Guest guest Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 In a message dated 1/22/03 7:12:41 PM Pacific Standard Time, cindysue@... writes: > Last year he loved his water shoes I have been thinking about water shoes for my daughter - but she needs some support in a shoe - any recommendations would be appreciated. I would like something light and comfortable to wear without socks, but most girl's sandals don't offer the ankle support she needs. Thanks, Beverly, Mom to the laughing (10, DS) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 23, 2003 Report Share Posted January 23, 2003 Landsend kids has some great new water shoes in their current catalouge. lives in her water shoes in the summer. She does have a hard time with sandals because her heel doesnt indent and she has no support to keep them on. ~ Mom to 12 DS and Diabetes Type 1 and 8 NY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 26, 2003 Report Share Posted January 26, 2003 m etoo...BJ is my first, and I basically dress BJ in whatever...I get a lot of hand me downs,...so they come on handy, as one of my sil only buys osh kosh and name brand stuff -- Leis....mum to 5 & Natasha 11 months The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time. Bertrand (1872 - 1970) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 26, 2003 Report Share Posted February 26, 2003 thanks carol, that is where i went. they really didn't have many wide styles this time. kathy in il Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2003 Report Share Posted March 24, 2003 Apryl, Try ELM Shoes their website is: www.elmshoes.com. Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 2003 Report Share Posted March 24, 2003 My best resources for custom footwear, Apryl. Hersco Custom Orthotic Labs Seamus Kennedy 39-28 Crescent Street Long Island City, NYÂ 11101 (718) 391-0416 <A HREF= " http://www.hersco.com/ " >http://www.hersco.com/</A> Scarfo Custom Athletic Shoe Company 787 Boston Road Pinehurst, MAÂ 01866 (978) 663-4346 Hersey Custom Athletic Shoe Company 63 Hersey Lane Wilton, Maine 04294 (207) 778-3103 <A HREF= " http://www.herseycustomshoe.com/ " >http://www.herseycustomshoe.com</A> Good luck! Aucott Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 29, 2003 Report Share Posted March 29, 2003 In a message dated 3/29/03 7:12:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, jumshrimp@... writes: > Heck I was gonna > take a piece of sheet metal and super glue it to the side but they > said a Dr had to prescribe it that way. Â What do we pay ins > for??????? Â Â > > > > Not being sarcastic, but I like to know the same thing. It seems to me that the cost of living such as bills for certain utility companies keep going up, but with the economy the way it is some people's pay isn't. Â In fact I'm a bit disappointed with my insurance company because recently their rates have skyrocketed. By the time one writes a check out to a company with all that needed information, especially the dreaded customer information number which is so long and probably soon will be changed. Â Â Once you get it memorized it is time for next month's bill to come in the mailbox. What I dislike is when I have to go to a store I have to drag out my many bonus cards to supposedly save me some money. Do insurance companies even pay for pedal extensions? Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2003 Report Share Posted March 30, 2003 In a message dated 3/29/03 7:12:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, jumshrimp@... writes: > Heck I was gonna > take a piece of sheet metal and super glue it to the side but they > said a Dr had to prescribe it that way. Â What do we pay ins > for??????? Â Â > > > > Not being sarcastic, but I like to know the same thing. It seems to me that the cost of living such as bills for certain utility companies keep going up, but with the economy the way it is some people's pay isn't. Â In fact I'm a bit disappointed with my insurance company because recently their rates have skyrocketed. By the time one writes a check out to a company with all that needed information, especially the dreaded customer information number which is so long and probably soon will be changed. Â Â Once you get it memorized it is time for next month's bill to come in the mailbox. What I dislike is when I have to go to a store I have to drag out my many bonus cards to supposedly save me some money. Do insurance companies even pay for pedal extensions? Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 30, 2003 Report Share Posted March 30, 2003 Regarding the question about insurance companies and shoes and pedal extensions... Sometimes employers allow their employees to set up medical expense accounts, where a designated amount of the employee's paycheck is deducted pre-tax to cover health related costs not covered by insurance. I have in the past seen things like adaptive equipment covered under these types of arrangements; I would guess that custom-made shoes would fall under this as well, but you'd need to check with your employer. Cara > In a message dated 3/29/03 7:12:10 AM Eastern Standard Time, > jumshrimp@y... writes: > > > > > > Heck I was gonna > > take a piece of sheet metal and super glue it to the side but they > > said a Dr had to prescribe it that way. Â What do we pay ins > > for??????? Â Â > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Not