Crazy, but it's healing my injury!
These insoles are a miracle! I think they are HEALING my feet. I thought I'd take up the hobby of jogging 8 months ago. I've always been active but more with body weight exercises, dance, pi-yo, and lifting. I was stride fit on a treadmill for Asics shoes for slight pronation at a reputable running store. I easily jogged 1 mile in my new shoes to break them in. Instead, I was limping the next morning. Then every pair of shoes hurt. It didn't get better after 3 months. The first few steps in the morning were especially excruciating, and I have a very high pain tolerance. I was diagnosed with plantar fasciitis. I did everything I was told. 600 mg ibuprofen, stretches, yoga, physical therapy. It helped somewhat. Nikes helped some more, but I still had to tie ice packs to my feet literally all night if I was on my feet for several hours just to be lucky to limp the next day. I have kids... I needed to keep up! This is the FIRST thing that helps. I tested the insoles out with normal errands on the first day. All good. I did 50 minutes inclined walk on the treadmill the next day. I finished feeling well and cried happy tears at the gym in front of everyone. Exercise has always been part of my life but it's tough when even standing hurts. I admit my feet were sore the next morning after the treadmill but the soreness went away as the day passed. So I did 100 floors on the stair climber. I had no pain that evening or the next morning. The next day was 100 floors on the stair climber and a half mile slow jog. Again, no pain. I cooked a big meal today for about an hour standing on the hard kitchen floor without slippers. I am normally limping by the end of cooking or washing dishes but I had no pain. Crazy, but I think these are actually FIXING my injury. I read a review saying it seems to be healing. It really seems to be! I've tried 3 kinds of Dr. Scholl's insoles, countless reputable shoes, ice, therapy. Nothing has helped except these.<br /><br />I'm on here to order 4 more pairs to cut for my favorite shoes. I'm a shoe size 6 to 6.5. Due to the underneath pads on the front, they probably can't be cut smaller than a shoe size 4 or 5. I took the shoes' original insoles out and replaced it with these insoles. Too bad they are too thick and obvious for high heels, but you'll appreciate the provided cradling. I am grateful for something that works AND seems to be healing me after 8 months of sharp, stabbing, constant pain in my heels with every step. I was close to agreeing to a steroid injection or surgery. I'm so glad to have read countless testimonies about these first. This is worth a try before you try everything else.
Rating: 5 stars