ABEO Sandal: A Great Recommendation from a Trusted Foot Patient

This recommendation gets one or two more stars in quality since the patients has been suffering with terrible nerve pain for a long time. 

Hey Dr Blake:

 A couple things you might want to keep in your bag of tricks if ever you run into another person like me, who has done everything and tried it all.....and still had pain that is impacting their life.  Also, a person who doesn’t do well with pills.  I bought 3 new shoes which have helped with the comfort and pain a lot.  The brand is ABEO and they are available at the WalkingCompany.  There is one on College in Berkeley and many elsewhere.  They have a squishy but moldable footbed and have been a godsend.  I went back and bought these....which I am walking the dog in pretty well. http://www.thewalkingcompany.com/abeo-capistrano-neutral-grey/25431  I still use my tennis shoes and your HANDMADE WITH CARE orthotics for my Reservoir adventures.

Sandals: Get Good Support This Summer

Hooray summer is here, I think?? Rain rain go away!
A great supportive sandal for this summer when your feet are craving sandals, yet support, is the Orthaheel Wave Flip Flop.

See this product at footsmart.com and amazon.com Also, check out the post below on sandals that can fit custom orthotic devices.

http://www.drblakeshealingsole.com/2010/07/orthotic-devices-for-sandals-more.html

I have many patients who love the Your Sole sandal. Check out http://www.yoursole.com/

Orthotic Devices for Sandals: More Support for Hot Weather Walking

     It is summer now and the hot weather is upon us. One of the big advances in shoe gear recently is the explosion of fashionable sandals with removable footbeds. This allows the use of custom made foot orthotic devices to be made for these shoes. The lab needs the sandal and custom foot mold to design an exact fit. No one needs to know you have orthotic devices in the sandals, but hopefully your feet will feel the difference in the support that they provide. For orthotic wearers, this is a summer must, and an excuse to go to Hawaii in the winter!!

Here is the orthotic device made off the custom foot mold.

Here is the Finn Comfort Sandal with the removable footbed removed to make room for the orthotic device. There are many companies that make this type of sandal including (in no particular order): Naot, Finn Comfort, Ecco, North Face, Rockport, Aravon, Bite, Rieker, Drew, Romika, and Aetrex.

Here is the removable footbed, orthotic device, and sandal. The orthotic device should drop deep into the sandal so it is not visible in the heel area, and the topcover should blend with the color of the sandal.

Here is another look at the sandal with orthotic after the removable footbed has been removed.

Here is the sandals with unnoticeable custom made orthotic devices. Many patients with biomechanical problems have now been able to wear sandals for the first time in years due to this technology. I hope it can help some of you.