OK - I am sick of the damn commercials for the The Good Feet Store. You know those commercials? "Hi I'm Doctor So-and-so, and my patients with (insert foot disorder here) weren't getting better using a custom orthotics, so I sent them to the good feet store and WOW! They're cured!"
Um, not to sound too stupid, Dr. So-and-so, but, aren't you supposed to be a PODIATRIST? That means to me, an expert in the medicine of the foot? If you're prescribing someone a custom orthoitic, shouldn't it work? How come The Good Feet store can get it right, but you, a DOCTOR, can't help your patients with their painful foot disorders?! What do they have over the counter that could possibly be better than a CUSTOM ORTHOTIC. Presumedly, something that's custom should be better than anything The Good Feet Store can sell me - because the custom one was developed just for ME. Not everyone else who has sore feet, or a sore back, or whatever, but ME! ME! ME! ME! ME! ME!
Maybe I'm stupid? So, I did a Google search to look up the definition of "custom orthotic" and here's what I found:
"Custom-made orthotics are medical devices that allow the feet and ankles to function without pain, and to protect them from repetitive stress of various activities."
Maybe the "Doctor" in this radio commercial is really just one of those "I'm not a doctor, but I play one on TV (or the radio)" kinds of doctors? Apparently. Either that, or she's the worst podiatrist in the world because her years of medical education have resulted in her custom orthotics being total shit compared to what I can get at The Good Feet Store!
Oh, but it gets better. Here's the definition from The Good Feet Store's website about what the heck they even do: "The Good Feet Store™ personally size your feet for arch supports through biomechanics and your footprint to help you choose an arch support design that will work best from your feet up. After wearing Good Feet Arch Supports, your feet are more correctly aligned and better balanced, causing you to stand straighter, feel taller and pull your stomach in, reducing stress on your back."
Isn't this the same thing as a damn custom orthotic?! It sounds like snake oil to me. Not only does it help your feet, but it also helps your back, makes you taller, and gets rid of your gut! Now if only it got rid of The Consumption, and maybe infant colic, too! And for this purported podiatrist to send her patients there, when it sounds like they do the same thing she does... doesn't that mean that they're competitors? Or, perhaps the doctor doesn't really care cause, well, shit, you've paid her probably $75 for the office visit, and other $200 for HER LOUSY CUSTOM ORTHOTIC THAT DIDN'T WORK, so she's already raped you for nearly $300... why not send you off to someone else to spend god only knows how much more money. Maybe she even gets a kickback from The Good Feet Store?
I may be taking this a bit far, but everytime I hear that commercial on the radio it pisses me off.
