Walking in cam walker made easier by fixing other shoe
Hi all, I recently had the following discussion with duncmck and Norm on the Site-Wide Recent Comments about balancing out our hips while in the cam walker to make walking easier, more comfortable and less likely to cause hip, back or knee problems.
— “I put insoles in my good foot’s shoe but that isn’t quite enough to balance me as much as I’d like. It doesn’t make up for the thickness of the sole of the cam walker. So I took my right shoe (good foot) to a shoe repair shop and he put sole material under my shoe until I felt balanced. After these measurements, the shoe repairman is going to add a 3/4″ sole to the bottom of the shoe to even me out. It should make walking more natural. Keeping my fingers crossed.” —
Well, I picked up the shoe today and walking is so much easier, more comfortable and , the added bonus, I can walk faster. I have an almost normal gait in the cam walker now. I wanted to pass this information along, as I know that there are quite a few discussions about how to make walking easier in our cam walkers. I thought I’d add this solution that is working great for me to the list of solutions others have shared.
I used an old pair (well one shoe really) of running shoes that was pretty much worn out since I won’t be using the shoe again after I’m on two shoes full time. (Unless I want to do the other shoe as well and have the Herman Munster look.) The shoe repair shop simply added the additional ¾” sole to the bottom of my shoe. Because it’s a running shoe, the sole conforms to the bottom of the running shoe and is rounded like the bottom of my cam walker. The result is easy, comfortable walking in my cam walker.
I know there are other solutions on this great web site but I hadn’t seen this one yet, so I thought I’d share it.
That’s it for now.
Keep healing.
