[pct-l] My feet are killing me!

[CHUCK CHELIN]

Good evening, Wimpie,



For me wide shoes have been key to avoiding any re-occurrence of Morton’s
Neuroma, or it’s spread to my other foot.  Most of my life I wore size-10 B
shoes, but – by increments – I now wear 12 or 12.5 EEEE.  If I merely pull
on a shoe narrower than that I immediately feel the nerves pinch between my
toe bones.  In a related issue, I need a flexible sole as well.  A typical
hard sole beneath those bones causes similar pain.  Goodbye boots.



A cortisone shot was one of the interim repair attempts prior to having the
minor surgery to remove a section of the nerve.  It wasn’t bad.  Mercifully,
they used local atheistic prior to poking a big needle directly into the
nerve bundle.


Several accomplished female hikers have told me that to find shoes of
sufficient width they buy men's models which are wider for a number-size
than the women's models.



Steel-Eye

Hiking the Pct since before it was the PCT – 1965

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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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