NPS was founded in 1972 in West Bend, WI as Dennis’ Shoe Repair by Dennis and Beth Janisse. The shoe repair business grew and eventually became two family shoe stores with an emphasis on proper shoe selection, fit and comfort.
Before long, Dennis’ Shoes had earned such a good reputation that physicians across southeastern Wisconsin were recommending the store to their patients with painful foot conditions. Before long, both Dennis and Beth completed the process to become Board Certified Pedorthists and began filling prescriptions for special footwear, shoe modifications and custom foot orthoses.
In the late 1980’s, at the request of their referring physicians, The Pedorthic Center (as it was then known) moved to Milwaukee to better serve their ever-growing patient base. Before long, a second office was opened in South Milwaukee. The name was changed again to National Pedorthic Services once satellite locations were opened in Houston, TX, Chicago, IL and and Rochester, NY. The operation grew to eventually include offices in Madison, Fond du Lac, Mequon, Pewaukee and Green Bay, WI; Muncie and Indianapolis, IN, and St. Louis, MO.
In the 1990’s, through a partnership with P.W. Minor, NPS was heavily involved in providing pre-certification Pedorthic education utilizing a state-of-the-art education facility and hands-on lab in the Milwaukee corporate headquarters. For most of that decade, roughly half of all newly certified pedorthists had received their training from NPS. For the last thirty years, NPS practitioners have been active in the pedorthic community providing post-certification pedorthic and orthotic education and speaking at conferences and symposia around the world. NPS is, and always will be, committed to helping the greater pedorthic community.
Also in the 90s, both of Dennis’ sons (Erick and Jeremy) joined the business, each working 20+ years alongside Dennis. Although they each branched out to explore opportunities outside patient care, they have both stayed in prominent roles within the Pedorthic industry.
Until 2020 NPS’ focus was and still is on professional care and personal attention in our Brookfield and Madison, WI offices. Helping people alleviate their foot pain and return to healthy, active, productive lives remains our top commitment.
In August 2020, Dennis Janisse went into private practice at his new location in West Bend.
In November 2023, Dennis’ son Jeremy rejoined the business after running the Dr Comfort’s Orthotic Fabrication Lab for the prior 7 years. NPS also moved to a larger facility adjacent to the previous location in West Bend, WI. These changes allow for more time and space for us to see patients daily and provides a much larger lab for on-site fabrication. This larger space, combined with the fact that there are no delays due to dealing with insurance, allows us to schedule patients quickly and turn their prescriptions around in a two-to-three-week timeframe.
Our Office at 1100 Washington St., West Bend
Our Team: Dennis, Becky, Kathy, Jeremy
