Anyone ever try Posture control insoles?

I guess no one heard of them huh? Man, I think I just wasted $45.00.

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I have been using these insoles since July. They are not like a traditional orthotic in that they don't really support the arch. Rather, they put the foot in proper alignment by supporting the big toe and allowing the muscles of the foot to support it - in theory, these muscles should become stronger and better able to support the arch with continued use. I like this idea as I feel that my feet have gotten very weak from years of being supported in a neutral position by traditional orthotics. That being said, give yourself lots of time to get used to them. The physical therapist who recommended them to me suggested that it may take me an entire year to be able to wear them full time including during running. I have had some adjustment problems - most noticeably pain on the bottom of my heel. I've gone from wearing them every day to wearing them every other day and not wearing them while running and this has eased up considerably. So, who knows? At any rate, $45.00 is a whole lot cheaper than upwards of $600.00 for custom casted orthotics that are not covered by insurance! Good luck.

thanks. What kind of shoes do you wear them with? On the web site it says light weight flexible netural trainers. that would be great if I can get in a shoe like that but I can't see it happening.

Actually, I have been wearing them in Ascisc 2110s and Saucony Omni 809-1 both of which are pretty supportive trainers. I agree that it would be great to get into light, flexible shoes and am going to try to work that into my progression. The whole minimalist idea appeals to me in terms of foot strengthening.

I ordered a pair. I train and race in minimalistic shoes, but I have had years of hip and back problems. I always noticed that if I put one foot on the ground the big is is not even touching the ground so it usually rolls forward onto the toe and tilting the foot inside onto the arch. Of course my foot rolls in when I run and then splays out to the side, my knee rotates in with the femer jamming up my hip and it is all a mess that nothing else has helped. This makes some sense so I will give it a shot.

Good luck and I'll be interested to know how you do. I have also had multiple problems - back, hamstring/butt and hip pain that nothing else has helped long term. I'm hopeful...

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Pedorthists have been using this style for years.

Windlass mechanics baby!

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lights go out?

Pedorthists have been using this style for years.

Windlass mechanics baby!

Thank you Mr. Minor!

Let me tell you Harry Hood. Thanks for posting this. So far they are incredible for me. I got a pair 3 days ago. Immediately I did 3 miles- I felt better than I had in years. I wore them all day the next day and felt incredibly balanced and then ran 7 miles. Again I was able to run with so much more balance and was much more loose and free throughout my whole body particularly my hips. I have been running marathons for 30 years now and even before running had "leg Length" issue, knock knees and bad mechanics. After doing 5 years of triathlons including 5 Ironman legnth races over 20 years ago I became real messed up with lower back problems, balance issues, ect and a stride that shouldn't work. If you look at the video on their site of the skeleton running-that is the exact way my left side works. I have become very good at treating symptoms through the years but running never feels balanced, fun, or easy. I always have to concentrate on each stride and hold muscles, contort muscles, and twist myself to keep moving. One side of my body always works different from the other. One shoulder rises up, the ribs are out of whack, the hips are rotated, evertything is wrong. PT, chiro, even rolfing helped for a little bit but then the old patterns take over. I have showed therapists and doctors how when I stand on my right foot the right toe and joint does not touch the ground and that my foot turns to the inside to accomadate this, splays out, then knee knocks in and the hip gets jammed up and rotates in. THey all thought it was just interesting and did nothing. Orthotics made things worse. I put these in my shoes and I felt lilke I had young feet and legs. I was balanced over my foot. My left hip worked while running. My foot still splayed out some but if I pushed off the ground with that foot it seemed to straighten out. I could never really push off the ground before because I was running on an everted foot. I had my best sleep in months both nights. Usually whether I run or not I need to get up and stretch or use a foam roller a couple of times a night to sleep. I had no muscle soreness that was from being out of whack. These are so simple but boy are they doing the job for me. I can't wait to run and enjoy walking and moving around with a new balance. Anyhow thanks for posting this and giving them some more time I could post more results (hopefully contimued positive results). I do have a very slight tenderness under each toe and joint (which are now bearing weight so that they are from presuure I guess) Other than that the transition has been spectacularly easy for me. Thanks again for posting about these as they seem to be made particularly for me and hopefully will end the long struggle to be able to run freely again.

BTW "I'll Try" who posted earlier is me.

Well, 5 days in my new posture insoles and these things are the best. After dealing with mortons neuroma and shin splints for years it has all just disappeared. I can't believe it. My running feels compoletely different. I'm dealing with a mild case of DOMS due to muscle strengthing as these insoles help to track you foot using underdeveloped muscles.

I work on concrete floors and I can't even remember the last time I could make it though a day without poping Advil. the last 5 days I left work with not a bit of pain. These insoles are working wonders for me. Lighter than a sock liner, I just can't believe it. Today I just purchased a pair of light weight netural trainers as they suggested I should so I'll see how that goes. I never thought I could wear netural trainers.

I know it's kinda early for a full review but so far I'm amazed. this is the first time in years that I actually can push on the medial side of my shin after a run without pain. It's just gone!

TDF, did you get the 6mm? I got the 3.55 but by the way you described your feet you may benifit from the 6mm.

Either way I'm glad these things are working for us. What gets me is all these visits to the podarists, orthopedic, etc.. couldn't come up with something so simple. WTF, I have been through the ringer for years with my jacked up feet. I called my podarists to ask if I should be wearing these and he never heard of them. Kinda makes you wonder huh?

Very Cool, HarryHood, again thanks for posting about these. I have felt fantastic ever since putting these in my shoes this week. I used them in my Asics GEL-DS Racers. I went 13 miles today and have felt better running and walking. Tomorrow I will try them in H streets and race a 5K. All the muscle soreness I have had for years has completely dissappeared. I don't feel them in my shoes at all, just a bit out callousing on the toes and a very solid feeling foot instead of all the rolling around and a balanced hip and back. I am glad they work for you too. I have to go back to over 20 years ago to when I felt this good and balanced. BTW your symptoms are so different then mine. I don't have Morton's neuroma and have never had shin splints!

TDF, if you look on their site they seem to be for a wide range of problems. The only thing i can't see them working for is people with arch type injurys(PF). They don't offer much support in that area. I can see how it helps mortons neuroma as they stabilze the forefoot and raise the big toe joint. I still can not figure out why they worked for my shin splints. It seems they activated other muscles in my calf that perhaps wern't doing their job. All I know is my shin feels great!

Harry, I got the smaller ones. I will order more to put in my different shoes. I may try the higher one because my left foot was more messed up then my right but I don't want to mess with success. I have spent tons of $ treating symptoms through the years and have become an expert at all sorts of different treatments and have pointed out my foot to all these therapists but they only said that I made an intesting observation. All the ART, massage, rolfing, ect. treated the muscles for a short while but never the structure. I noticed an immediate shift of how my bones interacted and supported my body right away. 2 miles into the first run I did with these I noticed a very obvious release of tension in my left hip flexor that I never had before (right where the ART Doctor had to treat a few years back for a tightness that is chronic and always comes back). My shoulders are now level, I can twist my neck to the left (it was always very tight) and a slew of other things seem resolved. I know I sound TOO enthusiastic but I have lived daily with all these imbalances for years and to have something so simple answer my needs and make running easy and fun again, I am beyind thrilled

Can anyone provide some updates on their progress using these insoles? I just ordered a pair myself after coming down with neuroma and shin splints. I am not sure what shoes would be best to use with these. Looking for a cushioned trainer with a wide toe box. Somebody suggested the New Balance 881's.

Has anyone else tried these insoles?

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