[pct-l] My feet are killing me!

[Mark Hudson]

Whimpie,

Perhaps this has been brought up previously in response to your 
question, I dont read the list every day, so I miss a few here and there.

I saw you post you are focusing on landing on your heels.

There is a growing movement in the running community to do the exact 
opposite.  According to this group, that is the root of all evil in 
regards to joint pain, as they claim it is an unnatural way for the body 
to bear the weight (that was brought on by running shoes).

I have to say, it makes sense to me.

I have seen more than one person now hiking in the "5 toes" types of 
shoes, and have even considered it myself.

There is tons on this subject on the internet, just do a search.

No personal experience just wanted to point it out to you.


On 12/2/2010 7:36 PM, CHUCK CHELIN wrote:
> 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
>
> http://www.trailjournals.com/steel-eye
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> http://www.trailjournals.com/SteelEye09
>
>
> 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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