Shoes for active bariatric patients
Harry Phillips
Description
Collection
Title:
Shoes for active bariatric patients
Creator:
Harry Phillips
Date:
10/4/2007
Text:
To the list,
Increasingly, my heavy, active patients are having problems with
their athletic type shoes in that the EVA foam of the lateral heel and
midfoot packs out within days of purchasing the shoes. (The problem is
exacerbated if their shoe store fit them with heavily posted
antipronation shoe such as the Brooks Addiction model). The result is
an aggressive wedging of the medial aspect of the shoe sole which forces
the foot into excessive varus. (Many of my smaller patients have the
same problem, but it takes longer to develop.) Does the list have any
suggestion as to shoe manufacturers or particular shoe models that might
effectively address this issue (and, ideally, be available in large
women's sizes with multiple widths).
Thanks for your help,
Harry Phillips, CPO
Triangle Orthopaedic Associates, P.A.,O&P Dept
120 William Penn Plaza
Durham, NC 27704
Phone (919) 281-1814 Fax (919) 281-1877
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Increasingly, my heavy, active patients are having problems with
their athletic type shoes in that the EVA foam of the lateral heel and
midfoot packs out within days of purchasing the shoes. (The problem is
exacerbated if their shoe store fit them with heavily posted
antipronation shoe such as the Brooks Addiction model). The result is
an aggressive wedging of the medial aspect of the shoe sole which forces
the foot into excessive varus. (Many of my smaller patients have the
same problem, but it takes longer to develop.) Does the list have any
suggestion as to shoe manufacturers or particular shoe models that might
effectively address this issue (and, ideally, be available in large
women's sizes with multiple widths).
Thanks for your help,
Harry Phillips, CPO
Triangle Orthopaedic Associates, P.A.,O&P Dept
120 William Penn Plaza
Durham, NC 27704
Phone (919) 281-1814 Fax (919) 281-1877
<Email Address Redacted>
This message contains confidential information and is intended only for <Email Address Redacted> If you are not <Email Address Redacted> you should not disseminate, distribute or copy this e-mail. Please notify <Email Address Redacted> immediately by e-mail if you have received this e-mail by mistake and delete this e-mail from your system. E-mail transmission cannot be guaranteed to be secure or error-free as information could be intercepted, corrupted, lost, destroyed, arrive late or incomplete, or contain viruses. The sender therefore does not accept liability for any errors or omissions in the contents of this message, which arise as a result of e-mail transmission. If verification is required please request a hard-copy version.
Citation
Harry Phillips, “Shoes for active bariatric patients,” Digital Resource Foundation for Orthotics and Prosthetics, accessed November 2, 2024, https://library.drfop.org/items/show/228692.