being sarcastic, but I like to know the same thing. > > It seems to me that the cost of living such as bills for certain utility > companies keep going up, but with the economy the way it is some people's pay > isn't. Â In fact I'm a bit disappointed with my insurance company because > recently their rates have skyrocketed. > > By the time one writes a check out to a company with all that needed > information, especially the dreaded customer information number which is so > long and probably soon will be changed. Â Â Once you get it memorized it is > time for next month's bill to come in the mailbox. > > What I dislike is when I have to go to a store I have to drag out my many > bonus cards to supposedly save me some money. > > Do insurance companies even pay for pedal extensions? > > > Helen > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 In a message dated 6/26/2003 10:26:01 AM Pacific Standard Time, rayn@... writes: > when you do find a comfortable shoe, you should buy two or three pairs of > it and alternate wearing them. My daughters used to think I was nuts...but I do that. I don't like shoe shopping and if I can find some I like, fit well, and will work for me... I buy at least two pair. Sometimes in two different colors... Like Black and Navy or Brown and Black. I bought three pairs of sandals last year because I LOVED the style... and the fit. Black, Blue and White. No sandal shopping for me this year! Yippee! Adrienne has figured out this idea now too... so when she finds a really good shoe... she comes home with two pair. K Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 26, 2003 Report Share Posted June 26, 2003 Those are good ideas, Ray. Thanks. I should buy more pairs of these Asics. Now, I know the style and size I could probably go to Big Five and get them discounted. I like On the Run even though they're expensive because they specialize in foot problems and you tell them you're problems and they find the right shoes for you. But, I should buy more pairs at a discount store now that I know the right kind. The problem I have and I wonder if you or anyone else knows the solution to this. I need really supportive not too loose shoes with real strong motion control for my arthritic swollen ankles. I have high arches and pronate like crazy. The Asics with my orthotics are perfect for this. But, for my worsening bunions, I really need like open toed shoes. These Asics put a bit too much pressure on my bunions but the shoes that were good for my bunions made my ankles hurt. The ideal would be to cut a hole in the shoe next to my bunion but that would look too crazy and I have to be able to wear my shoes to work. I may go back to the orthotics guy and also to On the Run to see if anybody has any brilliant ideas. I'll have to check out those Wolverine Durashocks as well. Janet in SF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 4, 2003 Report Share Posted July 4, 2003 As recommended earliers, cheap shoes are probably only okay with AFOs, since the AFOs provide all the correct support. It's not hard to find cheap shoes with a lot of cushion. I can't afford two sets of expensive shoes, the bigger ones I need with AFO vs. the smaller ones for non-AFO times. For me, it's nice to know experts agree than cheap shoes can be okay to use with AFOs, and still get good support and cushion. Danita For a look at Rehabilitation Management of CMT, try this book http://www.aicmt.org/books.htm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2003 Report Share Posted August 1, 2003 I wear men's shoes too, have for a couple of years. I prefer the fit, there's more room around the toes. Even so, I have to buy mine oversized but that's OK. Normally I buy WalMart shoes but last month I bought a pair of Reeboks and my feet have never felt better! Finally, I can be comfy again. They were well worth the extra $$. Penny > One other thought on shoes ... for winter, I had started wearing mens shoes > that were unisex in appearance ... they were more comfy and fit better than > women's wide shoes or larger sizes. Once in a while my toes will flare up, > but it's not a big problem for me. As for the men on the list, I don't > think the reverse practice would be very helpful ... women's shoes? VBG > > Jo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 1, 2003 Report Share Posted August 1, 2003 On the subject of shoes and toes.... I don't yet seem to have the trouble that most of y'all have (i.e. pa toe issues) but I do have bad toe nails due to the ps (my toes hurt BAD and get infected a lot!) and my solution so far has been shoes a size too big or toeless shoes. I live in Houston so the weather is condusive to toeless type shoes but if anyone has any other suggestions for my problem I'd really appreciate it. Not only shoes but meds too. The doc just told me to quit wearing high heels. That wasn't much help because even flats hurt. Anyway.... Thanks for any suggestions. [Editor's Note: I'm not sure whether this directly addresses the issue you raise: I take your point, and there are just so many issues about so many details of our lives that most people never have to give a second thought. So, from my own feet/toe/shoe standpoint (and letting others respond to theirs): About 10 years ago, I started wearing Reeboks, New Balance, Fila, Head, Avia, you name it, as long as it was comfortable. {I wear--thanks in part to PA--from size 10 1/2 to 12, EEE to D width (width narrows if I wear 11 1/2 -- 12 size.)