The best shoe for prosthesis

MEDI-REHATEK will introduce how to adjust the shoe that is fit with  prosthesis.

Heel adjustment method: if the heel is low, the body will have the feeling of moving backward.Walking and standing for a long time that make knee being stretched too hard,the knee will feel pain after walking far.

 At this time it is appropriate to increase the thickness of the heel with a little thick leather (the thick leather is cut into semi-circular, has about the second half of the heel. Available "AB glue" will stick firmly and fix). 

If the heel is high, then the body center of gravity will always involuntarily move forward, the knee obviously can not stand straightly, then patient should replace the shoes with lower heel.

In addition, the first one is to select the shoe with larger size,that is easy to wear on and off; the second one should have more emphasis on selection of sole of shoe that is firm and wears resistant. The sole of shoe on prosthetic limb wears most, the instep of shoe is not easy to wear.

Special reminder:

All new prostheses are like the new shoes that you buy,they are hard and not so soft,unfit to foot. When you change into a new prosthesis, you obviously feel that the oldone is better and easy to wear off and on. Therefore, to remember:

Do not wear a new prosthesis to travel (of course except the first artificial limbs). Because the interval of several years, (artificial limbs have a life cycle), the residual limb will change and it is difficult to detect changes with the naked eyes, the old and new prosthesis will have a certain degree of difference. 

So, you can not suddenly adapt to the new prosthesis. Once being out of the house, when you feel there is some kind of discomfort, such as wearing pain.There will no other choice, you only have to suffer from that. 

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