> break healed, he put me on these hard plastic inserts for 2 years. My
 > feet grew rapidly. I did not realize that could stunt the foots growth,
 > but just by aligning the bones properly My feet went from 5 1/2 to 11 1/2
 > in those 2 short years. Good thing, as he said size 6 would not support
 > the frame of an adult. So I guess the brake was good, even though I did
 > not enjoy it at the time.

Support there also depends on height.  at 5ft1, a female size 6.5 is fine to
support the frame.
            xxcarol
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