} It was the single greatest thing that ever happened to my PA feet. I ignore all dress conventions, wearing teenie-runners with suits to tee shirts (I do have a couple pair of Rockports when I absolutely have to look super businessy). I don't mean to evoke Imelda Marcos, but I do have 8 pair I've never worn stocked up; One, if you're going to wear tennies all the time, I think they need to be very clean and unmarked, and Two, to make tennies affordable, I buy only at discount stores (Ross, Marshall's, etc.), paying $20-$40 for shoes regularly $60-$120. I'd explain further, but if you've not spent a workday on your feet in comfortable tennies, trying it yourself will convinve you more than anything I might say. Good luck. D.] > One other thought on shoes ... for winter, I had started wearing mens shoes > that were unisex in appearance ... they were more comfy and fit better than > women's wide shoes or larger sizes. Once in a while my toes will flare up, > but it's not a big problem for me. As for the men on the list, I don't > think the reverse practice would be very helpful ... women's shoes? VBG > > Jo > > -- > Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 4, 2003 Report Share Posted November 4, 2003 Herring boxes without topses, sandal were for Clementine! Thats our song. I have feet that measure 8 to 8.5 in overall length very narrow heel and medium toe. I wear size 9 because the length from the heel to the big toe (bunion)joint is 9. I wear B width oxfords. THay are normally laced almost side-touching-side. Tomorrow I may be wearing a pair of mens sneakers that accomodate sausage swelling of the whole foot. It is such a *wonderful* sensation - walking with water balloonms inside the bottom of your feet. And I'm getting it today - along with 8 sausage finger and 2 sore thumbs. I am not in great pain, but the weather (Washington DC area) is going from summer to late autumn tomorrow. TOmorrow I have an appointment for pre-op test verification before cataract surgery next week. So guess what my new doctor's will discover - and perhaps we can get me something stronger than ibuprophen for when there is pain. They don't have to know that those sausages don't ache. That comes at other times. As said, shoes are very important - we need support but room to accomodate swelling, too. We need a regular sized pair, a swelling sized pair and a DON'T touch my feet pair. Etonics and SAS are great on oxford days but I have a pair of 's clogs that have molded to my feet bottoms nicely but don't hurt. (And the mens sneakers.) Watch the tootsies, we only get 10, no replacements. JudiRose [Editor's Note: Hi JudiRose; sounds like you and your doc(s) aren't eye to eye on pain management. Have you seen a pain management specialist? All too often, our " regular " docs seem to be the not-too-loyal opposition, when the subject of serious pain meds comes up. It's as though they think of every patient they have on a schedule III, and especially on a schedule II, painkiller, is another strike against them with the FDA and DEA (and may the overzealous, pinheaded, petty noseyparkers @ the DEA who hound--via " Ehh, What's Up, Doc!? " letters and phone calls--otherwise caring, sympathetic M.D.s into perpetuating the undertreatment of legitimate pain patients all be stricken--for a few days, anyway, so they can empathize more readily--with shingles, gout, PA, AS, fibromyalgia, and hemorrhoids, and may they be given a handful of Bufferin to get by on). For the pain management specialists, serious pain relief IS their business, and the DEA seems to--reluctantly--cut them a little slack. And if you decide on seeing a pain specialist, I would recommend she/he comes from anesthesiology rather than physical medicine (the latter have an unfortunate tendency to shove you into physical rehab, which is OK, even good, if you're a 24/7 couch potato, but won't do much for people of average daily activity). I hope you reach an accomodation on this issue; I think we all know the misery under-, or untreated, pain inflicts. D.] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 5, 2003 Report Share Posted November 5, 2003 Hi JudiRose, I live in the Washington DC area too. Have you tried to buy special shoes at Richey and Company? They specialize in having orthopedic shoes for both women and men. You can see their ad in the yellow pages. Sincerely, Bill Reid in DC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 6, 2003 Report Share Posted November 6, 2003 Thanks, Bill, I used them for shoes in the 50s (color me old) but had forgotten about them. JudiRose > Hi JudiRose, > > I live in the Washington DC area too. Have you tried to buy special shoes at > Richey and Company? They specialize in having orthopedic shoes for both women > and men. You can see their ad in the yellow pages. > > Sincerely, > > Bill Reid in DC > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 >ELECTRO-SHOES WILL GENERATE THEIR OWN POWER Speaking of shoes, I don't know if anyone here has a problem with getting lots of shocks when they touch things, or if that's even one of the official symptoms of ES, but I learned a few years ago that some shoe companies make shoes with " static dissipating " soles. In the USA, Red Wing Shoes makes such shoes. I had a problem where I was always getting shocks when touching things, but after I bought these shoes, the problem disappeared. