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Experiences with orthotic inserts ?
Posted on 6/23/14 at 5:08 pm
Posted on 6/23/14 at 5:08 pm
Been having foot pain lately. Podiatrist says it's because I have flat feet and over pronate. So far, the orthotic inserts I have tried have just made my foot pain worse. Podiatrist says I should get custom made inserts specifically for my feet
Looking for opinions from those who have dished out the $ to get custom made inserts and if it helped your feet at all.
Looking for opinions from those who have dished out the $ to get custom made inserts and if it helped your feet at all.
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Posted on 6/23/14 at 5:16 pm to Money Lynch
When they are prescribed/made for you in my experience they worked well.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 5:20 pm to Money Lynch
Hanger orthotics is pretty good. Think it's on Summa. I paid $300 about 4 or 5 years ago. I have had a couple of guys make some prior to that. They were a lot cheaper but didn't last as long.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 5:35 pm to Money Lynch
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Looking for opinions from those who have dished out the $ to get custom made inserts and if it helped your feet at all.
I had them when I was 12 for flat feet and they did not work. been fine ever since.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 5:52 pm to Money Lynch
I've been debating this as well for my plantar fasciitis and knees
Posted on 6/23/14 at 5:56 pm to Neauxla
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I've been debating this as well for my plantar fasciitis and knees
Get a friend/Dr. to write you a script and get them, you'll be happy you did.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:21 pm to Money Lynch
Where do you live? I have a guy on the North Shore that makes my son's braces and inserts. He's the best!
This post was edited on 6/23/14 at 6:22 pm
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:24 pm to drunkenpunkin
they work for me
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Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:24 pm to Finn
Make the drive. Trust me.
ETA: Been doing this a long time with my son. Not all orthotists are created alike.
ETA: Been doing this a long time with my son. Not all orthotists are created alike.
This post was edited on 6/23/14 at 6:26 pm
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:25 pm to drunkenpunkin
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This post was edited on 12/11/14 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:26 pm to Finn
Orthotics and Prosthetic Specialists. Michael Jr.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:27 pm to drunkenpunkin
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This post was edited on 12/11/14 at 6:14 pm
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:28 pm to drunkenpunkin
If you are getting them for exercise purposes, go to a podiatrist/orthopedist at a SPORTS MEDICINE clinic. Not all docs are the same. Then ask for and take their advice on where to get the orthotics made. If you legit need them, they WILL work. I fought pain for years and finally went and got diagnosed/had them made. I was literally running pain free the day after I put them in my shoes. The store boughts don't do dick if you have bad issues like I had.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:29 pm to Money Lynch
Lemme go ask my grandma real quick. Brb.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:29 pm to drunkenpunkin
Dont do the Dr. Scholl's route where you stand on their machine and it tells you what number to get! I wore these for about a month an actually loss feeling in both of my hands/finger tips. Guess whatever nerves are in your feet have something to do with your hands. Did the script route and have never been better. I have four knee surgeries though, 2 being reconstruction of ACL and MCL.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:29 pm to Finn
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:29 pm to drunkenpunkin
Have you tried this? Heard my cousin's friend did it.
1. Get old shoes, take laces out.
2. Spray inside with Pam.
3. Put baggies over your feet.
4. Fill shoes with Floam.
5. Put feet in shoes.
6. Let harden.
7. Take feet out.
8. Trim to size.
9. Put in new shoes.
1. Get old shoes, take laces out.
2. Spray inside with Pam.
3. Put baggies over your feet.
4. Fill shoes with Floam.
5. Put feet in shoes.
6. Let harden.
7. Take feet out.
8. Trim to size.
9. Put in new shoes.
This post was edited on 6/23/14 at 6:31 pm
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:30 pm to Traffic Circle
That sounds like an awful idea.
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:33 pm to Money Lynch
I had expensive custom ones for years. Then changed the way I walk and run and found an unbelievable trigger point that I hit w a roller.
I run decent distance now w no back, knee or IT band (used to be terrible) issues, in minimalist style shoes. Doing a half in July at 40.
Just my experience. Hope to never use them again. It's been two years now.
Eta, my pod was a sports guy who worked the 96 Olympics, wrote a book on running etc. Great guy but no longer needed, for now.
I run decent distance now w no back, knee or IT band (used to be terrible) issues, in minimalist style shoes. Doing a half in July at 40.
Just my experience. Hope to never use them again. It's been two years now.
Eta, my pod was a sports guy who worked the 96 Olympics, wrote a book on running etc. Great guy but no longer needed, for now.
This post was edited on 6/23/14 at 6:36 pm
Posted on 6/23/14 at 6:33 pm to drunkenpunkin
I hope this is a troll job to trick him into gettng old lace less shoes stuck to his feet. That most certainly is a bad idea.
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