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You feet ache when you walk, and your back hurts all the time. Maybe your posture is bad, or maybe it isn’t too bad, but improving your posture alone may not fix the pain and discomfort that you constantly endure throughout the day. For some, it’s a constant struggle, and it is especially vexing for those who are on their feet for a living — sometimes the pain is just too much to bear. Before you dig into a new bottle of ibuprofen, however, you might want to try another remedy for your foot-and-back pain — foot orthotics or shoe insoles.

 Shoe insoles and back pain relief The correlation between foot-and-leg problems affecting back pain levels is anything but tenuous. See, when you have foot problems, those problems affect many parts of your body, not just your feet. Injuries or certain foot-specific deformities can result in, or exacerbate existing pain levels in your ankles, knees, and back. Foot problems and back pain are oftentimes interrelated, and in many cases, you can correct the all-over pain caused by a problematic foot through minimizing the problem or by compensating for your problematic foot or feet.

 Foot orthotics, more commonly known as shoe insoles, can help to compensate for, or even correct, certain foot problems. Which, in turn, this can help to minimize or eliminate your back pain. While shoe insoles will not fix all foot-and-back related pain, they can:

 * Help to support weak arches and eliminate heel pain.

 * Work to compensate for malformed feet or toes

* Absorb excess shock, which can limit the ‘jarring’ of your lower body, especially if you are constantly on your feet

* Give better overall support to your feet, which then, in turn, provides better support for your ankles, knees, and back.

 Generic shoes insoles vs. custom foot orthotics

When you’re thinking about using shoe insoles to see how they might help you with your back pain, there are two options, in general, available to you — generic shoe insoles and custom foot orthotics. You can pick up generic, or the one-size-fits-all type of shoe insoles just about anywhere — a department store, a shoe store, online, and probably even from certain grocery stores. Custom foot orthotics, on the other hand, are created specifically for you, or at least for your condition, after a review of your situation by a podiatrist.

Shoe insoles are a low cost, low risk foot-and-back treatment option that has helped a large number of individuals to lower, or even eliminate, their back pain. However, because a random article on the internet is no substitute for a real doctor-patient relationship, you should start using your new shoe insoles slowly. Take a few days and get used to your new insoles — it very well could be the first step of a wonderfully pain-free journey.