They're not your average sneakers. For 57-year-old Candelaria, the shoes are the secret to pain relief.
"They put the shoes on and it was like magic," Candelaria said. "I could not believe it."
Candelaria's pain started after she fell during her pregnancy. First, it was knee pain, then hip and lower back pain.
"It got to the point where the pain became excruciating and unbearable," Candelaria explained.
She tried everything to avoid a knee replacement, but nothing helped, until apostherapy.
Apostherapy was developed in Israel in the 1990s. It doesn't require specific exercises. Instead, personally calibrated mechanical pods are placed on the bottom of shoes to realign the patient's knees, hips and back.
"What we do is we can calibrate according to what we know that the body is trying to resist certain forces or shift certain things away from pain," said Nina Cha, of AposTherapy NY.
The goal is to retrain the brain and muscles to walk in a way that takes pressure off painful areas.
"It creates what the founders call perturbation, a little bit of instability so that your whole body learns and relearns how to walk and how to position itself," explained Dr. David Levy, global chief executive officer, AposTherapy NY.
The program lasts a year, with patients wearing the shoes for about an hour a day. So far, no studies have been done in the U.S. to prove its effectiveness, but patients like Candelaria said they've seen the results.
"I have regained who I am," Candelaria said.
Apostherapy isn't cheap. It costs about $5,250 for one year and isn't covered by insurance in the U.S. Right now, it's available in the New York City area, but the company does plan to expand around the country.
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