I've had plantar fasciitis for 30+ years including having surgery on one of my heels back in 2004. For the last 20 or so years I've purchased many products and without question these arch support inserts are the best. Mind you the shoes should have a firm heel and not a soft, spongy effect, otherwise the tendon connecting your heel will stretch and nullify the benefits of any insole.

These were purchased as a gift for my husband, he was surprised & grateful

I have wide fore foot and narrow heal, considering that it fits well. I'm a small built guy sprinter by nature. While in the army we had to go long distances and strain our feet whilst carrying heavy packs(80-140lbs depending). Caused my arches to become flat since my feet had no strength to maintain arch after the first 15-20 miles(every other day), they just give out and you duck walk to the finish, bad for your feet. I like them in my boots the most, however they do feel good when i go for a run. I work out with them so that i develop muscles to support my corrected arch, not develop them while in a dysfunctional state. Seems to be working as expected. I use highest arch setting, I notice after a work out with them and then an additional 6 -8 hours on my feet i feel soreness. It's to be expected i suppose as it is pressing the tendons into a corrected position. I do wonder if it is causing them to stretch however, To counter the "idea" that may be the case, when bare foot or sandals i consciously pay attention to my posture, slight bend to knees usually forces my knees into alignment with hips(removing the natural lean a person has) and also the ankles and in turn feet. I do notice in long mirror the symmetry that is coming back. Of course newly used muscles are not tired, they just give out since they have not been trained. I find myself when losing endurance on my feet naturally standing with locked knees and then my feet in turn begin to roll inward towards arch with my weight, then my feet shimmy outwards to rest the weight on the arch of foot and not balls of my foot. Point being these inserts work well as a guide. It presses up against your tendons to form arch and naturally your body adapts by tightening area and "flexing" the arch to help strengthen it. Does take time. Again you will "feel" it out. You will notice from soreness if you wear them to long off the bat. I wore 14 hours first day and hurt pretty bad. but objectively i noticed it was causing me to improve posture even when not wearing them. So play around with it a bit, the different sizes, maybe a few hours at a time, then off and wait to see if there is soreness to access your tolerance. There are three elevation pads with this purchase. They work great. I enjoy them.

@@on a side note i noticed i now seem to want to stand on the side of my feet when in bare foot. looking in full length mirror i realized if i just force myself from that position to press the pad of my big toe down, that is where my feet used to be and what my arch used to look like. Plus everything is aligned perfectly, so i guess these are reminding my body how it should stand and where it appears im on the sides of my feet, that is really just how many degrees of twist and deformation to my forefoot that has occurred since i started becoming flatfooted. Good to know that it causing my body to realign itself even when not using them. Just a conscious effort to retrain muscles and tendons that have grown and stretched wrong for years. Just something i noticed. Maybe it helps someone. These insoles are a Great buy for the price, good quality, and are helping me correct issues for sure!@@

As the product states in the reviews. You have to start with the lowest one and you have to get used to them. My only issue was I sent two of the left side mediums in my package don't know if it happens to all of them. I skipped to the highest support after already using the lowest one for a couple of months. I walk at least 10k paces a day at work in boots. This really changed the my quality of life. They are big so if you do want to apply them to all your shoes get ready to buy a size bigger. But having plantar fasciitis I would definitely do it.

A couple months back I took a factory job where I am on my feet walking the whole shift - most of the time at a fast pace - shuffling parts where they need to go. Recently I started having right knee pain and left hip pain. Swelling and stiffness that only got worse pretty quickly over a few days. I could tell that I was going to walk myself into some serious knee damage. I couldn't help but slow down and start limping a bit. I even missed some days in a row because as I told the boss "I've got to get off this knee". That's when I got serious about addressing the problem. First I tried a quality knee brace - that helped a bit but the underlying strain on whatever ligament was still there and doing damage. Then I added some national brand gel shoe inserts from that Wally land. Oh my feet were feeling real good with those inserts but that strain on my knee ligament was still there and doing damage.

I'd say almost all adults have had a medical problem that gets bad enough that THEY WILL TRY ANYTHING! That was me and that's when I saw the infomerical for Walkfit Platinum Orthotics. I never, ever buy "As Seen On TV" stuff but they had me - I was willing to try anything. I didn't call the infomercial 800 number, I went straight to Amazon, found the Walkfit orthotics here and took a chance.

Ladies and gentlemen, please excuse my all caps but - I'M A BELIEVER! THESE THINGS WORK! I've only wore them a few days at work but the knee and hip difference is profound. Swelling - gone! Pain - gone! Stiffness - gone! My knee can bend and flex, my hip wasn't my major problem but it works like a hip now, it doesn't hurt. I'm now shoving parts and keeping up with the youngsters at work (I'm 54) and work is FUN again! I should add that I do still wear my knee brace - Walkfit and the knee brace complement each other very nicely.

Folks, I have no idea why a shoe orthotic could help a knee or hip. We'd have to ask the doctors. As a human being I can tell that it changes my walking gate, that the muscle and ligament alignment has changed up, the stress on the pain point has shifted away ever so slightly.

I'm sorry to say that in my opinion these orthotics might not be a best match for all people. Do I think Walkfit orthotics are soothing to my feet? No. Absolutely not! I'd dare say they are uncomfortable, but not in a terrible way. I'd compare walking a shift on Walkfits to wearing no orthotics at all.
Your feet are going to hurt either way. Young people, nurses, waitresses, factory workers, etc who are just looking for comfort for tired sore feet that walk on tile or concrete their whole work shift might be better served with a quality gel shoe insert. Walkfits are rigid foot arch supports with hardly any give - but that's the whole point of them. They adjust the way your feet step ever so slightly and what was hurting in your lower body gets some relief. As we all recall: the foot bone connects to the leg bone, the leg bone connects to the thigh bone, the thigh bone connects to the... Well, you all know the story.

For you folks that are in a similar situation as I am - I say give them a try.

I was not compensated for this review. Walkfit company doesn't know I exist. I didn't know they existed until a few days ago when I was flipping channels and chanced upon their early AM infomercial.