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From: rissa@chinet.UUCP (Garret and Trish)
Newsgroups: sci.med
Subject: foot pain and orthotics
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Date: Sun, 16-Nov-86 01:10:17 EST
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Has anybody tried or does anybody have any information on "otc"
foot orthotic impression kits?  The ones offered through catalogs --
as opposed to the kind (maybe there's no difference?) your doctor
might use.  

The catalog I have is from The Sporting Edge.  They offer to send
you the impression kit for $19.95 which you are then supposed to
send to the American Orthotic Laboratory who will send you these
little plastic instep things for your shoes (in exchange for
$59.95).

Do these things work?  Is the AO Lab legit?  Has anybody had any
experience with orthotics?  

Thank you.

Trisha (my doctor wants to charge me $400 for what looks to be the 
same exact thing that's in this catalog) O Tuama