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- From: dvfreese@freese.aix.kingston.ibm.com (Doug Freese)
- Subject: Re: Orthotics question
- Message-ID: <1993Jan04.030752.29783@watson.ibm.com>
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- Date: Mon, 04 Jan 93 03:07:52 GMT
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- In article <93003.182121AGRGB@ASUACAD.BITNET> <AGRGB@ASUACAD.BITNET> writes:
- >Happy New Year!
- >
- >I had my knee scoped two weeks ago and am getting excited about the prospect
- >of running again. My surgeon thinks orthotics would be a good idea and I
- >agree. I've gone 16 years without them but my body isn't as young and healthy
- >as it used to be.
- >
- >My question: Do orthotics fit in all shoes? I pronate and tend to wear anti-
- >pronation shoes (Avia 2050's). I don't know if the orthotics have anything
- >to do with the type of shoes that you wear or if they compensate for the
- >pronation and make "special" shoes unnecessary.
- >
- >Thanks in advance for your advice. Ramble on, Rich
-
-
- The best advice most orthodic users wil give you, as simple as it sounds,
- is try on the shoe with them inserted. There are so many variations
- from brand to brand and within a brand, that the only safe way is to pull
- out the factory insert, side in the orthodics, and walk or run( if the
- store will let you).
-
- I have found a few reasons for rejecting a shoe:
- 1. The shoe is too shallow therefore your foot plus the ortho makes the
- fit too tight. (I never wore Avia's they felt like 2x4's)
- 2. Some shoes, like the old Turntecs, put their alleged 'varoom'
- in their inserts so when you remove their 'varoom' .....
-
- A friend who just started wearing Orthodics was complaning about hot
- spots under the ball of the foot on runs greater than five miles. He
- tried different sockes etc to no avail. Unlike mine, his ortodics have
- some felt on the bottom. I suspect the felt rubbing against the
- bottom of the shoe(yup, rough slip lasted) are generating excess heat
- on long runs. I would interested in hearing if anyone else has had
- similar problems.
- Doug(another old runner)
-
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- Doug Freese (The views expressed here are entirely mine)
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