MBT shoes radically improve my messy gait....

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They are expensive, but extremely worth it!! !
I got a pair very frivolously, and I have never had a pair of shoes that acted more like orthopedic shoes. I have a very awkward gait...half the time on tip-toe half not...when walking flat-footed I shuffle, and something about the way I distribute the weight on ,my feet causes me to stumble a lot and even occasionally fall...also in some settings like platforms, the ground shakes underneath me, not because I am all that heavy but because the only flat footed walking I do is more like stomping even though that is not what I am trying to do....These shoes totally correct my gait. I don't go up on my toes as nearly as much...Unfortunately, they do not make footwear for children, but I really think that they need to. I am about to write to them and tell them so...These might be really great shoes for children with gait problems related to autism..My parents commented that I am walking a lot better, and the shoes make me taller and improve my posture....and I want to buy a pair of MBT shoes for my ASish mom, who has really bad feet..(not necc. for the same reasons)

Anywhooo...just raving....anyone else experience these shoes or lookibng for shoes that might improve their gait?
Perhaps if anyone here likes these shoes as much as I do, you could join me in my campaign to have them make footwear for children...I really could have used these when I was a kid to help with my toe walking.....

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Are they good for a variety of foot problems? Because my feet are my worst enemy.

Yes...I believe so...I want to get a pair for my ASish mom who has arthritic feet...I wish that I had enough money that I could be an enterpeneur and buy shoes for people who have foot-health problems and can't afford good orthopedic shoes. I am gonna do my best to buy a pair of these for my mom, who has arthritic toes....they take soooo much burden off of walking.....I can be on my feet all day and experience little -to no foot pain, when it has been a problem with me for my whole life...I am so glad that I can now go to the fancy thrift store with my parents as I do like clockwork every week, and the whole china section no longer shakes when I go near it....Now all my clumsiness just boils down to my depth perception issues and has less to do with my motor coordination...at least as far as my walking is concerned...
When i was young, I was floored with foot issues...most particularly when I was still growing,,,now, as an adult I am just clumsy and toe-walk/shuffle..and always have to wear expensive shoes so that I don't kill my feet...,

Here is the link to their American website..there is some place on there where people can leave opinions and you can read peoples opinions about them...

http://us.mbt.com/Header/Opinions.aspx

I bought mine off of Amazon.com for a discount, just based on word-of mouth without even trying them on first,,..but they have them at Whole Earth Provisions...sometimes even on sale...I hope they have some on sale when i manage to drag my mom there to buy her a pair...

I really like the way they take so much pressure off both the heel and the toe of the foot...and place it on the center of the foot..so they will support your feet if you have bad arches AND if you have overly pronounced arches...(as I do)...Normally, I tend to put a lot of pressure on my toes and very little on my heels...the elevated rocking structure of the soles seems to distribute the stress of walking to other parts of the body and takes alot of the stress/pressure off of the feet while helping strengthen other muscle groups...and improving overall posture,...

I was planning on buying a pair of fitflop sandals for myself and my mom for Mother's Day. I have terrible nerve pain (and I am not diabetic) and my mom has arthritis. We both have fibromyalgia, so I thought these would be a good idea. I was also considering the Reebok Easytones, but I already have nice exercise shoes that I exercise in already.

The MBTs are a bit out of my price range, which is why I am going for Fit Flops. I know my mom will rather wear them, as well.

I wear orthotics. I have a very sore toe that I should one day get looked at. And one bone on my big toe is growing out the wrong way. Makes wearing girly shoes hard. I'm not wearing girly shoes much these days. I'm extremely flat footed too.

I might look these shoes up.

That sounds like a bunion- they can do surgery to reduce the extra bone growth, but you would be on crutches for a while.

I might need surgery sometime in the future. I've never had to be on crutches before.

I have the same issue on one of my feet, but I wouldn't do surgery unless it gets really bad or something. I can still find pretty shoes. I don't know if I could even do crutches with my other problems.

I haven't either. I forced my shoes into the pointy styles of my teenaged years and have the bunions to prove it now. thirty years later when women were removing middle toes to get the pointy pointy shoes on when they came back into style, my feet were admired again.
Me, I was always jealous of the girls that got to wear Doc Martins and have an easier gait. But I would love my feet fixed. Maybe it would be cheaper to get a pair of the MBT shoes.

Women actually had their middle toes removed? crazy!! I have always had wide spread monkey toes and pointy toed shoes always seemed beyond my reasoning...
Doc Martins have frequently hurt my feet...and when younger I wore a lot of converse and vans and keds and they were always too narrow...and my weird feet would wear weird holes in them,...not to mention the general discomfort that I just thought was normal..swollen feet from too much walking..etc...

I have what is called Morton's Toe which is when the second toe is longer than the big toe. This throws the metatarsal arch out of whack and when your feet are out of whack, everything else is. I think it's the source of my near life long problem with sciatica. My childhood GP said I had no structure at the front of my foot to break the weight of my body off my feet. That's what creates those monkey toes and mine are almost prehensile. Those shoes might be worth the investment.People pay just as much for custom inserts. I have tax refund money so I could afford it if they were good quality and lasted.

I have sketchers shape ups which are very similar to MBT. Ive found them really fantastic and wear them all the time, I wish I had payed out for them before and had not been so tight fisted as they are so fantastic. I have funny posture and walk and they do make me walk more normally. The first day I got them I went to london on the train and went on the tube around london which was such a mistake as I fell all over the place in a very off balance and clumsy way lol, you would have laughed so much to see it! But it was a good introductyion and made me get my balance quick and now I really love them. I will definately get some MBT too which are the next grade up in cost but definately worth it.

My second and third toes are longer than my big toe, and my toes are almost prehensile too...I also have very small feet...not sure who I got that from...but I could wear a size 5 if my feet were not so wide in front. I have never had sciatica though...just issues with how they formed due to years of toe walking...
My mom has large feet for her height..she is short like me..and has always complained of foot problems...

Sketchers has their own version that is similar..and maybe cheaper...I got mine on sale for around $115..They are Mary Janes with velcro straps, which I appreciate...since I am no good with laces...

On Ebay i see that there are some MBTs that are less than $100.. A lot of places say that some people sell fake ones.. I wonder if the ones on ebay are for real? They look the same as the ones on the websites..
I'm thinking about getting some of these for after my foot heals. I currently have a metatarsal stress fracture in my left foot, and it looks like the way they rock might take some of the stress off of the front of my foot.