Anyone using orthotics? (insurance, kids, adult, old)

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For the past 2 years, my daughter has worn SureStep orthotics for low tone and pronation.



Today, they told me that she doesn't need these any more, and we will be getting PattiBob orthotics instead, which are much lower profile.



Not sure how long she will continue to need these. They said it could be just another year, or she could need them into adulthood.

Unfortunately, they still won't work with sandals, which she really wants to wear like her big sister.

What kinds of orthotics have you used for your kids, and what kind of experience have you had with them?

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Had the sure step plastic ones pictured for years and I honestly didnt ever notice a difference, so we just stopped using them-that and the fact that his feet would get so hot & sweaty...Plus, we had to pay 700.00 out of pocket when we had good insurance, not I'd hate to see how much we'd have to pay for a new pair!
The second pic is what one of my students (entering grade 4) just moved into from the others.

I was able to get some sandals on my son with the orthotics on, but it was a pain. Then when he was wearing them regularly, there were days when he just wore sandals and we didnt put the orthotics on him.

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Our insurance covered the first orthotics, and we only had to pay about $150 or so out of pocket for them. Our insurance does not cover the new ones at all, but they are only $65 anyway.

We have also let her wear sandals around at home or if we aren't going to be walking around much, but then the problem is that she wants to wear them to school too. She came home the other day with her leg all scraped up from falling though, so that's maybe not a great idea. But in the summer now they have "water day" every Friday at school and ask that the kids come in wearing bathing suits and "water shoes", so we dress her in that and then bring her other shoes to change into later.

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Well, that's not a bad price. My son's surestep ones were about 1,000. Our insurance covers 90% at the time, minus a 300.00 deductible. Our new insurance stinks.

When my son first got his, I took him to a specialty shoes store and stride rite-calling first to see if they had experience fitting shoes on orthotics. We came up with many options.
My son has some great luck with some Japanese athletic shoes because they were really lightweight,but we also found a great pair of keen shoes that worked well-but sandals we honestly went to Target and just found some that would fit over them-we even took him to the crocs store and he got scooby doo crocs a size bigger so the inserts would fit. When my student that got your new style got hers, if she wore sandals, she didn't wear the orthotics. But, if your little one falls without them, that's probably not a good idea.