What I Have in Common With Amy and Howard

[wildrider]

Tonight's TBBT made me chuckle over Amy and Howard's bonding with Neil Diamond music, because a few months ago I finally got much of the Neil Diamond music I used to love digitized, and now I can't stop listening to it. I loved Diamond when I was in college, but for one reason and another, I never moved him to CD, and my old albums sat in storage

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[cornerofmadness]

I really enjoyed tonight's episode for much the same reason you did. God Heartlight got played to death back then.

Yeah, shape ups and the like are horrible. They shouldn't be on the market if podiatrists had anything to say about them. They put so much stress on joints and any shaping up they do is very debatable.

Let me add to your list, Saucony, new balance and etonics, all highly rated by the APMA as is ASICS. And so are Tony Llamas, which is a totally different thing but just saying.

and hopefully your doc will say this but when you get the orthotics it's recommended to work up to wearing them, like an hour at a time because they will change things and if you put them in and go all day on day one you might be in pain.

[wildrider]

Yay Neil Diamond. :)

Well, they were awfully comfortable for DisneyWorld -- I didn't think about how they were "tightening my tendons," which is apparently what they were doing.

I like the Saucony. I never have found a pair of New Balance I like very much, but I keep trying because they're tops on EVERY list.

I would kill for a new pair of Tony Llamas. I never had trouble with my feet when I wore cowboy boots all the time (hmmmmm.....)

I'm sure he'll tell me all the rules when I pick them up in three weeks.

[cornerofmadness]

Yeah they tear up the soft tissues and alter gait. I liked Saucony which I wore in the 90s but I haven't worn anything but New Balance in the last decade (I had to study tennis shoes, no lie, cut them up and look at their guts for class). Cowboy boots are actually pretty good for feet.

I hope he does (some docs are not as good as others, looks at some of the ones here...)

[wildrider]

That's cool.

I'm wearing Puma now (with a Foot Balance custom sole insert), and he okayed those for walking/hiking. But they're getting old, as happens with exercise shoes...

I'll take another look at New Balance.

[cornerofmadness]

yeah old shoes can really end up in tendonitis. a lot of thos OTC inserts are pretty good these days

[wildrider]

The store I bought the Foot Balance in (RoadRunner Sports) did a custom fitting and molded them to my feet, so they're really good -- the doc liked the ones I got from Costco, but pointed out they're plastic, so they don't do as good as job as graphite ones...

[cornerofmadness]

this is true. The graphite is very good for orthotics