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Heel to Toe opened as an Earth Shoe store at Market Place mall in 1976. Shortly after we grew into a multibrand comfort shoe store that specialized in prescription footwear. We moved to downtown Urbana in 1987 and expanded both our floor space and pedorthic practices. In 1995 we opened Birkenstock Concepts, a store that specializes in the sale of Birkenstock products, next door to the Heel to Toe location. Seven years later, we opened New Balance CU, a store specializing in New Balance shoes and apparel, and expanded our shoe repair and orthopedic area, better allowing us to make quicker repairs and provide better service on orthopedics and braces.

If you have questions, we will always be willing to help, and if we can’t we will gladly help point you in the right direction. We continually strive to find new and better ways to serve our customers and look foreword to serving you in any way possible.

Between Heel To Toe, Birkenstock Concepts, and New Balance CU we carry a huge inventory of shoes in a wide array of sizes and widths in our store, so no ordering is required. Among brands are:

Birkenstock	New Balance	Finn Comfort
Dansko	SAS	Keen
Chaco	Clarks	Dunham Boots
Rieker	Born	Softwalk
Rockport

We also carry a large selection of shoe-care products and higher end socks and purses!

Heel To Toe has been repairing shoes for more than 15 years and all of our lab technicians have at least 5 years of experience.

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Orthopedics

Heel To Toe and Innovative Bracing offer comprehensive orthotic and pedorthic services. Our staff consists of a certified and licensed orthotist/pedorthist and three certified and licensed Pedorthists. We are thus able to fit a brace or support on any part of the body from the bottom of the foot to the top of the head. We work with people with many different medical problems such as diabetes, arthritis, muscle disease, post-polio, sports injuries, stroke, and traumatic injuries

The services we offer include:

Knee braces	Custom shoes	Wound care shoes	Foot orthotics
Arm braces	Hip braces	Spinal braces	Compression Stockings
Below knee braces (metal &      plastic AFOs)	Long leg braces (metal & plastic       KAFOs)	Fitting diabetic shoes

Local nursing home visits are possible as well as seeing patinas in a physician’s or therapist’s office.

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Question:
I was wondering how often should I should get a foot insert? I have
had mine for about 3 years. It is what the my foot doctor took a mold of.

Heel to Toe Answer:
In regards to how often to get a new insert, I would say on average foot orthotics last two to five years.
There are of course circumstances that would require they be replaced more often, such as diabetic foot conditions, and there are situations where they can last many years. The best idea of course is to consult your prescribing doctor if you feel your inserts may need replacing. The pedorthic staff here at heel to toe would be glad to assist as well.