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Dale Cohen is a Licensed Pedorthist and Proprietor of George Allen Shoes Certified Pedorthists. Accredited by the Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics. A Medicare approved facility.

Dale Cohen is a Licensed Pedorthist and Proprietor of George Allen Shoes Certified Pedorthists. Accredited by the Board for Certification in Orthotics, Prosthetics and Pedorthics. A Medicare approved facility.

Background

George Allen Shoes Certified Pedorthists is a family owned and a locally operated shoe store in Blue Island, Illinois. We have been in business since 1960, and have been serving the southern suburbs of Chicago with the finest and most experience foot care for the last 50 years. We are a full service Pedorthic facility that specializes in shoes for women and men for work, casual, dress, and athletics in a large selection of sizes and widths.

We also have a full service Pedorthic laboratory on site which allows us to make any adjustments to shoes to our customer specifications. Additionally, we have a large selection of off the shelf arch supports to accommodate many types of foot abnormalities and can also custom make arch supports with a doctor’s prescription.

With our extensive knowledge of orthopedics we are capable of fitting many types of braces. We are also a Medicare Accredited facility providing Diabetic footwear. Our Board Certified and Licensed Pedorthist Dale Cohen is available to assist you in finding shoes and products that will suite your footwear needs. Our mission is to insure a proper fit, the upmost in experience and knowledge, and a pleasant shopping experience for you.

We know how very special your footwear needs can be so, we work by appointment. There is NO CHARGE for a consultation and evaluation.

Please call us for an appointment at (708) 388-8570

What is a Pedorthist

Every foot is powered and held together by 26 bones, 33 joints and more than 100 tendons, muscles and ligaments. This makes our feet a very complex structure. As Board Certified/Licensed Pedorthists, we are members of the allied healthcare community, and are also licensed by the State of Illinois. We are trained in both foot anatomy as well as shoe construction and qualified to fill prescriptions for footwear modifications as well as related devices for the proper function and amelioration of the foot and lower limb.

We work with many of Chicagolands most prominent Podiatrists, Orthopedists, Chiropractors, Physical Therapists as well as may other types of Doctors and allied healthcare professionals. Some common foot conditions which we can help you with include:

  • Heel spurs or heel pain syndrome, plantar fasciitis
  • Flat feet, pes planus, over pronation
  • High arches, pes cavus, supination
  • Hammer toes, claw toes
  • Diabetes / Arthritis
  • Corns and callouses
  • Pain in balls of feet, metatarsalgia
  • Hypersensitive feet
  • Balance or instability issue