I have a hip problem call displasia. To help control the pain, I own to wear shoes that are different heights. I don't own a problem during the summer because I clue on an extra sole to the bottom of my sandles. However, I have not be able to find a couple of tennis shoes that I can add stage to. I need to put within a half inch to an inch. If I do this inside the shoe, my restore to health comes out the back. I stipulation to either add on something to the bottom or have them made somewhere but I can't find anywhere to enjoy them made. Any suggestions on a store or site? Any ideas would be advantageous!

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Answers:    Any local shoemaker/shoe repair should be able to assist. Try the phone book

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From your Dr. - podiatrist, orthopedic, or chiropractor
you can obtain a prescription to take to the shoe-repair shop.
The Dr. will recommend the shops surrounded by your area that will do this for you to modify shoes to the prescription.

To acquire the shoes that can be modified, you have a couple of choices.
A) budge to where they market Orthopedic Shoes or Diabetic Shoes. They will have a screening and will work to give you an exact fit as in good health as to modify your selection according to the prescription. (Ask the Dr. or check the ashen pages of your phone book)
B) beside the prescription in appendage, go to the shoe repair guy. Tell him what type of shoe you want to own altered, and inturn he will instruct you on what type of sole to seek out contained by the shoes that you choose.

NOTE: it is a good theory to tell the shoe store of the requirement for modification, then choose 3 to 6 pairs that are comfortable. (Make it smooth for everyone - use a credit card!) Then DO NOT WEAR THE SHOES!!(so they can be returned) Take the shoes you have purchased to the repair shop - hold them tell you which of the shoes they CAN ALTER to the Dr.s prescription.Return the shoes you will not be have altered.

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