[pct-l] Hiking shoes & Inserts

[Ron Graybill]

I actually found that the "custom" Dr Scholls inserts you get at Wal-Mart
and other places work as well at I paid a podiatrist $300 to have made for
me. You stand on this machine and it measures the shape and pressure points
of your feet and recommends one of half a dozen different insoles that
would work best for you. $40 bucks or so. I had heel spur, but it never
gives me a problem when I use these orthotics. Might use them when you buy
your footwear so as to get a size large enough to accommodate them and your
feet both, even though I didn't, and they still fit fine.
http://www.drscholls.com/Products/CustomFitOrthotics
so
On Sep 25, 2013 7:56 AM, "Jeffrey Olson" <jjolson60 at centurylink.net> wrote:

> I'll second this.  Ray Jardine made the point that the quality of the
> shoe didn't matter as you aren't carrying a lot of weight.  It was fit
> that matters.  I can go along with that  - big and wide shoes - but the
> inserts that comes with running shoes and light boots are pretty poor in
> quality, and break down in what seems like hours.
>
> I really noticed the difference in comfort/absence of foot pain when I
> started using Viesturs inserts.  The process of putting them in the
> oven, heating them up, and then in the shoes and standing around for a
> while worked pretty well.
>
> http://www.backcountry.com/sole-ed-viesturs-signature-edition-footbed
>
> Jeffrey Olson
> Rapid City, SD
>
> On 9/25/2013 8:18 AM, gary_schenk at verizon.net wrote:
> >   Perhaps even more important than the shoe/boot is the insert. A couple
> of years ago I stopped at the New Balance store in Pasadena and they put me
> on this gizmo that read my feet. They then recommended an insert. It was
> expensive, about $60, so I almost blew it off. I got it though, and it was
> one of the smartest things I ever did. Before they finally got too stinky
> and worn out, I got something like 700 miles on those inserts with no foot
> pain ever. I'm a believer!
> >
> > Gary
> >
> >
> >
>
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