Orthofeet Louise womens Oxford Flat

I bought these because I am having foot pain and am trying to alleviate it before going to a podiatrist. I spent the pandemic working from home and wearing cozy but unsupportive slippers; now I’m paying the price. So far these are noticeably relieving much of my discomfort and pain. I’ve even noticed that my lower back and hips feel better aligned than they have ever been and that’s helpful in lessening the pain I had in those areas as well. The soles are fairly grippy on my hardwood floors, and I like that they have a little stretch to them. The strap is adjustable but don’t really notice much of a difference using it. I’m normally a size 8.5 but I’ve tried so many slippers on and seem to be more comfy in a 9, and these have about an inch of room at the toe with the size 9 - that’s great so I can wear warm socks if needed. They are a mesh material so not super warm. They came with extra inserts to put under the insole to customize the fit. I only put the blue ones in. If they get compressed I’ll add the green ones. Only problem is I will need to buy the shoes too so my feet feel good when leaving the house. Overall I’m very happy with everything- except their looks. They definitely look very orthopedic. But since I only wear them in the house and to the mailbox I can live with them. Totally worth it!

Love these slippers. Wear every day.

Ive been searching for awhile now for house shoes to wear. I have a few issues that make shopping for the right shoes more difficult. I have a foot condition that makes unsupportive shoes hurt my feet, that runs into my legs and hips if not supported right. I also have wide feet and problems with sweating/smelly feet. I also can't wear shoes without socks or the sweat/smelly problem is exasperated. The last thing I really needed was a shoe that would allow me to have enough room to put my custom sole into, which this shoe has! These shoes are breathable and there's plenty of room for my feet with the insole inserted, plus if I want to tighten them I can do that with the strap. I feel like I hit the jackpot with these shoes. I can't say how the support is in the shoes since I did not use them but if you need house shoes that function really well and can fit your custom insoles, these are it! Its really nice that these don't make my feet hot. I normally wear like a size 7-7.5 and I ordered a 7.5, they fit perfectly. My insoles are size 7 but they fit in these great as you can see in the photo. Worth the money I spent!

First, when I put these on out of the box, they felt really good. I have a major lower back issue (had surgery on L4-L5-S1 twelve years ago, with mild degeneration now - involving L5-S1). I bought them to wear around the house. Day 1 and 2: great. Day 3: my heels started feeling a little sore (has never happened before). By end of day, both of my heels were definitely sore, but not awful. Day 4: I woke up and COULD BARELY MOVE. My lower back was frozen with pain. It hurt to breathe. And having had surgery and a very long recovery, I knew THAT type of pain: and it wasn’t muscular. This was a deep, strong ache: the type of pain I had for 2-3 days right before emergency back surgery 12 years ago. I called my ortho doc and didn’t even mention I was wearing a new brand of house orthopedic house shoes. It didn’t occur to me at the time that had anything to do with it, even though I haven’t had a severe back issue in 4+ years. My ortho got me in same-day and I had scan that showed TWO slipped/bulging discs. I had a PET scan done on my torso four months ago, for a totally unrelated health concern. At that time, both of those discs were fine, in place with no bulging. I was shocked to hear from my orthopedic surgeon that MULTIPLE patients of his (post-spinal surgery) have had issues with Orthofeet shoes. I was fooled by the pretty high price of these, thinking they’d be better than other shoes I have. So, I’m on Day 3 of being in bed for this back issue, and went back to wearing my other house shoes yesterday (“Walk Hero” mules - although they’re not very high quality uppers, the sole/support is much, much better than these Orthofeet mules - so I highly recommend them as far as support for bad lower back/bad knees - I have the Walk Hero inserts too, in multiple pairs of shoes: boots, sneakers, etc). This was my first pair of Orthofeet. I was looking for a better quality upper than my current, perfectly supportive pair of Walk Hero mules. This was definitely my last pair of Orthofeet shoes. I’m very disappointed, especially considering I had read so many great reviews. FYI: I’m a woman, with size 9US feet: normal width (slightly narrow heel), a normal arch, and slight over-pronation. These “normal width” Orthofeet are definitely too wide for my feet without pretty thick socks. I rarely write detailed reviews like this one, but I was compelled to do so specifically because these shoes were so comfortable in the beginning, even though they were clearly causing my lower back/hips to not align properly. If you have no back issue, these may work well for you. However, my personal opinion is, if you’ve ever had surgery on your lower back, steer clear of these! Or at the very least: if your heels start to hurt while wearing these, stop wearing them.

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