Steps To Making Handmade Orthotics At Home

By Nelda Powers


Custom made high arch soles are usually made for the the people who have severe cases of low foot arches or complete flat feet. Of course the custom made ones are made from the manufacturers have the specific measurements and such that the flat footed patient will need but what many do not know is that it is possible to create handmade orthotics. The only catch here is that only athletes or people with a mild case of low arch may be able to use it just to be safe.

Now before one would want to make one of these things, he would first have to get hand of certain materials. Now the most important thing that he would need would be some insoles probably from other shoes that he does not use anymore. Just make sure that all sizes of these things are more or less the same or similar.

The next thing that he would have to get would be a glue that is waterproof or better yet, super glue that can really stick. In order to cut up the insoles, one will be needing a pair of really sharp scissors because insoles may be tough to cut. As long as one has these things, then he may start getting to work on that insole.

Now the first thing to do would be to get the existing insoles and measure them. As stated earlier, all of the insoles have to be of the same size so that there will be consistency. After that, put one insole on top of another and determine which part is the part that would hold the arch.

After determining the part that would hold the arch, then he now has to cut that part with the sharp scissors. Now he has to make sure that the part that was cut out is really able to fit the insole that is whole otherwise one would have to cut it a little bit more. Once he has already done that, then the next part would be to now glue that small part to the whole insole.

After that has already been done, then one just has to wait for the glue to dry before he tries it out. Of course as stated above, the best glue for this type of project would be super glue. It is this glue that is the stickiest as well as the most effective and it dries really fast.

Now if one would want to make his arch support taller than it already is, he can actually do so by adding another sole part to the insole. Now he has to get the third insole and just what he did a while ago. Once he has done that, he just once again has to let the glue dry and then try to walk with it.

Now if one is an athlete who needs a higher arch support or is a person who has a low arch, then he may actually make handmade orthotics at home to save money. Now if he has a very severe case of being flat footed, then it is best that he already buys a custom made one. Other than that, the handmade one is actually more than enough.




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