Re: Shoe inserts

[Guest guest]

Brook also gets his orthotics from Cascade DAFO's,but his physcial therapist

casts his feet and mails the casts to Cascade in order for them to make his

orthotics. His orthotics surround his feet and come up over his ankle. They

cost around $500. The ones you can just order up are not the same kind of

thing. You would have to decide what is appropriate for your child with the

help of a professional, in our case, a pediatric physical therapist.

Marisa

[Guest guest]

Veri,

wears Orthotics ( Inserts ). Her first ones were like a half cast

and we had to put them inside her shoes and tie the shoe them strap the

other end below the knee. Ok, Those were more trouble than it was worth. Her

next

ones were fitted and worked great. had to put each foot in a

separate box where the mold was and presto the form was made. in 2 or 3 weeks

she

went back and was told how to use them.

The PT told me to go buy a new pair of shoes which was light weight and

she took the insides out and fitted the new one right in lolol. said

they felt GREAT.

AMAZING that these were made with a lift as well so with it all inside

her shoe no one knew which leg was shorter. Nothing showing that.

Insurance should pay for it though. Do you carry her to a Children's

Hospital? If so a PT or Podiatrist could do this for you.

's ankles were turned out so the Orthotics was a saver on this as

they moved her feet to a Normal position. When she wears her flip flops you

can tell that she has a limp and the ankles turn out. But when she wears those

sneakers she walks better. Oh by the way no matter which shoes you use all

you do is take out the inside and replace with the inserts.

Robbin

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[Guest guest]

Meagan gets her orthotics from a company in Washington state. They were around

$60 for hers, but she was fitted for a size 10 child's shoe. They might be more

for a bigger pair. Not sure. I can look up the info and post later if you need

it. She was fitted by a PT that was recommended by the rheumy. They have

helped her quite a bit, and even though she's only 4, it didn't take her anytime

to decide that they helped and if she switches shoes, she changes the inserts on

her own. I thought it would take some time for her to get used to them , so I

only had her wear them for a half day for the first two days, but she was having

no problems, so after that, she just kept them on all day.

Pam

Shoe inserts

> Anyone here had to get shoe inserts for their kids? I think I

> remember reading a while back about someone but not sure who. We

> have to go and get Jaye fitted or sized or something to

> have inserts for her shoes. I guess I need to go to a foot

> doctor. Are these expensive? Does it take a while for someone to

> get used to them? Are they much different then the ones you can

> buy in the store? I am trying to get an appointment but have not

> had time to search for a doctor yet. You would think that

> working in a doctors office I would be able to get this

> information quickly but not so. We've been so busy this week

> that I have not been able to search and by the time I get home

> from work they are all closed. Input please.

>

> Veri & Jaye 14 poly

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

My daughter wears shoes inserts.  She has a leg difference, so all she has to

wear is a heel lift.  Our Rheumy, recommended a podiatrist.   He did some quick

measurments and quickly recommended a shoe insert.   We buy ours at

www.footsmart.com   and they run around 7-8 dollars each.    The one she wears

isn't a full shoe insert....it is less then 1/2 of her shoe and is mostly for

her heel, to make up the difference.   It has done wonders for my daughter and

her back pain!  I hope it works out for your daughter.

Helen

Shoe inserts

Anyone here had to get shoe inserts for their kids? I think I remember reading a

while back about someone but not sure who. We have to go and get Jaye

fitted or sized or something to have inserts for her shoes. I guess I need to go

to a foot doctor. Are these expensive? Does it take a while for someone to get

used to them? Are they much different then the ones you can buy in the store? I

am trying to get an appointment but have not had time to search for a doctor

yet. You would think that working in a doctors office I would be able to get

this information quickly but not so.. We've been so busy this week that I have

not been able to search and by the time I get home from work they are all

closed. Input please.

Veri & Jaye 14 poly

[Guest guest]

Bradley has to get fitted for Orthotics sometime this month. He has

hyper mobility in his feet, which basically means that he has no arch

and is starting to affect the way he stands. We have to see an Orthotist

to cast his feet to get the right measurements and such. I don't know

yet how much it will cost but I'm sure our insurance will cover at least

part of it I hope! Your Rheumy should refer you to an Orthotist if they

need some sort of Orthotic. Don't know too much yet but when we go see

them, I will let you know what all they do.

marie

Mommy to Bradley (Pauci JRA, Uveitis and ANA+) Charlie and

veristroud@... wrote:

>

> Anyone here had to get shoe inserts for their kids? I think I remember

> reading a while back about someone but not sure who. We have to go and

> get Jaye fitted or sized or something to have inserts for her

> shoes. I guess I need to go to a foot doctor. Are these expensive?

