Prosthetic Shoes

A very special man who has spent a lifetime making very special shoes for some very special feet recently died. For people with disfigured feet, shopping for shoes which allow them to walk was a near impossibility. Robert Mokros lost his foot at the age of 13 years and found just how impossible it was for a new classmates how to buy shoes could be. He was sent to a school for disabled children after the loss of his foot. There he saw many of his classmates had disfigured feet but could not buy shoes. In her native Germany that could affect life in danger in winter.

Robert has created his very special shoes for people disfigured in the world, and unlike most shoe stores us, he does not need to foot the shoe was intended.

Just look at the feet of an individual, he was able to carve out the exact likeness from wood to fit the shoe to the foot. He used some devices such as fingerprints or dyeing plaster molds and sometimes paper plots or just simple sketches. His unique talent allowed thousands of customers to buy their first pair of shoes. Some clients have been able to walk for the first time in their lives because of its ability to produce special shoes required.

Robert was a pioneer in the footwear industry and its techniques and ideas changed the industry outlook on the medical needs of people for prosthetic shoes. While he remained active almost until the eve of his death, his idea has been sold to major shoe companies have been able to produce these specialty footwear quickly and even a bit more attractive.

There are many people who continue to benefit from the revolution of shoes of Robert. Thousands of people each year are in need of shoes and prosthesis are finally able to do their own form of purchases of shoes. This unique footwear support their ability to walk and, in some cases, allow them to walk when they have no other form of independent mobility.

Very few people think about the difficulties disabled with disfigurements have to walk in the purchase of shoes. Thank you to the unique talent and a man of compassion, he was able to provide the gift of mobility for hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.