I had to move up a 1/2 size in my shoe recently. Now my Orthotic is too small for my shoe and thus, it slides backward and foreward when I run. What can I do/How can I keep it from moving around? Any tips?
I had to move up a 1/2 size in my shoe recently. Now my Orthotic is too small for my shoe and thus, it slides backward and foreward when I run. What can I do/How can I keep it from moving around? Any tips?
get a new top cover on it. It wont cost that much.
Or you could try putting double sided duct tape onthe bottom of it
run barefoot
wear a thicker cotton sock
Put the hook part of velcro on the bottom heel of the orthotic, but don't use the other part.
lay a full length flat spenco type insole underneath as a base layer and cinch your heel in place with a butterfly lacing system.
MF
Spray-on adhesive
You really ought to go back to your podiatrist, PT or whoever made the orthotic - Get them retopped with a full-length top, which you can trim down to whatever size you want. It's about the simplest thing for the orthotic company to do (I've sent them back for patients for more radical surgery than that), and if you orthotics are within the first few months it shouldn't cost you. If you know the name of the company that made them, you might even be able to send them back yourself. The devices should have a serial # engraved on the bottom along with your name. Most of the large companies like Allied OSI and Langer have websites where you can get the contact info. Orthotic manufacturers will commonly re-condition devices, which is handy. If, however, they're more than 10 years old or your shoe size has increased, you probably need to be re-casted.
First, bring this article to your doctor and tell him to give you your money back and toss out your orthotics.
Then with the money you get back go out and buy some light flexible shoes with a low heal.
Problem solved.
An orthoses may slide in your shoe, the profession cannot.
Orthotics is the medical field concerned with the application and manufacture of orthoses, devices which support or correct the function of a limb.