Our daily destination at Orthopädie-Schuhtechnik Schäfer is to improve the well-being of our customers. With insoles, diabetic protective shoes or orthopaedic custom-made shoes. The latter also includes custom-made orthopaedic safety shoes which we also manufacture in our factory.
Custom-made shoes are always used when the supply of normal shoes is no longer enough. This is also the case with one of our customers. Due to his very wide forefoot, he always has pressure points on his big and little toe, as he does not have enough space in his safety shoes due to the aluminium toecap. Due to his diabetes mellitus, these areas heal very poorly and as a result an ulcer can form or even an amputation can threaten.
To counteract these consequences, our customer receives a custom-made safety shoe with a wider aluminium toecap. In addition, we work a diabetes-adapted foot bed into the shoe so that sensitive pressure points are sufficiently cushioned. This special footbed would not be suitable for a normal safety shoe. This is because strict regulations must be observed when it comes to safety shoes. For example, there must be enough space between the toes and the aluminium toe because if a heavy object falls on the feet the cap must protect the toe area. Our custom-made safety shoes allow our customers to fully participate in working life.