Testimonials
Since you fitted me with my orthotics, I have had pain free golf for the first time in many years. They feel fantastic and have given me a new lease of life as regards my enjoyment of playing. Many thanks.
Kevin Merry, Senior Golf Instructor, The Grove
I would not put on a pair of shoes without them in!
Phillip Mehl
Having worn a multitude of insoles for the best part of my career, the orthotics you made me, have really helped correct my posture and gait.
Professor Laurie Hartman, Osteopath
As a seasoned marathon & ultra-marathon runner I obtained running and general orthotics from Edward, with a view to them preventing any potential injuries. Since running in the sports orthotics for a while now, I have increased my training & racing intensity & distance, with no injuries whatsoever. The orthotics have definitely contributed to this. Also the general everyday orthotics have definitely aided me as my job consists of standing for most of the day. I have referred numerous people (mostly runners) to Edward who have also been successfully sorted out with orthotics to help with their running and cure injuries they had. The advice from Edward was sound and I will continue to recommend Edward to runners, injured or not.
Ryan Spencer, Up & Running, Watford
I have had back pain which has been on and off for the last seven years. Doctors have told me "it will go away" and taken X-rays to prove there is nothing structurally wrong. Two chiropractors have given me treatment which brought short-term relief - with the problem then returning. No-one seemed to know what was causing the pain. When I came to Edward I had pain in my shoulder, neck, face, arms, hips and then in the knee and foot! The first visit was a revelation, with him diagnosing that my foot arches were falling inwards, causing the pain, as my whole body tried to re-align itself. Within a short time I had orthotic insoles supplied and things started to change. The pains gradually eased and I feel more free and confident than I have in years. We have got to the root of the problem.
Jenny Shaw
If it hadn't been for my wonderful orthotics I would be crippled today. Having been diagnosed with a painful and potentially crippling osteo-arthritic big toe, I was prescribed orthotics by Edward. An impression of each foot was taken and the most appropriate style of orthotic was discussed. The whole process was personal, professional and efficient. The orthotics have transformed my walking. I can walk without pain, in the knowledge that no further damage is being done in my affected foot and that damage is being prevented in my unaffected one. I would sincerely recommend the orthotics and the service provided by The Abbots Langley Clinic.
Christine Ayrton
I would not be without them!
Robert Fortey, House Manager, Moor Park Golf Club
I had problems with my back, neck and shoulders for years until I went to see Edward. I was surprised to find out that it was my feet that were causing my problem and that it could be sorted so easily. I have worked for the past 13 years with adults who have learning disabilities and mental health issues and I am on my feet all day, which did not help. At one stage I had to stop exercising as the pain was so bad. I got my orthotics in February 2009 and there has been a huge improvement with my posture and back problems. I can stand all day in comfort. I would recommend that anyone with back problems gets them.
Rebecca Wells
Five years ago I walked into the Abbots Langley Clinic after having eighteen months of back trouble and numerous attempts to sort it out. Edward diagnosed the problem and advised me of the benefits of using orthotic inserts to help my problem. When the problem arose again a few months later, I went back and had the orthotic inserts made and thankfully haven’t had a problem since.
Over the last five years I have used three of the masseurs and Edward on various sporting injuries, all who have been first class and very friendly, as are the reception staff. They say the best form of advertising is by word of mouth. I was recommended by a friend and I have recommended the Clinic to my wife and numerous friends and they are all grateful!
Thank you so much
Stuart Weidner
After several years of pain in my ankle, knee and hip, I was referred to Edward, by my Orthopaedic Consultant. He quickly diagnosed the problem and within two weeks my orthotics were made and I was wearing them. I am now walking correctly. My body is realigned and I am walking without pain. Thank you, Edward, for your professional care and the excellent treatment which I have received. I will certainly recommend your service to others and I will definitely not leave home without them.
Susan Burrows
At work I walk at least six miles a day on solid concrete floors and over the years this has taken its toll on my hips and lower back.
Regular visits to Edward eased these problems but in the end it was my posture and gait that was at fault. Since Edward spoke to me about trying out orthotics and having now used these custom-made inserts in my work shoes and daily footwear I feel I walk more upright and with a more positive, spring like step and certainly feel that the problems with my lower back and hips seem to have very much improved.
Sally Garwood
I would just like to say a big "thank you" for making me my orthotics. I am now able to play netball and hockey and for the first time my ankles don't hurt when I run. I am so happy to be playing sport for my school teams and it's all thanks to you.
