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- flossy_log_lady March 2012
- Loose_Thread March 2012
- YoursTruly March 2012
Huge Sale at FitRight Northwest!
remember how I got my gait analyzed and got shoes prescribed to me
and how the shoes are helping my fucked up hip joint issue, like, a lot?
and how the shoes don't even look that dumb?
and how the gait analysis is FREE, just the shoes cost money?
They are having a sale of up to 70% off on ALL ITEMS, just this weekend (sat/sun)!!!!!
if you've been even mildly intrigued by my long boring stories of joint pain and corrective footwear, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE.
and how the shoes are helping my fucked up hip joint issue, like, a lot?
and how the shoes don't even look that dumb?
and how the gait analysis is FREE, just the shoes cost money?
They are having a sale of up to 70% off on ALL ITEMS, just this weekend (sat/sun)!!!!!
if you've been even mildly intrigued by my long boring stories of joint pain and corrective footwear, NOW'S YOUR CHANCE.
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What, I just go there, they measure my dysfunction, then I buy shoes at %30 retail?
huh
The person will say, "ok, come over here and take your shoes and socks off."
They put you on a treadmill and have you jog for like 10 seconds. Then they turn the treadmill off and play back the video (close-up of your feet, from behind). It is mind-blowing, like watching an alien.
Then they tell you everything about your gait. Whether you "pronate" or other words I don't remember, all having to do with how your feet go down on the ground (crooked? straight? angled in/out?), which part of each of your feet is taking the brunt of your weight, and if there's a disparity or a crookedness what that means and what kind of shoe will correct it. You say "Wow!" and "Ok" a lot during this part.
Then they take you across the store and sit you down and bring out like 20 pairs of shoes for you to try. The shoes are all just regular athletic (walking/running) shoes, made by Nike and New Balance and etc. But the thing is that, unbeknownst to most people including me, each shoe is made with kind of profoundly different feet/bones/bodies in mind. There are shoes for scoliosis and shoes for crazy one-foot-only pronation and shoes for if you're pigeon-toed and shoes for if one leg is shorter than the other. If you buy the wrong shoes (for example, if you've been buying your shoes for decades at Goodwill based only on appearance) you can actually fuck your natural idiosyncrasies up way worse.
So the person, having looked at your gait, now knows what kind of shoe you need. They will have you try on tons of pairs and get up a jog around while they watch you. Then they'll tell you which shoes corrected you the most. At this point you can choose based on appearance. They have tons and tons of shoes.
They will also put your profile in their computer system, such that the next time you go in they have your records and what your deal is. Like a doctor!! Also they can print you out a thing saying what kinds of shoes you need, so you don't have to just keep buying shoes from them forever and ever. It is a very legit operation, as far as I can tell.
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Maybe I could find some, like, black patent clogs...