Muck Boots for AFO support

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Having kept horses for a number of years, I use a product called Muck

Boots. Yes, muck is exactly what you think it is. The boots are lust

over the ankle. The uppers are made neoprene (I think) and are welded

to a sole of hard rubber. The ankle of the boots is reinforced and

gives me nearly the support of my spiral AFO. The flexibility of the

uppers allows me to pull them on fairly easily. My arch so high that I

needed zippers sewn into the back of my formal riding boots and still

needed to lubricate my heels with silicone spray. Really. If I can get

into these, almost anyone can.

Now getting them off is another story. I snag the back of the boot on

a stair and ease out of them. The only problem I have with the boots

is the complete dearth of insulation on the sole. Maybe those super

duper insoles Gretchen (I think it was Gretchen) found about 4 weeks

ago may do the trick.

Here is the URL: http://www.muckbootcompany.com/catalog.php

Larry