[pct-l] My feet are killing me!

[Melanie Clarke]

Pain is always your friend.  It tells you when something is wrong!  I always
fear that masking the pain would cause me to injure myself even more.  The
only time I have ever taken pain medication of any kind is to get a good
night's sleep (5 kids).  When I'm sleeping I'm not going to cause myself
more injury.

Melanie

On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Ken and Wanda Brimmer
<kbrimmer at cccomm.net>wrote:

> The balls on my feet are unusually large and as a consequence I get a lot
> of blisters..but after reading the articles about Morton's Neuroma, I
> believe many of you have hit the nail on the head. Wrong metaphor but you
> get the idea.  I have learned to work with the pain (hence the name Whimpie)
> and as long as I stop and wriggle my toes, I can continue.  Diane, you have
> suggested a wider shoe which makes perfect since.  Can you recommend a wide
> shoe.  I currently wear the Osolo brand.  Heavy but waterproof which works
> for me. I'm not rich so can't afford a different brand for each season and I
> do a lot of winter hiking.  I am also working on my posture, concentrating
> on "butt in, chest out, lining up my spine and landing on my heels".  This
> posture techniques seems to work great on a flat road but not sure how I can
> climb a steep slope...worried about falling over backwards.  I have also
> heard that some people get a cortisone shot (please talk me out of this)
> into the nerve bun
>  dle.  My apologies if I haven't responded correctly to the forum.
> Whimpie
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