Meanfeet Products are featuring on ITV's This Morning - Friday 3rd February 2012
Watch the Bunion Clinic at 11.00 am on ITV's This Morning. Dr Dawn Harper is meeting three viewers with bunions on the brain as they get to the bottom of this podiatry problem.
August 2011 Ladies Wide Fitting boots and winter shoes now available! Please have a look at our new range of warm premium leather wide fitting shoes for bunions and ankle boots for painful bunions and orthotics. Wide fit and stylish, these shoes and boots are the ideal option for warm, comfortable wide fit footwear providing relief from bunion pain.
May 2011 We are really excited to be exhibiting at Primary Care 2011, 25 - 26th May, the leading exhibition for primary and community healthcare professionals at the Birmingham NEC, www.primarycare2011.co.uk. Fidelio is increasingly popular with podiatrists as a "one stop shop" for people with painful bunions or a range of other footwear concerns.
Latest News from Fidelio December 2010 - BE THE AMBASSADORS FOR FIDELIO BUNION SHOES; WATCH OUR VIDEO AND SEND IT TO YOUR FRIENDS!.
With this product video we hope to help explain the unique problem- solving ability of the patented Hallux Fidelio bunion shoes. The video clearly demonstrates how the unique stretchable, padded insert cushions the bunion and reduces the appearance of painful bunions.
December 2010 - GET YOUR BESTSELLER BUNION SHOES WHILE STOCKS LAST! Christmas fast approaches and it's beyond chilly! For a while, demand of our warm and comfortable bunion shoes, sandals and clogs threatened to outstrip supply as the popularity of the new range surpassed Fidelio's high expectations. But now with additional factories on board to service the unprecedented demand, production is at full speed and we will do our very best to deliver all orders within seven working days.
November 2010 - ARTICLE IN PODIATRY NOW - Fidelio Hallux footwear builds on its success
Please find below content taken from the recent article in Podiatry Now:
"By popular demand, Austrian producer of comfort shoes Fidelio has expanded its collection of bunion footwear, to include a range of closed-in wide fitting shoes for women as well as sandals and mules. The new range targets the problem of bunions by incorporating an innovative, patented stretchy pouch on the inside of the shoe – MAGIC-STRETCH – which cushions and conceals the bunion, providing a stylish and comfortable solution to the problem.
In addition, all the range of Fidelio Hallux shoes and sandals are orthotic friendly, with orthotic insoles that are fully removable should the customer need to wear their own custom orthotics.
Fidelio Hallux has successfully exhibited its range of bunion footwear at consecutive Society conferences and is proud to carry the endorsement of over 2000 healthcare professionals. A large proportion of the Fidelio sales are generated by podiatrist referrals, and the company welcome any professionals who wish to display their brochures within their surgeries." View the article here
November 2010 - FIDELIO FEATURES AT PODIATRISTS CONFERENCE The annual Society of Podiatrists and Chiropodists conference attracts over 10 000 healthcare professionals for a long weekend focussed on every aspect of foot health. For the second year running, Fidelio Hallux had a strong presence at the conference and a great many podiatrists and chiropodists were very keen to learn of the benefits of our bunion footwear. We received excellent feedback on the range of bunion shoes and sandals which relieve the pressure and pain of painful bunions and lost count of the number of healthcare professionals who said they felt our bunion footwear was truly unique. As a result of conferences such as these we continue to reach out into the community with the aim of reaching as many people who will benefit from our high quality wide fit comfort footwear as possible. We now have over 5,000 endorsements from healthcare professionals and referrals from podiatrists which make up a large amount of our business.
October 2010 - FIDELIO WOOL FELT CLOGS: EXCLUSIVE TO BUY RIGHT NOW ON MEANFEET Fidelio Wool Felt Clogs tick so many boxes it would be tedious to list them all here but in brief: the removable insoles, lined with cosy 1mm wool felt, are compatible with the Fidelio sandals and mules, so you can mix and match. The wool felt is 100% pure which is very rare these days. What it means is that they are incredibly soft and comfortable, and also amazingly easy to keep clean as they actually clean themselves through interaction with the air! Available right now is the Fidelio Wool Felt Clog in white, and soon we will be bringing you red and grey.
September 2010 - HALLUX BUNION SHOES ARE HERE... The long wait for comfortable shoes for people with bunions is over...we proudly present Fidelio's NEW range of Hallux bunion shoes, creating a solution to an age old and painful problem. We have the core range available to purchase right now, with additional colours available soon. If you would like to be contacted when the new styles arrive please fill in the questions box below with "bunion shoes" in the heading and we will contact you as soon as we have them in.
