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- From: gilsonm@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com
- Newsgroups: rec.running,misc.fitness
- Subject: Re: Orthotic info requested
- Message-ID: <1992Dec21.155100.9482@iccgcc.decnet.ab.com>
- Date: 21 Dec 92 15:51:00 EST
- References: <1gsnfbINN7vb@life.ai.mit.edu>
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- In article <1gsnfbINN7vb@life.ai.mit.edu>, gillett@rice-chex.ai.mit.edu (Walter E. Gillett) writes:
- > Hi, Folks
- > I've got pretty severe pronation and have had various podiatrists and
- > orthopedists recommend that I get a pair of orthotics. However, I've never
- > been one to drop about $350 without trying to learn something about what I'm
- > buying so I've been procrastinating while perusing the local libraries in search
- > of some info. So far I've met with zero success so I've decided to appeal to
- > the net.deities out there.
- >
- Shop around for another podiatrist. My podiatrist said he makes his
- money on surgery, not orthotics. He charges his cost + visit cost
- for the orthotics - $190. They're made by the same lab that made
- a pair for a friend for $320 (different podiatrist...).
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