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Pedorthist Recommends Pedors Shoes For Various Foot ProblemsAs a Pedorthist of 30 years, I see many individuals that benefit from Pedors footwear, especially nursing home residents. The Pedors shoe has many great benefits for patients in this environment.1. The shoes are light weight with a velcro closure that is a feature requested by many.2. The soft, wide, high toe box design allows room and no pressure on toe deformities or swelling.3. The feature of being machine washable is great for cle …

Summer Fun! Coffee Mug Slogan Competition We have decided to have some fun this summer and introduce some t-shirts, hats and coffee mugs featuring the Pedors logo with some fun, catchy taglines. First we are going to focus on our coffee mugs. We have come up with a few of our own ideas and we would love it if you would pick your favorite and then enter your own suggestion! Shown above is Pedors - For All Walks Of Life We are sure you can do better! You don't have to enter a su …

Looking For Golf Orthotics? These may well help your swing That was the question I was left pondering after a recent golf outing, but first, let's back up a little. It was Jordan Spieth's sensational recovery in his final round at the 2017 British Open that got me back on the golf course. I'm a mid-handicapper, around about a 14 on a good day, but usually struggling to break 90 more often than not. It was around mid day when my usual cart partner Dennis sent a text to see if I wanted to tr …

Let's Walk - the long dormant domain that promises muchWalking.  I usually walk everyday and I truly cherish it, though this was not always the case.  Walking to me was usually reserved for those rare instances when I was not able to drive to a destination. However, a few years ago in an attempt to lose a few extra holiday pounds I started walking around my local park. The “short loop” around the park was a little under two miles and would take me about 35 minutes. When I fir …

Information on inflammation and the effects on our bodiesHi there!This week I am going to talk about inflammation, what it is, how it affects our bodies, what foods to avoid, and what foods to include in our diets. I will finish up with a great little recipe that's got some anti-inflammatory fighting ingredients!If you are anything like me, you hear the word 'inflammatory' being used quite often especially when it comes to diseases. Millions upon millions of people worldwide suffer from an arra …

A few moments ago we pressed the big button that makes Pedors available on Amazon.com. Only it wasn't really a big button but rather a frustrating process of uploading and re-uploading spreadsheets, reading pages upon pages of instructions and being generally confused.However, they are up now and that is good.  Or is it?  Time will tell.  The Amazon juggernaut is so enticing in that it promises a land of milk and honey but that particular landscape is also potholed with fees …

FAQ Video #2: Pedors Pedoprene Heat Moldable Sretch FabricGigi is on a roll cranking out the Pedors FAQ videos and here is the second installment entitled, FAQ 2: What is Pedoprene and is it really heat moldable?You can view her video message directly on this blog.  The video is also available on the Stretch Shoes dedicated page.Video transcript is shown below this video.Hi my name is Gigi O’Hare and welcome to our Pedors.com video channel where we are going to be answering our …

Thank You For Sharing Your Pedors Stories!Some of you will have been contacted by me recently to share your "Pedors Story". We get so many wonderful reviews of our products (which we really appreciate) that I wanted to see if I could get the personal stories behind the reviews. I am delighted to say that so many of you have been gracious enough to share your stories!If you have a story of how Pedors have helped you and you want to share your own story, send me a messge at support@pedors.co …

What are good shoes for Nursing Home Residents?A simple enough question with surprisingly, a simple enough answer.Residents of Nursing Homes have some fairly common requirements when it comes to footwear. Shoes need to be stable, be easy to get on and off, be able to accept custom orthotics (if required) and as an added bonus, be machine washable. If the upper is stretchable so that forefoot problems can be accommodated, even better.Full disclosure here; we manufacture one of the most popul …

What are hammertoes?A hammertoe is essentially a painful deformity that causes the middle of a toe to bend upwards, thus resulting in a "hammer".A hammertoe can occur when the muscles in your toe no longer work together and they get out of balance so to speak.  This imbalance causes a lot of pressure on the toe's tendons and joints, which in turn force the toe into a hammer-head shape.There are three main reasons why the muscles can get out of balance:i) Genes: unfortunately you may have in …