Community
Our community section serves offers information about various orthopedic conditions, internet resources for people with various conditions, and a forum to discuss various orthopedic topics.
Foot Health
- Swollen Feet
- Peripheral Neuropathy
- High Arch Foot
- Arthritis
- Edema
- Bunions
- Braces or AFO's
- Hammer Toe
- Heel Spurs
- Gout
- Leg Length Discrepancy
- Curly Toe
- Charcot Marie Tooth
- Diabetes Mellitus
- Pes Cavus
- Pedal Edema
- Flat Foot
- Adult Onset Diabetes
- Peripheral Arterial Disease
- Mortons Neuroma
- Alcoholic Neuropathy
- Metatarsalgia
- Exotosis
- Pregnancy
- Neuropathy
- Plantar Fasciitis
- HMSN
- Polio
- Burns
- Epidermolysis Bullosa (EB)
- Maternity Shoes
- Cleft Foot
- Hallux Valgus
- Atrophy Peroneal Muscular
- Multiple Sclerosis
- Septic Arthritis
- Poor Circulation
- Tailors Bunion
- Heel Pain
- Diabetic Ulcers
- Reflex Neurovascular Dystrophy
- Cerebral Palsy
- Synovial Syst
- Spina Bifida
- Severe Foot Deformities
- Buerger's Disease
- Lymphedema
- Corns
- Podagra
- Charcot Foot
- Leprosy
- Reiters Syndrome
- Ehlers Danlos Syndrome
- Hansens Disease
- Pes Planus
- Pseudogout
- Ectrodactyly
- Ganglion Cyst
- Bunionette
- Deep Venous Thrombosis
- Peripheral Vascular Disease
- Nodule Rheumatoid
- Clinodactyly
- Foot Orthotics
- Guillain Barre Syndrome
- Post-Tib Tendonitis
- Onychomycosis
- Calluses
- Osteoarthritis
- Mallat Toes
- Infectious Polyneuritis
- Scleroderma
- Overlapping Toes
- Raynauds Disease
- Claw Toes
- Psoriasis
- Spasticity
- General Terms
- Mortons Toe
- Syndactyly
- Phlebitis
- Ingrown Toenails
- Thromboangiitis Obliterans
- Milroy's Disease
- Sesamoiditis
- Macrodactyly
- Systemic Sclerosis
- Polydactyly
- Friedreich's Ataxia
- Little's Disease
- Thrombophlebitis
Peripheral Neuropathy
Neuropathy is the disturbance of function or pathological change in a nerve.
Charcot- Marie-Tooth (CMT) disease, named for three physicians who first identified the disease in 1886, is usually inherited as a dominant trait and is the most common disease within a group of conditions called Hereditary Motor and Sensory Neuropathies (HMSN).
CMT affects approximately 125,000 individuals in the U.S. At present there is no known cure for CMT.
There are thought to be at least five genetic causes of CMT that lead to two distinct types of nerve disease. HMSN Type 1 where there is damage to the nerve fiber insulation and HMSN Type 2 where there is damage to the nerve itself.
The disease is marked by a slow progressive muscle weakness in the feet lower legs, hands and forearms and a mild loss of sensation in the toes, feet and fingers.
Diabetics with advanced neuropathy are unable to detect when too much pressure is being placed on a bony prominence of the foot. As a result there is a break or hole in the skin, known as an ulcer, and the diabetic can not feel this pain. The most common ulcerations occur on the sole or plantar surface of the foot and the metatarsal heads and hallux. Of the 15% of diabetics that will experience diabetic foot ulcers, as many as 20% of these diabetics will suffer from lower extremity amputation.
Accommodative, seamless, soft, stretch footwear with a hook and loop closure, together with a removable insole for custom inserts are often recommended by footwear professionals.
Shoes For You:
500 Mary Jane
A stretch version of the classic Mary Jane with an adjustble strap.
600 Black Classic
Pamper your feet with the original ajustable closure othopedic shoes.
601 Beige Classic
Pamper your feet with our original ajustable closure othopedic shoe.
501 Mary Jane
A stretch taupe version of the classic Mary Jane with an adjustble strap.
700 Beige Euro Clog
An extremely comfortable stretch clog.
Discount Pedors Shoes
Pamper your feet with the original ajustable closure othopedic shoes.