[pct-l] Feet Swelling

[Jim Keener ( J J )]

Greetings,

A hiker left Agua Dulce yesterday after a week of recovery from  
severely swolen feet and ankles. The local doctor was nor certain of  
his diagnosis, but thought the likely was dehydration.

Jim Keener ( J J )
http://postholer.com/jj

On Jun 6, 2010, at 7:04 AM, "Peter Shaw" <shawonpct at msn.com> wrote:

> I think "swelling" is the wrong term. The feet change their shape in  
> that
> they spread out with all the pounding they are taking. I experienced  
> the
> same size increase as Miner and my feet never went back to their  
> original
> size (at least not yet after nearly a year). My feet were never  
> "swollen" in
> the sense of fluid build up.
>
> Peter Shaw, aka Peanut Eater
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: pct-l-bounces at backcountry.net [mailto:pct-l- 
> bounces at backcountry.net]
> On Behalf Of Yoshihiro Murakami
> Sent: Saturday, June 05, 2010 11:31 PM
> To: Sean 'Miner' Nordeen
> Cc: pct-l at backcountry.net
> Subject: Re: [pct-l] Feet Swelling
>
> Dear Sean
>
> Today is Sunday, so I have consulted the brief handbook of mountain
> medicine, because I cannot understand the swelling of feet. I had
> never  experienced the swelling.
>
> There are three causes of the swelling.
>
> 1. The altitude sickness. In this case, the swelling disappears as
> soon as clime down the mountain.
>
> 2.The lack of water.  When the amount of drinking  is a little, the
> excretion of water is disturbed because of the hormone. This
> phenomenon continues for a few days.
>
> 3. The lack of carbohydrate. In this case our body uses the protein
> for energy resource, and the kidney must work excessively.  As a
> result, the kidney function will be disturbed. This disturbance last
> long.
>
> The footwear does not cause swelling. I think your case is the
> malfunction of kidney. If you  take more carbohydrate foods and water,
> the swelling problem will disappear.
>
>
>
> 2010/2/17 Sean 'Miner' Nordeen <sean at lifesadventures.net>:
>> I started the trail in April 2009 with a half size larger in a pair  
>> of new
> balance shoes.  They were the same pair that I had been going  
> backpacking in
> for the past year on trips lasting 2 to 6 days and never had any  
> problems
> with blisters.
>>
>> However, due to the hotter evnironment of the PCT, I started to get
> blisters by day 2.  After 2 weeks on the trail, I went home to heal  
> up from
> an injury and I found that my normal size shoes didn't fit and  
> realized that
> my half size larger shoes now fit perfect.  I promptly bought new  
> shoes that
> were 1.5 sizes larger then I normally wore and I wore that size for  
> the rest
> of the trip.  When I returned home, I couldn't even wear my original  
> size
> shoes with any comfort until 3 months latter.
>>
>> I normally use superfeet insoles and used the same sized insole was  
>> used
> no matter what size of Shoe I bought since they were all in the same  
> size
> range.  I suspect this helped my comfort since I was always getting  
> similar
> arch support no matter what size I wore and they helped keep my feet  
> from
> moving around in the shoe as easily.
>>
>> So what you can do is start with the smaller shoes but keep a pair  
>> oif
> larger shoes available (say in a bounce box) in case you need them  
> (or you
> can attempt to buy a larger pair in Idyllwild or Big Bear if you  
> decide you
> need them).  You can decide on what your final shoe size is on the  
> trail.
>>
>> -Miner
>>
>>
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>
> -- 
> Sincerely
> --------------- --------------------------------------
> Hiro    ( Yoshihiro Murakami )
> HP:http://psycho01.edu.u-toyama.ac.jp
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> Backpacking for 30 years in Japan
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