Orthotics - How long was the break in process?
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jeslol posted 3 years ago.
I remove the insole when I use the orthotics....
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tcrunner07 posted 3 years ago.
i have orthotics and i dont run in them....the shoes i have righ tnow have great heal support and when i didnt have these shoes..i used a heal cup. I would use the orthotics in the shoes that i walked around all day in.
If you get a flat, and don't have a tube, Suck it up and run it in!!!
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catwood posted 3 years ago.
You got to build up slowly... When I first got mine I was supposed to just walk around in them starting with just a half day and building up so I'm was always wearing them around and then finally running in them after about 2 weeks of just walking with them... Lately I've been working on my form a lot so I haven't really been wearing them all the time when I run...
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jsoder posted 3 years ago.
You remove the insole? Interesting. Are these custom made by a podiatrist, or something you buy off the shelf and customize?
My girlfriend recently went to a podiatrist and had custom othotics made. Essentially, they are a form made out of plastic or resin.
The doctor told her to wear them underneath the insole. She hasn't had any problems since.
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jeslol posted 3 years ago.
These are custom by a podiatrist. He told me to remove the insole. Otherwise there's just too much material in the shoe. The insoles that come is shoes don't do anything other than provide a smooth surface in the bottom of the shoe.
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jsoder posted 3 years ago.
Okay, well I'm stumped. Let me ask a couple more questions though. Are these orthotics ultra thin and light, like a piece of plastic, or are they thick and more cumbersome like an insole? The reason I ask is that you said that if you put the insole and form in there together it gets pretty bulky. Julie's orthotic is the first, thin and light. It is basically just a piece of plastic that was formed to her foot using a blow dryer for a heat source. She barely notices the difference when she puts them under the insole.
The first time she visited the doctor she came home with these forms and I asked, "where are you supposed to put those?" She wasn't sure. She tried them on top of the insole at first...ouch!...and on her followup appointment she asked the doctor what precisely she was supposed to do with these things. The doctor told her to put them under the insole.
So I'm back to my first question about how cumbersome yours are? I would say that if they are light, do the same as Julie...put them under the insole and just adapt to the extra material feel. If they are the thick kind and are causing you grief, it might be worthwhile to ask your doctor about alternatives, and maybe mention the light plastic kind.
I can tell you this though. I truly believe there is a solution out there for you. Julie has never been able to run without having serious pain. Usually in the form of shin splints and what feels to her like stress fractures. Basically unbearable. After three visits to the doctor and a new pair of shoes, she is running completely pain free...no blisters, arch pain, splints, etc...
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gymrat6423 posted 3 years ago.
so far and it is a process to get used to them. But there are a few best practices that go with orthotics. Yes you do need to get your feet used to them, 1hr day 1 2 hrs day 2 etc.. Starting running in them after you have had them a week or so.
1) Make sure you talk to your podiatrist about your intentions with the orthotics. You are an athlete and you will need to run in them. Perhaps the hard ones do not work and you need the rubber or foam ones. I have 2 pair of hard plastic 1 for my running shoes and one pair for my work shoes, and a rubber pair for my cycling shoes (My Podiatrist rocks! ) Dr Arnold Ross in West Los Angeles. The running and cycling shoes have the thin foam inserts on top of them. Work shoes no insert.
2) Make sure the Dr fits and makes adjustments to fine tune them to your foot. This is similar to a bike fitting, you may neeed to make a few trips back to the dr. to get it just right!
3) Buys shoes that fit with the orthotics. VERY IMPORTANT!!
4) For running, I have found that the best thing to do is to remove the manufatures foam insert, and place a thin foam insert on top of the orthotics. My Dr provided me with several at approx $10 each, and that is so much more comfortable than putting the devices on otp of the insoles.
5) If you do want to keep the original insoles they need to be trimed. However, see number 5 especially if you run without socks in a race!.
6 ) Buy work/ dress shoes that fit the orthotics. You have to wear them all the time to get used to them. I did not do this at first, and only wore them when I was running and that put me behind.
Good Luck!
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Tpup posted 3 years ago.
I have a couple of questions. When you say you have orthotics, do you have off the shelf inserts for your shoes, orthodics that are made from you walking on a flat platform attached to a computer, or ones made from a mold of your foot?
I have had all three types and all of them required removal of the shoe insert, only the orthodic was left in the shoe. I spent a bunch of money on the ones that are made from walking on a flat platform and they were a waste of money; they were never right. My current pair are made from a mold of my foot and they are perfect. I raced in them 4 days after getting them with no pain. I have had zero pain in them, they corrected the issues I was having with my knees etc. If you have been wearing yours for a while, and they still hurt, I'd have them checked out. Even my crappy ones did not cause any foot pain after a few days (I did have knee pain....)
I will say that when I went to my current orthodics, I changed to a neutral running shoe. Have you done that as well? You don't want a shoe that provides some support to fix one problem conflicting with your orthodics...
Good luck, I know how frustrating these issues can be.
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kadin posted 3 years ago.
I've had orthotics for about 10 years. When I first got them I was a distance track runner in high school. I got blisters on my arches until I started applying vaseline on my arch before I put on my socks. Then my sock stuck to my foot and the friction occurred between my sock and the orthotic instead of the sock and my foot.
So I got custom orthotics a few weeks ago to supposedly hopefully help with my "special" foot (see below if you want the specifics). I can walk in them just fine all day. However, if I run in them, 1-1/2 miles max. So my runs have been rather interesting lately. I put on my shoes without the orthotics, cut my run short by ~1 mile. Put in the orthotics and run until my feet are unbearable. By unbearable I mean some nasty hot spots and blisters. Fellow orthotic users...how long did it take before your orthotics felt good to run in?
special foot = big toe doesn't bear weight on take off (it does some funky double jointed thing), the toe next to it does and it's not structurally meant to do that, thus PAIN! Yeah...can't seem to find this one under common foot problems.