Orthotics q:

[Concordia]

A practical question:

Yesterday, my wife found herself getting fitted for orthotics, which has potential to alleviate all sorts of pain she's been dealing with. This is about a week after her new Cleverleys arrived.

Anyway, for those in the Lounge who are blessed to have found this remedy for what ails them, how do you deal with it in your good shoes? Just move the same set about? Install the plastic under the insole? Or find a really sympathetic maker who can emulate the plastic with leather?

[dopey]

If her shoes still fit with the orthotics, you will be ahead of the game.

I moved the orthotics around, but I needed all new shoes. Eventually, I figured out how to insert the corrective arches only and modify each shoe myself. Those are permanent and don't change the fit, but I do not recommend this. It is risky and I only did this after using orthotics for a long time and being sure I knew what I was doing and what I needed.

BTW, Cleverly may be able to make the corrections your wife needs directly in the shoe as well. Talk to them.

[Concordia]

BTW, Cleverly may be able to make the corrections your wife needs directly in the shoe as well. Talk to them.

Yes, I'm afraid that is required. The shoes fit so well that there is certain to be hell to pay by sticking the heel/arch thing on the insole. One imagines that they could dig out the soles to make enough room, but that is not a sure thing.

[wegimental]

Dear List Members,
In Re: Orthotics, I survived two "shoulda been fatal" parachute accidents. As a result one leg is a mite longer than the other (a condition with which many of us are born) and my pelvis is quite unlevel. Tailors cut my trousers such that my malady is cleverly concealed, but to correct my gait and relieve much pain, I have worn orthotics for a long time. Today I move orthotics from shoe to shoe BUT I also have some shoes with the device built in by the kind people at James Taylor up in Marylebone. So I rotate between the two solutions. I do recommend that. The orthotics made for me by the Army Medical Department are created from computer data taken from my foot and are highly accurate. I don't think a human can replicate the accuracy of the computer measurements, still the man made shoes are simply a joy to wear for both the comfort AND the happiness that comes from having something that is truly made just for me. I suggest one not risk a good pair of shoes by cutting into them oneself, best pay the piper and let 'experience' handle it.

[Concordia]

Did you have them install the plastic devices under the insole, or were they able to make something comparable in the shop?

[andreasperelli]

http://www.archcrafters.com/index.html

[Cornellian]

I would think Cleverly would be able to build orthotics into the shoes. I would notify them sooner rather than later.

[Concordia]

Just visited them this AM. Not my wife, as she had other business.

But it turns out that Dominic Casey, the measurer on the this part of the tour, spent 15 years doing orthopedic shoes. So he is optimistic that they can build in the support needed without relying on inserts. Retrofitting the current shoes will be more of a challenge, but he thinks there is hope.