Speaking of Orthotics....

[Miranda]

I have a lot of blab on here last few months about my feet. I finally just got my feet casted for orthotics last week by a podiatrists. I'm in PT now also. My ins does not cover the devices themselves. I really hope they help. You are lucky if you can get a discount.

Yes, they can make just about anything, anyway. I did not want, nor have the private funds for what they cost, to have multiple pairs atm. Thus, we tried to go for something that would switch out.

I had heard that too about the standing vs the sitting position. Maybe it depends on the condition too? The ops of a few docs I saw was that "why would you want to cast what was wrong with the foot?" Meaning... when you are standing. To them, that was defeating the purpose of the orthotics... support (and correction where indicated). Example...

For me, I have a very high arch. Nothing OTC touches it. When I weight bear, my unsupported high arch collapses, moves crazy ways cuz it's not suppoted, etc. "Supposedly" casting me seated will make a form to my foot not in the collapsed problematic position. "Hopefully" to prevent it from doing that when I weight bear... with the use of the orthotic. A specific correction problem my orthotic will include is a metatarsal bump. I have a Morton's neuroma tumor. The met bump helps to relieve pressure for this specific problem... a "correction" issue.

They will come in at the end of the month. I'll have to post about it more then.

I know for people that run (I can't and don't per doc's orders of other medical stuff) I think they can make them with more cushion for the impact of the sport. You could get them made for what you want them for THE MOST. Then, maybe there is a discount for multiple pairs if they can just re-use the same cast?

I know the company that my podiatrists uses gives up to five months for corrections. They save the cast on site for that time period. Thus, if I wanted to have custome made cycling shoes made for my weird non-stock shaped foot, I could have them done from my cast I've already paid for once (like Rocket7 is a company that makes such shoes).

Good Luck!