Ionic

That's an excellent site, bodycushion.com, Scotty - lots of good products there, but I don't see any hint of them doing international sales. Need to find as extensive a range over this side of the pond now.

The half insoles are good and so especially is the kind of orthotic arch support item to. A lot of shoes have poorly shaped arch and it will also help adjust other fit problems such as taking out some space in a boot without crowding the toes.
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adding... do you also find the lifters made the shoe in effect very slightly longer? This is only a very small factor.

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sscotty727

I've actually been able to comfortably put 3 stacked together inside my JC Penny Heels, which gives me about 1 to 1 1/2 inch more lift. When I put a 4th inside, they my toes start to get numb. I found the half size lifts worked MUCH better than the full insert which does raise the lower part of the foot and again starts hurting my foot. Also I've been able to wear it with the inserts and remove them with no noticable damage to the shoe. You might want to check the Dr Scholls site to see if they make anything similar.

Scotty

sscotty727

I came up with a new design of my hidden heel lift and my Clark shoes which have a 2" heel are effectively now mules (I lifted the heel the entire hight of the back of the shoe). They are probably now 4 or 5 inches! I wore them at work all day and it was great! The only problem is with the rubbery material in the Dr Scholls I used, they compress a little when I walk. I am going to look into getting blocks of wood and seeing if I can carve a set of lifts and then put a Dr Scholls cover on top of it to make it more comfortable.

Scotty

sscotty727

Actually I went too far in the heel lift and ended up hurting my foot with the lip of the shoe cutting into my foot.

Anyway, I revamped the design to give me more lift without hurting my foot. The problem is that outside of work, I don't have a problem wearing higher heels, but at work I don't want to "appear" to be wearing anything higher than 2". Of course I like the feel of atleast 3+", so I created some hidden heels for inside the shoes to achieve this. I still think if I make something sturdy out of wood (think of a wedge shape) and then covered it with something from Dr Scholls for padding, I think it will work great.

Anyone else experiment with anything like this?

Thanks,

Scotty

Firefox

Thanks for sharing your ideas with us Scotty.

In answer to your question I did experiment a little with hidden lifts at one time, but I was also trying higher visible heels at the same time. Once I found nobody gave a shit about 3 to 4 1/2" visible heels I never bothered with the lifts again really. The reason is that I like the different heel styles and shapes and lifts don't help this aesthetic endeavour in my view.

I think they could be very useful for someone with a larger foot though, when they can't necessarily get the height they want in a style they like. As I can get any style I want in my size that's not a consideration for me.

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sscotty727

Thanks Firefox.

In my personal life, I have no problem looking for and wearing higher heels. I plan on shopping for a 4 to 5 inch heel tomorrow.

For work since I now work in a more visable setting, I don't feel comfortable wearing more than a 2 inch heel. Maybe once I am there a while I will relax more and it won't matter, but in the meantime I am going to experiment with the hidden heels. I am thinking of going to a hobby store and getting a round wooden disk, and cut it sideways to produce two round "wedges. I think that with a Dr Schools heel on top might do the trick.

Scotty

Firefox

I made some lifts based on a Dr Schol heel cushion raised with layers of thick cardboard and then bound round with insulating tape.

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sscotty727

I finally perfected them! :P

Turns out my mistake was trying to make the insert a wedge and the angle was always hurting my feet. I put something under the wedge to make a more flat surface and it feels much better. This weekend I am going to redo the design with more wood I got from a hobby store. I will try to post some pictures once I get them made.

Scotty

sscotty727

Hi All,

I finally perfected my wooden hidden heels. I can give more information to anyone interested, please PM me. Basically, I went to Michaels (a craft store) and got a piece of wood got in an oval. (It says the dimensions are 3x5, but the thickness is 1"). I cut the wood in half giving me two half ovals. I then trimmed the sides with a knife to get the wood the right size to fit inside my shoe (of course the "round" size in the back of the shoe). I then used a file and filed the end the flat size so that it created an angle (I will try to get pics, but my camera is acting up right now so you will have to bear with me). Anyway, I keep filing until I can comfortable wear the heels in the shoes. I noticed the wood heels too hard after wearing them all day, so going to the local drug store I found heel pads that just about perfectly fit the top of the wooden heel. I then covered the entire heel/pad combination with a nylon sock, stretched it tight at the bottom and them cut/taped it. My wife and sister-in-law have asked me to make them a set too!:)

Hopefully the above makes sense, but feel free to PM me if you need more details/info.

Scotty

Dr. Shoe

Sounds perfectly sound to me!