[at-l] Superfeet Inserts

[Ozzie]

I did take your recommendation and asked my doctor on a routine checkup this 
morning about the problems I was having with my left leg. The Superfeet 
doesn't appear to be a factor. He thinks the problem is an inflammation of 
the muscles in the hip area and gave me a couple weeks supply of Celebrex he 
had in the office. He also recommended Glucosamine as I had mentioned some 
stiffness in the last few months. I will be seventy-one in early August so 
that may account for that. I want to hike and carry a pack as long as I can 
as I don't think I could make it very long if I cannot stay physically 
active. I have seen a number of posts on the forum mentioning Glucosamine so 
I was familiar with the name. I have already learned a few things about it - 
there are a couple of different types and dosages and it is somewhat 
expensive. I am going to try it. I am also continuing with the Superfeet as 
there seems to be definite benefits from wearing them.Thanks for the 
feedback on my posts.

Ozzie


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mara Factor" <m_factor at hotmail.com>
To: <hikingvagabond at cox.net>; <at-l at backcountry.net>
Sent: Thursday, June 07, 2007 3:32 PM
Subject: RE: [at-l] Superfeet Inserts


> I've been wearing Superfeet since 1999.  Due to my foot shape and size, 
> I've always used the custom type in either the "green" or "everyday" 
> models.  I originally got them during my thruhike when I had significant 
> heel pain and the Superfeet solved that problem.
>
> There can be a break in period and the information from Superfeet says to 
> wear them just an hour or two the first day, working yoru way up to all 
> day over the course of several days.  That's worked for me and if I don't 
> give them a break in period, I may have some realignment pain.  However, 
> once I got used to using Superfeet, getting a new pair never resulted in 
> the same length of time for break-in.
>
> I'm in the market for a new pair but seem to be on part of the trail where 
> custom fitters are non-existant.  Oh well...
>
> I'll be getting off trail anytime now (today?  or in a week or two?) and 
> the ones I have will have to do until then.
>
> Best of luck with the inserts,
>
> Mara
>
> P.S.  With such unusual wear patterns on your shoes, you may want to talk 
> wtih your doctor to find out if there are other "alignment" issues with 
> your body.  For example, I have scoliosis (c-curve) but it's not serious 
> enough that any of my doctors have thought I needed to address it in any 
> way.  but, it's made pack fitting "interesting" at times.  -MF
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>>From: "Ozzie" <hikingvagabond at cox.net>
>>To: "at-l" <at-l at backcountry.net>
>>Subject: [at-l] Superfeet Inserts
>>Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 14:59:37 -0600
>>
>>During the last few years I have noticed a different wear pattern on my 
>>left shoe, more wear on the outside of the forefoot sole which is not 
>>evident on the right shoe. I usually hike/walk five or more miles three or 
>>more times a week on relatively level ground. I have heard of hikers 
>>really raving about the benefits of Superfeet so purchased a couple pair 
>>of the blue insoles and inserted them into my Merrell Ventilator II shoes. 
>>There was a noticeable difference but I also began to get some aching 
>>especially in my left leg which happened to be the one with the bad shoe 
>>wear pattern. I did a search on Superfeet reviews and found they all sang 
>>the praises of Superfeet. Somewhere in my readings I did find someone 
>>mentioning a break-in period and I have also heard that these aches may be 
>>an indication that the legs/body is realigning itself and there will 
>>eventually be a benefit from continuing to wear them. Now for my 
>>question - Does anyone wear these insoles and if so what has
>>   been your experience with them?
>>
>>Ozzie
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