Medical Conditions

 

People with medical conditons often need footwear to particularly suit their needs. Footwear may be required to:

• Provide comfort and protection
• Reduce likelihood of further trauma to the feet
• Ease pain in sensitive feet
• Assist with mobility
• Be lightweight to assist weakened limbs
• Contribute to reducing falls

 

The types of medical conditions for medical grade footwear include:

• Osteo or Rheumatoid Arthritis
• The Diabetic foot
• CVA - Stroke
• Very Wide or Narrow feet
• The injured or deformed foot
• Bunions
• Hammer, clawing or painful toes
• The over pronated (flat) feet
• High insteps
• Ulcerated feet
• Swollen feet
• Post injury or operation - accommodate bandages or swelling
• Shoes or boots for children with orthoses or hard to fit feet