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 Thanks a lot for this Marc. My co-workers and I have been getting a lot of shocks lately, which appears to be caused by moving to a new office with carpet. We even tried unsuccessfully to modify our own shoes to dissipate charge. I have now chosen not to wear shoes, and this of course works best, but isn't always a suitable option. I keep getting hassled by co-workers about occupational health and safety issues, but my argument for not wearing shoes will be stronger if there is some connection to electrical sensitivity. Lachlan Re: Shoes >ELECTRO-SHOES WILL GENERATE THEIR OWN POWER Speaking of shoes, I don't know if anyone here has a problem with getting lots of shocks when they touch things, or if that's even one of the official symptoms of ES, but I learned a few years ago that some shoe companies make shoes with " static dissipating " soles. In the USA, Red Wing Shoes makes such shoes. I had a problem where I was always getting shocks when touching things, but after I bought these shoes, the problem disappeared. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 11, 2004 Report Share Posted February 11, 2004 I also get shocks if I wear shoes with soles that are made with substance that insulates body electricity and stops it from being grounded (certaintypes of plastic/rubber). I also get hot feet, and have trouble sleeping - a typical ES problem. Some types of rubber soles seem to be OK though, and leather is ideal. I would like to get some of these 'static dissipating shoes', will investigate their availability in Australia! Re: Shoes >ELECTRO-SHOES WILL GENERATE THEIR OWN POWER Speaking of shoes, I don't know if anyone here has a problem with getting lots of shocks when they touch things, or if that's even one of the official symptoms of ES, but I learned a few years ago that some shoe companies make shoes with " static dissipating " soles. In the USA, Red Wing Shoes makes such shoes. I had a problem where I was always getting shocks when touching things, but after I bought these shoes, the problem disappeared. Marc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 12, 2004 Report Share Posted February 12, 2004 Hello Lachlan Mudge, it is known. that certain carpets on fllors, that contain plastics like f.i. nylon may have an enormous amount of static electricity in Volts. This culmulates into heavy air static electricity in Volts per meter. This can result in fatique, headache and general uncomfortable feeling. The only solution is to replace this carpet by one of a natural material like wool or wood. To measure this, special meters are reqiured, mostly working according to the *Feldmuehle Pricipe*. Greetings, Claessens member Verband Baubiologie http://members.rott.chello.nl/cclaessens/ http://www.hese-project.org checked by Norton Antivirus Re: Shoes > > >ELECTRO-SHOES WILL GENERATE THEIR OWN POWER > > Speaking of shoes, I don't know if anyone here has a problem with getting > lots of shocks when they touch things, or if that's even one of the > official symptoms of ES, but I learned a few years ago that some shoe > companies make shoes with " static dissipating " soles. In the USA, Red Wing > Shoes makes such shoes. I had a problem where I was always getting shocks > when touching things, but after I bought these shoes, the problem > disappeared. > > Marc > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 29, 2004 Report Share Posted February 29, 2004 Maureen, If you have a SAS shoe store in your area, try out there shoes. They are pricy but sure do help me. Have been wearing them for about 5-6 years now and I can't wear anything else. There are a couple SAS stores in East TN, if you are out this way. One almost in Knoxville. Good Luck Dick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 Try www.dansko.com They enabled me to make it through a business trip during which I had to be on my feet a lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 merrell's have been the best for my feet cause they keep the toes in an upward position. I also wear my NB Tennis with the insoles that the pod. Dr. made for me. Jan in AL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 1, 2004 Report Share Posted March 1, 2004 [Editor's Note: Hi there, LeAnn, If I am right in assuming, the " NB " in your " I can no longer wear my... " stands for New Balance, I have a question: Do women's NBs not come sized by widths, like the men's do? I was thrilled to discover size 11EEE in NBs, several years ago. The pickings were pretty slim for my fat feet (courtesy PA). Occasionally, I'd find a pair of athletic shoes from Avia, Head, Reebok or Fila, but almost always I'd have to go up in length to size 12 to gain the extra width. Have you tried Pockport's Rocksport line? (I don't know if they have women's, but the men's are quite comfortable. Good Luck! D.] Interesrting...... I can no longer wear my NB. They HURT! Only thing I can tolerate now is Keds Oxfords (leather ones). GO FIGURE! LeAnn Cayer & Furbrats Blossom & Meriko Heart Bandits American Eskimo Dog Rescue Railroad Coordinator www.heartbandits.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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