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I came in a few weeks ago for an orthotic for my shoes that I could take with me for use on the Marathon des Sables (2009). I had been experiencing severe knee pain in both legs after running for longer distances (over 25 km). Even though I knew I was fit enough to take part from a cardio-vascular standpoint, the consecutive marathons of the MdS looked like a very daunitng task involving terrible knee pain. I also felt that it was too late in the day to find a solution and I was generally feeling quite disheartened.
However, the extra-strength orthotics that you made for my feet worked absolute miracles on my legs. The pain disappeared immediately, and I did not experience any knee pain at all in over 5 marathons-worth of distance.
This included a non-stop 91 km stage which took me over 20 hours to complete and where I was continually moving around (non-stop walking and running). I am completely certain that it was the orthotic products that you provided me with that made this enormous difference.
Please accept my heartfelt thanks for turning a potential nightmare into an enjoyable experience!
Very best wishes,
Ralph
You kindly fitted me with orthotics in January and I just wanted to let you know how I got on. When I saw you, I mentioned that the orthotics you'd previously given me eight years ago helped me to cut 78 minutes off my marathon time, and I promised to write you a testimonial if my new orthotics did the same.
You sounded doubtful, but the minute I started running in the new orthotics my niggling knee pain disappeared and hasn't come back. I ran the Seville Marathon in February and cut 40 minutes off my PB, which has enabled me to qualify for the 89km Comrades Marathon in South Africa in May (I ran it in 4:39). Yesterday I ran 56km in training - without any knee pain - and today I'm barely aware of having done so and have minimal aches and pains. So thank you very, very much for sorting out my knee - and for my lucky insoles! They really have made running a pleasure again.
Best wishes,
Lisa Jackson (formerly of Zest magazine)
I highly recommend Norbert Cauvas. He is the main Orthotist for my large clinical practice. He has a pleasant personality and feedback from the patients I have sent to him is praiseworthy. His ability to investigate and assess feet problems and his on the spot construction of insoles for each patient is of high standard.
Dr Huw Lewis Clarke Beynon BSc MD FRCP
Consultant Physician and Rheumatologist
My sincere gratitude for the help you have given me in being able to walk normally once again after 3 years of pain. The thorough analysis you carried out and the hand crafted shoe in-soles you made up have ensured that I have regained full mobility and am free of pain.
Martin Swerdlow
For the past six years I have worn Norbert Cauvas' orthotic insoles on expeditions to some of the most remote places on Earth. I have used them during a successful expedition to Mount Everest, whilst visiting penguin colonies on the Antarctic Peninsula, during first ascents of mountains in Central Asia, and whilst walking along a frozen river in the Indian Himalaya in winter (www.2001aniceodyssey.co.uk). I am convinced that Norbert's insoles have contributed significantly to the reduction in foot and knee pain that I previously suffered from during these types of
multi-week journeys.
Paul Deegan
Author and public speaker
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