Re: orthotic inserts - made from...

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Hi Kat, my orthotics are made from a rubber type substance, and I think

some polyutherene. They are very flexible and floppy, and it is OK to

get them wet- like when I garden and water my shoes by mistake! The

arches area of them are built up, sort of padded like to give my own

high arches support. In addition, each heel area of my orthotics is

built up, to sort of " balance " me out, since one leg is shorter - this

trick eliminated back pain. My orthotics are very light and thin under

the toes, but then obviously thicker where built up under arches and

heels. Like 1-3 inches depending on where. They really have helped with

balance. One thing I had to quit wearing softer running shoes and go to

more sturdy and stable cross trainers shoes, which work nicely. Initial

cost was $300. I go in maybe 1x or 2x a year to get them checked, and to

" check in " with my orthotist, maybe he will make slight additions/or

substractions, or just rewrap outside of orthotics that are wearing.

They can be taken out of one pair of shoes and put in others. Previous

orthotics I had were made of cork - stiffer, and only built up in the

arches. Nothing under the toes at all - sort of 1/2 orthotics. It was OK

to get them wet too. I like these new ones better, they are better made,

lasting, and Stefan at SwissBalance is a jewel to work with.

Gretchen

KathleenLS@... wrote:

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> From: KathleenLS@...

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> Kat here.

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> << Dilger can make them >>

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> I'm curious about just what the inserts are like.

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> Are they very thin, or thick? How thick - like thin cardboard or a quarter of

> an inch, half inch, or ??

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> Soft or hard?

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> Floppy or rigid?

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> How did they help Spencer? Less pain? More balance? Something else?

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