> Does it take a while for someone to get used to them? Are they much

> different then the ones you can buy in the store? I am trying to get

> an appointment but have not had time to search for a doctor yet. You

> would think that working in a doctors office I would be able to get

> this information quickly but not so. We've been so busy this week that

> I have not been able to search and by the time I get home from work

> they are all closed. Input please.

>

> Veri & Jaye 14 poly

>

>

[Guest guest]

Our doctor had her first try the over the counter inserts. We found them at

Nordstrom's but I am sure they are available other places. They are called Happy

Feet. You buy them for your shoe size and them pull out the original inserts in

your shoe and replace them with these. They were some what helpful and she would

just keep switching them to her other shoes. They have some for regular shoes

and some for dress. After awhile she needed more aggressive ones. We went to the

podiatrist and he made molds of her feet. It took a couple week for them to come

back. She loves them. Our insurance company would play for one set every year I

think and they covered the majority of them since it was a documented need. My

daughter loves her inserts and they have made a difference.

 

e, mom to 'joe' 22. poly/lupus

From: veristroud@... <veristroud@...>

Subject: Shoe inserts

Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 6:24 PM

Anyone here had to get shoe inserts for their kids? I think I remember reading a

while back about someone but not sure who. We have to go and get Jaye

fitted or sized or something to have inserts for her shoes. I guess I need to go

to a foot doctor. Are these expensive? Does it take a while for someone to get

used to them? Are they much different then the ones you can buy in the store? I

am trying to get an appointment but have not had time to search for a doctor

yet. You would think that working in a doctors office I would be able to get

this information quickly but not so. We've been so busy this week that I have

not been able to search and by the time I get home from work they are all

closed. Input please.

Veri & Jaye 14 poly

[Guest guest]

Oops, sorry--they are not Happy Feet, they are Super Feet! Here is an example

from a random web page that came up.

 

http://www.footsmart.com/SearchReturns.aspx?searchterm=super%20feet

From: veristroudaol (DOT) com <veristroudaol (DOT) com>

Subject: Shoe inserts

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Date: Thursday, September 18, 2008, 6:24 PM

Anyone here had to get shoe inserts for their kids? I think I remember reading a

while back about someone but not sure who. We have to go and get Jaye

fitted or sized or something to have inserts for her shoes. I guess I need to go

to a foot doctor. Are these expensive? Does it take a while for someone to get

used to them? Are they much different then the ones you can buy in the store? I

am trying to get an appointment but have not had time to search for a doctor

yet. You would think that working in a doctors office I would be able to get

this information quickly but not so. We've been so busy this week that I have

not been able to search and by the time I get home from work they are all

closed. Input please.

Veri & Jaye 14 poly

[Guest guest]

Thanks for all your advice and input about the shoe inserts. We have had store

bought inserts in her shoes for several monhts now. But they are not enough. We

can get her feet fit for them at Children's Mercy in KC at our next Rheumy appt

if we want but I would prefer to get them before then. So I am going to look to

see if there is somewhere in Wichita that I can go. A three hour drive to

another appointment is just not really feesable at this point. And it is not as

much the three hour drive but the day off from work. Wichita is just 30 miles so

that will be a much better choice if I can find someone there to help us. I can

take just a couple of hours off for a Wichita trip. Jaye's feet have no

arch at all he said, they are as flat as they can get. If we can not get these

in Wichita I will do it when we see the rheumy again in two months.

