Any ideas for orthopedic shoes?

Dander_2

My mother has diabetes and arthritis resulting in one foot being larger than the other. She needs odd sized shoes and her doctor has advised orthopedic shoes.

Does anyone know where reasonably priced shoes of odd sizes can be bought on the high street? I know Clarks do a scheme but you pay 50 per cent extra more than you would normally.

Thanks for any ideas or help.

Gingernutty

Cozyfeet do special shoes. I don't know about odd sizes though......

jenniewb

I was given orthopaedic insoles for my dropped arches (what was assumed to cause my tibia pain- turns out they were wrong but that's a whole other story!) and I looked into getting orthopaedic shoes as all my shoes were really too small for the insoles which seemed to cut off about a half size with all my shoes.

I couldn't find a reputable pair of shoes for less then £hundreds, and that was just to have two shoes, the same size and style but with a specially fitted insole to prevent my arches falling and bunions forming. Having softer made insoles designed for my feet rather then the NHS well made though hardened plastic type made also was also very expensive and about £ two hundred or more.

I'd say if Clarks, who have in my mind an average price of £60 for a pair of shoes are estimating a 50% increase on shoes designed for your feet; go for it because I've not heard anywhere else offering anywhere near as cheap and that was looking only online via reputable sources. All be it three years ago but I've not seen anything change since and can't think why people would lower their prices when money is already so tight with retailers.

howardman

I usually dont buy orthopedic shoes... but orthotic insoles as shoes tend to be in limited styles and are quite expensive and considering the insoles that do all the work anyway and are cheaper then i save myself some money and can put them in any my shoes whenever i wanna

Bigmoney2

Think you can get orthopeadic shoes via the NHS, but you would need to be refered.

A woman at work had them, you are allowed one or two pairs a year I think.