September 2010 - BUNIONS HIT THE HEADLINES! There have been a spate of articles in the British press recently highlighting the problems so many people face in finding good fitting footwear, especially if you've got bunions. The Express Newspaper carried an article in August featuring Fidelio's "solution" to bunion problems. Read the full article here
Alternatively continue to scroll down for a shorter version of the article here:
Curse of Killer Heels
Mary Gold looks at remedies to combat the damage caused by stilettos.
It’s estimated that during our lifetime we walk the equivalent of the Earth’s circumference every 10 years. so it’s perhaps inevitable that the 26 bones and 33 joints in each of our feet take a real pounding.
Given that our entire body weight is absorbed across quite a small area in each step, rising to as much as three-and-a-half times our weight when running, it is hardly surprising that feet are susceptible to injury. With more women wearing higher heels and for longer, some experts are becoming increasingly concerned about the long-term damage being inflicted on feet.
Photographs of Victoria Beckham’s feet are shocking. It may be that her bunions are hereditary but wearing six-inch heels regularly can’t be good for you, can it?
Foot expert Tony Andrews has been working with problem feet for 50 years. He says foot problems are common but reveals that many people refuse to admit to them or change their ways. “I see people with dreadful feet and they come in wearing totally unsuitable shoes,” he said. ” If you wear sensible shoes, Mr Andrews said, you walk in a ‘heel and toe’ style. All that alters when you wear high heels because your weight transfers to the ball of the foot, creating problems from hammer toes and painful bunions to irreversible damage to leg tendons. Because so many areas are under strain, the injuries can radiate out to the base of the spine, causing sciatica and even headaches. People don’t realise what a delicate structure the foot is.”
So what can you do? Well, the first and most important thing is to see an expert if you are in agony. You can also consider orthotics, inserts and removable insoles that fit inside the shoe to give the whole foot better support. These need to be tailor-made because all feet are different. Mr. Andrews makes them for £1,500.
If your budget does not stretch that far, look for footwear designed specifically to accommodate painful foot conditions. For example, bunion sufferers could try Hallux by Fidelio footwear, from the Austrian brand Fidelio, which includes a subtly concealed soft pouch inside the shoe. This eases the pain while cushioning and dramatically reducing the appearance of the bunion. All Hallux by Fidelio comfort shoes and sandals have expertly designed removable insoles which cushion the foot. Being removable means that if you need to wear a custom orthotic you can wear it in your Hallux by Fidelio shoes or sandals.
Caroline James, 34, bought Hallux by Fidelio sandals after becoming embarrassed about her bunions showing when she wore summer shoes. “Instead of the bunion sticking out, it is covered and supported so it looks and feels much better,” she said.
Kate Millns, a Birmingham-based podiatrist, believes what you do for a living also affects the health of your feet. Post deliverers, teachers, nurses and waiting-on staff, all of whom work on their feet and whose footwear may not be appropriate or well-fitting, often suffer painful feet.
Her best advice is to wear heels only for evenings or special occasions, to make sure they have an ankle strap and that the “toe box” is wide and deep enough.
You should alternate your footwear every day to air the shoes and wear heels only for a short period.
Tailor-made insoles (those orthotics again) will probably help but, she says, if all else fails your joints may need to be manipulated or a programme of specialist acupuncture arranged to relieve severe pain in your feet.
INFORMATION:
Tony Andrews: 0207 486 4664/ www.orthotics-online.co.uk
Hallux by Fidelio sandals and shoes: 0845 602 2868/ www.meanfeet.co.uk
We are really pleased that the message is starting to reach the wider public; if you have problem feet in any way, or are looking for really comfortable and stylish comfort footwear, you have to come to the right place!
June 2010 - HALLUX BUNION SHOES SOON TO BE AVAILABLE ONLINE! Fidelio is an Austrian producer of wide fitting sandals, mules and clogs for the comfort shoe market.
In the autumn of 2006 FIDELIO® launched its first HALLUX FIDELIO® collection, a range of sophisticated sandals incorporating an ingenious stretch insert for bunions. From the outset this collection was a great success and we were able to win many new customers.
Since then many retailers have suggested that they add ladies bunion shoes, with the ingenious stretch insert for bunions, to this collection. In April 2009, having carried out extensive Market research, FIDELIO® started working on the “Hallux Loafer” project. The “Hallux model“, footwear retailer Mrs Ulrike Ecker, has seen footwear "fads" come and go, but she was 100% confident that Fidelio had developed a winning combination with the new Hallux bunion shoes. "I've tried a lot of shoes over the years with my painful bunions, but these really do feel great!"
We are currently supplying retailers ahead of the Autumn 2010 season and as soon as they become available we will bring you the shoes online.
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