Pedors offers ideal solutions for patients wearing AFOs or Splints
Removable Insole | Light Weight | Rigid Heel Counter | Wide & Deep Toe Box | Extra Wide Widths | Wide Opening
Top 5 Tips for buying shoes to wear with AFOs and Splints:
1. The heel is low, but not too flat
A high heel or completely flat sole can change how an AFO works. This can be bad for your feet and affect your walking.
Look for a shoe with low heel height. Arching your foot too high can create problems for your feet, legs and lower back. The angle may also cause the foot to slide out of the AFO.
2. The innersole of the shoe can be removed
AFOs or splints will take up extra room in your shoe. An innersole that can be removed will help allow for the extra room needed.
3. That the back of the shoe is quite hard and rigid
It’s important that the shoe provides stability and control of the heel. A more rigid back also makes it easier for the foot and orthosis to go into the shoe.
4. The shoe can be tightened and untightened easily
Hook and loop or shoelaces are the best options. These allow the shoe to be tightened but also untightened to allow a large opening for the foot and orthosis to slide in to.
Without a large tongue that moves far enough out of the way, it may be too difficult to insert an AFO into your shoe.
The lighter the shoe the less effort you need to walk.
Below are our Top-Selling Wide/Extra-Wide and Extra-Depth shoes for wearing with an AFO
Men’s sizes: 5 – 15 (available in half sizes)
Women’s sizes: 5 – 17 (available in half sizes)
Width: Wide, X-Wide, XX-Wide
Men’s sizes: 5 – 15 (available in half sizes)
Women’s sizes: 3 – 17 (available in half sizes)
Width: Medium, Wide, X-Wide
Men’s sizes: 5 – 15
Women’s sizes: 1 – 17
Width: XX-Wide
Men’s sizes: 5 – 15 (available in half sizes)
Women’s sizes: 3 – 17 (available in half sizes)
Width: 2E, 4E, 6E
Men’s sizes: 7 – 17
(available in full sizes only)
Women’s sizes: 9 – 19
(available in full sizes only)
Width: 10E
THE PEDORS ADVANTAGE
"Practical solutions for the hard to fit foot"
Pedors Shoes is an orthopedic shoe company founded by the O'Hare brothers in 1997. The main feature of Pedors shoes is that they stretch to accommodate forefoot problems and also bracing. The upper material is a proprietary blend of neoprene and EVA and we call this material Pedoprene™. Pedoprene has the remarkable property of not only being stretchy but also heat-moldable. Pedors are primarily worn by people suffering from the following conditions; swollen feet, edema, lymphedema, diabetes, arthritis, CMT, bunions, hammertoes and corns.
Whatever your need for Pedors shoes we welcome you to our family with open arms. You have found a community of people just like you who need affordable, effective and comfortable orthopedic footwear.