shoes! My fist physio described me as 'Badly put together, an accident waiting to happen' when I saw her in 1983. I was pigeon toed, flat footed & knock kneed (cute in a toddler, but not so cute at 31.) I heard a Podiatry teacher from our local Technical College talking on the radio & was wearing my first orthotics, & have numerous sets since. I still see the same Physios, tho not the same one as she bought the practice when the founder retired some years back & handed me on to one of her colleagues!
My latest orthotics don't fit in my purple floral sandals so I wore my new leather nurses shoes at a wet festival last weekend - dry feet, but ouch! My right shin bone is waaaay out of place (it's trying to escape over my inner foot!) & as my phyiso said the pain comes from my displaced shin bone (which of course I knew, but it still hurt & I needed to whinge & moan.) A shoe repairer cut the orthotic down a bit so they fit into the sandals, but the right one needs a bit more work as it slides up after a short walk.