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Jasen Texeira
Jasen Texeira
by Adri Sahagun • November 14, 2017

I’m a massage therapist in Tulsa, Oklahoma and work with Cirque du Soleil,  and the hockey and baseball minor league teams. I play tennis a lot. I belong to the USTA league here. I’ve been using Protalus for four and half years.

Sharon Mortensen
Sharon Mortensen
by Adri Sahagun • November 09, 2017

My name is Sharon Mortensen. I’m retired, so I have a lot of free time. We live a little bit north of Tampa, Florida. Most of my kids are all grown.  I saw an advertisement on one of the websites I was looking at and I was very interested. I had gained a lot of weight with a thyroid condition, unfortunately, and caused my arches to fall. Once you don’t have that arch support you get a lot of pain in your foot when you’re walking. I had tried several generic arch supports and they were very helpful but they never quite did the job.

Jerry Prendergast
Jerry Prendergast
by Adri Sahagun • November 08, 2017

I’m Jerry Prendergast, I’m a restaurant consultant based in Los Angeles, California. I’m an avid cyclist, tennis player, and used to do in my younger days, triathlon. I still do long distance biking and some long distance swimming. I’m 63 years old, I’m six foot two, I’m not exactly a little guy, so the stress on my achilles  tendons are too much to run anything but a couple miles anymore. I just started playing the national 60 and older USTA tennis competition.

Phil Miller
Phil Miller
by Adri Sahagun • November 07, 2017

For 6 months, I’ve worn Protalus insoles in shoes I wear for work and for leisurely walking. I feel secure and stable in them. I like the heel cup and the fact that they reach forward and provide comfort to the ball of my foot. I’m a husband and grandfather, just about to turn 69. I’m a minister and Air force Chaplin. I was in the Air Force all together for nearly 26 years. Currently, I’m the interim minister of a church where I’ve been for nearly a year. And will probably continue to do that type of work.

Stephen Lawrence
Stephen Lawrence
by Adri Sahagun • November 06, 2017

My name is Stephen Lawrence. I was born in London and raised in New York. I now live in Atlanta, Georgia. Currently, I’m an aircraft inspector for Delta Airlines. I’m single, never married, no kids.  I had a foot injury, I didn’t know if it was Plantar Fasciitis, I had that at one point in my life. All I know is that when I went to sleep I had a Charlie horse, and when I woke up the next morning my heel was killing me.

Bill Bass
Bill Bass
by Adri Sahagun • November 04, 2017

I live in Atlanta, Georgia. I’m the chairman of a Chevrolet dealership and have been there for 39 years. I have a son who lives close by with his wife and baby and I’ve been married for 37 years. I heard about Protalus on Facebook. I shattered T12 in my back in 1998 and have permanent nerve damage in my left foot which makes walking barefoot impossible. I was numb from the waist down until I had my surgery. I spent a year in recovery

Debbie Perkins
Debbie Perkins
by Adri Sahagun • November 03, 2017

I’m a retired pharmacy technician. I moved up to the state of Washington in 1977 from the state of Oregon. I became a pharmacy technician in 1995. I retired from the hospital in 2016. I’m a new retiree, still learning how to be retired. I have two children, a son and daughter, and dog and 4 grandkids. We’ve been married for 44 years. I have a lot of arthritis in my body, I had bunion surgery on both my feet. My parents had feet problems too.

Harriet Cook
Harriet Cook
by Adri Sahagun • November 02, 2017

I am a 63 year old wife, mom and grandma. I’ve been a stay at home Mom and Grandma. I’m on my feet all day because I work all day around the house, I don’t sit around and watch soap operas all day. Because of my back and spinal issues I’ve had to wear athletic shoes most of the time.

Nate Haugen
Nate Haugen
by Adri Sahagun • November 02, 2017

These insoles are the best that I have ever used. I have issues with back pain and am on my feet all day. These have helped and I don’t hurt anymore after a long day of work. I would recommend these to everyone!

Wynn Land
Wynn Land
by Adri Sahagun • October 30, 2017

I have been diagnosed with arthritis in my left knee and have had meniscus’s surgery on both knees. I also have had plantar fasciitis in both feet. Over the course of 15 years, I have done everything to help stay active without being in constant pain. Since wearing my Protalus Insoles I have been pain-free..

Karen Solomon
Karen Solomon
by Adri Sahagun • October 30, 2017

I have spent a small fortune on insoles to help with the pain in my toes, ankles , and knees. Nothing worked, no matter how much the cost. I have broken one ankle, torn tendons in the other and broken my big toe. Add to this, age and degeneration of fluid on the knees and having to wear steel-toed shoes at work and my feet began to hurt more and more every day. I had arthroscopic surgery on one knee and it didn't really help, so I've pretty much tried all the insoles on the market. I really had not found any relief until I decided to try the M100 insoles...

Phoebe Mortensen
Phoebe Mortensen
by Adri Sahagun • October 26, 2017

I 've had plantar fasciitis for more than a year now but it has gotten worse after I did the Arizona Marathon in  February of this year. I got in the draw for the Chicago Marathon 2017 that just finished a few weeks ago. I thought I wouldn't be able to run the marathon because of the severe pain I was experiencing on both feet. I tried other inserts but none of them worked. On June of this year, my husband bought me the Protalus S, just to give it a try...