How to choose orthopedic insoles?

Some women suffer from pains in the legs and back precisely because in childhood parents and doctors did not attach importance to developing flat feet or one of the types of deformities of the foot. There are also those who independently lead to a deplorable state of their musculoskeletal system, buying bad shoes.

Now he takes care of his health quite simply and inexpensively - this is helped by the usual orthopedic insoles. Women's footwear with an orthopedic insole is no different from the usual, but it allows you to feel comfortable and protected.

Types of orthopedic insoles

There are 3 main categories of orthopedic insoles:

  1. Serial insoles , which are used for mass sale. They are made by averaged shoe and are great for prevention. Also, this group includes orthopedic insoles for open summer shoes made of foam or spongy material, which perfectly prevent the puffiness , often formed when the skin touches the shoes, the insoles for the model shoes.
  2. Individualized insoles , which are performed taking into account frequent pathologies and are of great help in treating the initial stages of flatfoot. When flatfoot, as a rule, the following types of insoles are prescribed: longitudinal, transverse, longitudinal-transverse. This category also includes insole for the treatment and prevention of calcaneal spurs - they can be easily identified by the presence of a characteristic heel-like horseshoe, like a horseshoe, stiff insoles for fat people who are able to relieve overexertion and pain in the legs, and correctly distribute the load.
  3. Individual orthopedic insoles are prescribed for all types of flatfoot and foot deformities, when recovering from fractures of the foot bones, in pregnancy, diabetes, shortened limbs. These insoles are made to order, taking into account individual characteristics.

How to choose orthopedic insoles?

What orthopedic insoles to choose, decides not only the effect that you want to achieve as a result of socks, but also the kind of shoes:

  1. Orthopedic insoles for open shoes should be as inconspicuous as possible and fit optimally into the shoe.
  2. Orthopedic insoles for athletic shoes should have enhanced damping properties and soften well the impacts of the vertebrae. Currently, specialists have developed semi-rigid insole of flexible plastic for those who often podvorachivaet leg, stretches the muscles of the ankle with active loads.
  3. Orthopedic insoles for model shoes should relax the foot and protect it from fatigue.

If you do not suffer from a severe illness of the musculoskeletal system, then you do not need to buy expensive and heavy orthopedic shoes. Orthopedic insoles for summer and winter shoes will do their job well.

Best of all, how to choose the right orthopedic insoles, you can tell the orthopedic surgeon. In spite of the fact that you can buy insoles in a pharmacy or a specialized store without a prescription, nevertheless, it is worth buying them only after the diagnosis is established. In any case, it is important to remember that the orthopedic insole should ideally fit the size of the foot and repeat the contour of the shoe.