To clarify, Merrell, the shoe company, doesn't impress me at all as every shoe I've tried from them either doesn't fit or is junk. Randy Merrell, the custom bootmaker and pedorthist, is pretty good and worth the trouble to go see if your problems are not something that can be dealt with by what's available commercially. My foot, for instance, has a 4-6E width on the front and a A heel. Randy has another patient with such bad pronation that the orthodic had to tilt the foot to a significant angle to get the loading correct. That is the advantage that he has over commercially available stuff but it isn't needed for everyone.
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Laura - L5S1 Charitee
C5/6 and 6/7 Prodisc C
Facet problems L4-S1
General joint hypermobility
Jim - C4/5, C5/6, L4/5 disk bulges and facet damage, L4/5 disk tears, currently using regenerative medicine to address
"There are many Annapurnas in the lives of men" Maurice Herzog
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