The Long Handle Shoehorn! No. 1 Tool! Required! or Self Tying Shoes? Flip Flops & Crocks - NO SOCKS!

Whether you are required to wear a LSO (lower back brace), TLSO (full lower, mid and upper back brace) or CTLSO (full chin to hips back brace) there is one problem that you are just not going to get around. Thai is tying your shoes. This is an almost imposable task with any kind of back or neck brace. When you plan how you are going to put on your shoes, plan ahead and plan carefully so that you do not injure yourself trying. This is particularly true if you live alone. One real good suggestion is to get real friendly with your neighbors so that they will be able to come and assist you with this. Not only is putting your shoes on, tying your shoes is almost impossible; be warned! It really does not matter what king of shoes you are putting on, you are going to have the same difficulty with all shoes; I know. There is one exception, flip flops (pictured above). However flip flops go fine with shorts or jeans but flip flops do not go to well with a suit and tie. I have even just worn my flip flops almost all the time and to places like church just to avoid getting into a real shoe and tying it. Another exception is a slip on of any kind; however with most slip on shoes you are going to need a long handled shoe horn. There is one extremely good suggestion if you are dressing casually. This is the shoe known as Crocks (pictured above). These Crocks are great if you are in a back or neck brace. You just slip your feet into them and off you go. With Crocks (as with flip flops) you don’t even have to wonder and figure out how in the world you are going to get your socks on. Yes socks, that is a whole other major problem with a back or neck brace. My advice is to just go without socks if you can get away with it. It’s just not worth the hassle in trying to get the socks on. If you do have to wear socks for goodness sake have someone assist you so that you do not injure yourself trying to get them on. If you must wear socks make sure that the socks are put on before your brace and pants. That’s correct, every health care provider should be require to prescribe, every orthotic provider should be required to include and every orthotic practitioner should be required to dispenses a long handled shoe horn along with any kind of back brace or neck brace.

The NO. 1 TOOL for any kind of BACK BACE, NECK BRACE or BACK NECK BODY BRACE is a LONG HANDLED SHOEHORN! – Do not be without a LONG HANDLED SHOEHORN, a pair of FLIP FLOPS and a pair of CROCKS!

If anyone else has had the same experience with putting on socks, putting on shoes and tying them please leave some comments. This is a very important issue and matter to the community of people who wear back or neck braces! We want to hear from you on how to solve this problem!

There is one other solution. For this other solution please see the self tying shoe video below; but remember, you still have to get those shoes on. Also after you watch the video below you tell me. How practical are self tying shoes?

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