Years ago, the use of children’s orthopedic shoes was a well-established, medically accepted, and oft-prescribed solution to pediatric foot problems. Each year, pedorthists and orthotists measured for, fitted, and dispensed thousands of straight-last and outflare shoes with modifications like Thomas heels, wedges, and torque heels, as well as orthopedic contraptions like Denis Browne splints. It was big business. So…what happened?
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