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