinical trials, cites its sources, and states what insoles can and cannot do. Each guide is clinically reviewed before publication and updated when the evidence changes. Our guides inform but do not replace a medical assessment.