Veri & Jaye 14 poly

Re: Shoe inserts

Bradley has to get fitted for Orthotics sometime this month. He has

hyper mobility in his feet, which basically means that he has no arch

and is starting to affect the way he stands. We have to see an Orthotist

to cast his feet to get the right measurements and such. I don't know

yet how much it will cost but I'm sure our insurance will cover at least

part of it I hope! Your Rheumy should refer you to an Orthotist if they

need some sort of Orthotic. Don't know too much yet but when we go see

them, I will let you know what all they do.

marie

Mommy to Bradley (Pauci JRA, Uveitis and ANA+) Charlie and

veristroud@... wrote:

>

> Anyone here had to get shoe inserts for their kids? I think I remember

> reading a while back about someone but not sure who. We have to go and

> get Jaye fitted or sized or something to have inserts for her

> shoes. I guess I need to go to a foot doctor. Are these expensive?

> Does it take a while for someone to get used to them? Are they much

> different then the ones you can buy in the store? I am trying to get

> an appointment but have not had time to search for a doctor yet. You

> would think that working in a doctors office I would be able to get

> this information quickly but not so. We've been so busy this week that

> I have not been able to search and by the time I get home from work

> they are all closed. Input please.

>

> Veri & Jaye 14 poly

>

>

[Guest guest]

I had a podiatrist that made my orthotics first and than latter on in life,

my orthopedist sent me to a orthosis place to have low AFOs- ankle foot

orthotics made because i have hardly any arch but also because my feet roll

too and i have limited to no dorsiflextion in my ankles ... they casted my

feet/ankles with something that was like wet pink ace bandage... lol... it

stiffened up....they cut them off.... when i came back some weeks or so

latter they had the mold of them and they see how they go.... u have to buy

good sneakers for them to go in.... ive often been told new balance is

agreat brand... the orthotics never fit in anything else but sneakers. I had

flat orthotics when i was younger that were clear transluscent red....

lol... they fit in my dress shoes too but they werent as sufficient as these

ones. Ive seen softer orthotics made for JA purposes so they dontt aggrivate

painful joints too. At camp, we used a lot of mole skin on the pressure

spots!

Anyways, I find AFO's very helpful but honestly I still hate them. They ar

ehard and unattractive. I can't wear nice shoes with them and if i wear nice

shoes without them, well than I ruin them and I hurt ...

Whatever the case, they can and do help but like any extra device, etc...

sometimes produce extra pain to deal with...

just my 2 cents

Issadora

On Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 2:41 PM, <veristroud@...> wrote:

> Thanks for all your advice and input about the shoe inserts. We have had

> store bought inserts in her shoes for several monhts now. But they are not

> enough. We can get her feet fit for them at Children's Mercy in KC at our

> next Rheumy appt if we want but I would prefer to get them before then. So I

> am going to look to see if there is somewhere in Wichita that I can go. A

> three hour drive to another appointment is just not really feesable at this

> point. And it is not as much the three hour drive but the day off from work.

> Wichita is just 30 miles so that will be a much better choice if I can find

> someone there to help us. I can take just a couple of hours off for a

> Wichita trip. Jaye's feet have no arch at all he said, they are as

> flat as they can get. If we can not get these in Wichita I will do it when

> we see the rheumy again in two months.

>

> Veri & Jaye 14 poly

>

> Re: Shoe inserts

>

> Bradley has to get fitted for Orthotics sometime this month. He has

> hyper mobility in his feet, which basically means that he has no arch

> and is starting to affect the way he stands. We have to see an Orthotist

> to cast his feet to get the right measurements and such. I don't know

> yet how much it will cost but I'm sure our insurance will cover at least

> part of it I hope! Your Rheumy should refer you to an Orthotist if they

> need some sort of Orthotic. Don't know too much yet but when we go see

> them, I will let you know what all they do.

>

> marie

>

> Mommy to Bradley (Pauci JRA, Uveitis and ANA+) Charlie and

>

> veristroud@... <veristroud%40aol.com> wrote:

> >

> > Anyone here had to get shoe inserts for their kids? I think I remember

> > reading a while back about someone but not sure who. We have to go and

> > get Jaye fitted or sized or something to have inserts for her

> > shoes. I guess I need to go to a foot doctor. Are these expensive?

> > Does it take a while for someone to get used to them? Are they much

> > different then the ones you can buy in the store? I am trying to get

> > an appointment but have not had time to search for a doctor yet. You

> > would think that working in a doctors office I would be able to get

> > this information quickly but not so. We've been so busy this week that

> > I have not been able to search and by the time I get home from work

> > they are all closed. Input please.

> >

> > Veri & Jaye 14 poly

> >

> >