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What are crow boots and what do they look like? I wear the Billy shoe which zippers along the side and around the toe. I have dropped feet as well as neuropathy so I wear AFOs on both my feet. This shoe allows me to just step into it with ease and my toes are all comfortable and not cramped up in the shoe.
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@tessie63
Crowboots are for Charcot Foot. Its basically a big plastic (i think plastic?) cast. The bones in your feet basically break down, disintegrate, the arch collapses into a rocker bottom and your foot can become severly disfigured which can lead to amputations. The crowboot holds your foot together to heal as much as it can. I dont see much posted about here despite the fact it can be caused by neuropathy and diabetic neuropathy in particular as it can be known as diabetic foot. Its a different condition than Charcot Marie Tooth which is a hereditary neuropathy.