continuation

I will explain why I call the podiatrist "genius". After getting his inserts, Mel would occasionally experience more back problems. On these occasions, Genius would ask Mel to walk down the hall in the office. Doc would watch Mel walk several feet down and back—then take one or both inserts, and sand a little off here or there or add a "patch" here or there—poof the back problems disappeared! it was amazing! 

We assumed that any podiatrist was capable of this, so when he began having problems in Missouri, we set up an appointment with a podiatrist here. The yo-yo looked at us as though we were crazy seeing a podiatrist for back problems, and told us to see a chiropractor! I tried the "walk" viewing, and could see that his feet were rolling over to the outside. So, we tried new shoes—they did okay for a while, but would "break down" within a very few weeks. We bought a lot of new shoes until we found the pricey SAS shoes. He wore those for an entire year, and we swore to never buy any other kind.

The second pair of SAS didn't do so well—and Mel thought his back problems were from another cause. (sitting on hard bleachers on his field trips) But, I insisted that he buy more shoes. I asked if there was any difference in the first & second pairs, and the answer was yes—the second pair was ½ size larger. So we went back to SAS on Monday and checked for the size 7 N he'd had the first time. They didn't have them, but the "genius" sales lady recommended ladies' shoes. With his tiny feet, we have done the ladies shoes many times, and knew that he took a ladies 9. He tried a 9 N, and sales lady suggested an 8½. Sold! three days later, the back is good! Let's hope it continues!

More soon! Hugs!