Anna B (Aged 12)
Having gone from not being able to walk down the road without severe pain in my anklebones, I am now three months further on and back walking my dogs. Progress sometimes seemed very slow but gradually over the weeks a slow improvement occurred.
One thing I have noticed is that the large bunion joints in my big toes look so much smaller and my big toes are no longer stiff. Progress is still happening and I expect a full recovery soon.
Rosemary Brander
When it was suggested that orthotic inserts in my shoes would help headaches, backaches and foot pain, I was sceptical. But I have now been wearing them for five months, and am totally convinced. I wear them all the time, including slippers, and swimming shoes. The searing pain from plantar fasciitis in my feet has pretty well disappeared, and I feel altogether better.
Hazel Fenton
In 1993 I started my career as a Make-Up consultant standing in extremely high heels on concrete flooring for nine hours a day. At eighteen, looking good was more important to me than comfort and so you can imagine that by the time I was twenty-four, I had developed a nasty pain in my lower back. I visited my doctor many times over the next nine years, which normally resulted in them giving me pain killers, doing blood tests and telling me that it was due to me being tall at 5’8” and to lower the heels, which I eventually did.
One doctor referred me on to a Physiotherapist which helped for a small amount of time but the pain would always return. As I didn't get a permanent solution, I felt that I would never find out exactly what was causing this ever increasing pain in my lower back. I found that all kinds of sport that I used to be able to do, now aggravated the pain, so I subsequently stopped all exercise. I had trouble sleeping in most positions, but found putting a pillow between my legs, as recommended by the Physiotherapist, helped.
So basically between the ages of twenty-seven to thirty-two I was in regular pain during the day and night and tired from lack of sleep. I was getting really irritable and worn down with the pain. After a particularly bad night I decided to have one last go at finding the cause to my bad back. So after visiting the doctor again and two clear blood tests later, I was sent away with more pain killers and still they did not know what the problem was.
I remembered an Osteopath that my mum had recently used when she had slipped a disc. I made an appointment to see Edward at the Abbots Langley Clinic. Edward listened to me as I explained about my back pain and the various pills, lotions and different foot wear I had tried over the years. Edward then examined me. I couldn't believe it when Edward told me that he knew exactly what my problem was.
I had a collapsed foot arch which was causing an apparent leg length difference on the same side that I had the back pain. Edward explained that my foot arch was turning inwards causing a difference in leg length which was causing the pain in my back. He also explained that my body would try and correct this action at night, which was why I found it painful and difficult to sleep at night. Edward recommended that I could have some orthotics, custom made, to support my foot arch so that this would take the pressure off and relieve the pain. The orthotics took about two weeks to be made, during which I had two sessions of acupuncture which dramatically helped with the pain. After trying on my orthotics to see how they would feel, the immediate relief was amazing.
I now find I have so much more energy and I am sleeping so much better. I have been wearing the orthotics for about six weeks and I do not really experience any pain any more, which is fantastic compared to how much pain I used to be in. I will be starting some exercise soon which will be great as I have not been able to for a few years.
I highly recommend if any of my symptoms are similar to yours, that you visit Edward. It may just be the best thing you’ve ever done.
Karen Grasso
When I went to see Edward with a very painful foot I was really miserable, as walking was so uncomfortable. Edward examined my foot and decided that orthotics would probably solve the problem. He fitted the orthotics into my shoes, and when I stepped into them, I couldn’t believe the difference.
From walking on hot coals to instant comfort, it literally changed my life. It may seem extravagant praise, but although I may not look ten years younger, my feet and I certainly feel it!
Jane Fisher
You have changed my feet! Thanks to your care and fitting the orthotics in my shoes (high heeled stilettos most of the day!) I am so comfortable. Before I suffered corns and aches most of the day and now my feet are free from discomfort.
Vicki Curtis
I would like to let you know that the orthotics you recently prescribed have worked wonders for me. I have suffered many months of low back and knee pain and now it is great to be able to walk merrily and pain free. Thank you once again for solving this problem.
Keith Benson
Thank you so much for examining my painful knee and prescribing orthotics. Since wearing them, I feel so much better and no more pain when walking. After two weeks of wearing orthotics I went to Australia, I have never walked so much. I am also pleased to tell you that I have walked up the Great Wall of China with great comfort and have no pain. Orthotics are worth every penny and will be highly recommended by me. Once again thank you for your treatment and kindness.
