Re: Boots-relief for pressure points

[Guest guest]

There are shoe trees with holes for little mushroom cap bumps. To

relieve a pressure point you can insert the tree with the bump and use

leather softener. Another choice is the classic boot fitting of next

size up and then shim to fit with thicker socks. Sock thickness and

type is the secret of boot wearing. In London where there are

supposedly all sorts of old dietzel shops find a Shoemakers Swan. They

resemble a long pair of pliers with a ball into the hole end. Hole

goes outside the shoe, ball goes inside center over the pressure point

and squeeze. Leather softener again.

I also went to the flat heel lace up Ropers when I had to go to full

time AFO wearing.

AFOs I found the straight off the shelf - unmodified AFOs worked best

for me. Only about 35 dollars each at the time. Having no spasticity

and a normal arch. The custom made of the time were way to bulky and

heavy.

The top strap on the AFO is what I could not tolerate. After walking

or standing this band would cut into my unmuscled skin on bone shins

and form a sharp painful linnear pressure area close to breaking

down.. I was afraid of skin break down potential. Salvation came when

one of those straps came unglued. On a spur of the moment I put on a

knee high pair of fly fishing " wader " socks and turned the cuff down

over the AFO. This gace around six inches of a stretching comfortable

cuff. I have been using this method for around ten years. This plus

the lace up roper was the perfect combination for my specific

problems. I now wear other foot wear using this technique. I now buy

shoes by the weight not the style.

Merrell