Julia Stephens
Just a quick note to say thank you very much for fitting and ordering my orthotics. They have made a great difference to my sporting and every day life, and it was easier and quicker to get used to them than I thought it would be.
As well as correcting the initial problem of collapsed arches I no longer get tired legs when on my feet for some time. I was also experiencing a recurring injury on the outside of my right knee, but since I have been playing rugby with the orthotics in I have not had a hint of that injury. As a result of using the orthotics I am able to do more exercise than before with less pain and injury.
Robert Kennedy
I have been using my orthotics in my shoes for fourteen months now. I find them very supportive and I wear them in my shoes all day. I find they are more comfortable than wearing slippers. They have helped me with my walking and corrected the way I walk, so that I can now walk further and in comfort from pain. I am 85 years of age. I was in considerable pain following a fall and breaking my ankle at 80 years old.
Ivy Thick
Hi Edward,
Apologies for the delay in sending you an email regarding my appreciation of the orthotics you 'fitted' for me a few months ago but I've been so busy walking and getting on with life without the constant companion of aching legs, knees and ankles, following the very bad damage I had incurred to my ankle in June 2009.
As you know, I was absolutely delighted because the day after they were fitted, I was in London visiting for client meetings, and I found that I was able to walk effectively between the meetings. And even more to my joy, I found my concentration had improved as I wasn't concerned about walking to the next appointment or back to the station and I didn't have any constant nagging pain!
I know that you had warned me that I may not be able to wear them for more than a couple of hours at first, but the impact of having the orthotics in my shoes from day 1 was so positive, was that I found I could wear them nearly all day. The effect on my back and hips was also quite amazing!
So many thanks for recommending the orthotics and the good advice you give with their usage.
PS I also found your web site most helpful in explaining the process.
Angela Morvan
I just thought I would write to thank you for your help in overcoming my symptoms of Plantar Fasciitis. I had suffered for many years with a feeling of bruising in my heels and in particular suffered from a sharp and persistent pain in my right heel during driving. This pain was first noticeable after several hours of driving and became so intense that I would need to stop to rest my foot. Over the years the amount of time spent driving before the onset of the pain became shorter and the required periods of rest became longer and noticeably less effective while residual pain persisted some days after any very long car journey. Eventually this condition became so debilitating that I decided to go to the GP about it. I had no idea, until then, that this was something suffered by others. After a referral to a consultant, I was then referred on to you for treatment at your clinic in Abbots Langley.
Although the condition was more evident in my right foot, provoked by driving, I was surprised to find from your examination that the condition was very evident in both feet and that I had simply been adjusting for it. The intense pain in what I came subsequently to learn was my plantar tendon was very clear when touched. I was also surprised that, in ignoring the condition and simply trying to soldier on, my entire posture might have been detrimentally affected and contributed to provoking other issues such as my lower back weakness. It was good to know that this was going to be treatable without drugs or surgery!
You gave me a course of massage therapy and took an exact cast of the base of each of my feet in order to obtain a pattern for the creation of moulded supports to go in my shoes. These supports, or orthotics, fit my feet exactly and hence are a much more precise solution than standard "out of a box" alternatives. I have been wearing my orthotics for a couple of months now. I switch them between whichever shoes I am wearing and they add so significantly to the comfort of wearing shoes that I find myself continuing to wear my shoes around the house simply because this feels better. The pain in my lower feet has completely cleared up and I can drive for long periods without the sharp pain developing in my heel. Only very occasionally do I notice even low levels of residual bruising in my heel from long periods of driving and I am continuing to see this diminish. I have also noticed a general improvement in my posture and hence a diminishing of other muscular pain that had been troubling me.
This improvement has been the result of only a few months treatment so I am very happy with what has been achieved. I wear my orthotics all the time and would be lost without them.
With many thanks
Laurence Milsted
Just to let you know how pleased I am with the treatment you have provided at The Abbots Langley Clinic. As you know my problems go back to a motorcycle accident as a teenager which resulted in broken bones being set in such a way that my right leg is now ten millimetres shorter than my left.
After many years of struggling to even up the lengths myself with home made heel lifts, i eventually ended up dislocating bones in my foot, as they did not offer my foot the correct support. The pain when walking any distance ultimately became unbearable.
Within weeks of coming to see you, the combination of the orthotics, which were custom made for me, and your expert treatment, I am walking pain free again for the first time in several years.
It's been money well spent on expertly made orthotics and professional treatment. I regret not seeking your help years ago.
Cliff Ellis
