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Post-op shoes do help
OK, I'm definitely having LESS pain while walking... as long as I wear my post-op shoes.
The $64,000 question: Why?
Obviously the next step is to isolate these things and figure out which one(s) are helping. I hope it's not item two, 'cause that's probably the one I can't sustain (these shoes will cause heel damage if I use them too long).
1 - Walk barefoot on a wood or tile floor. This HURTS! OK, 1 alone is not good.
3 & 5 - My very rigid sandals have two pair of squishy insoles, which *improved* things but sure didn't fix them. OK, 3 and 5 alone are not enough.
1 & 3 - A pair of cushiony flip-flops? Walk barefoot on pile carpet?
1 & 4 - Japanese geta?
1 & 4 & 5 - Japanese geta with an added strap across the instep?
1 & 3 & 4 & 5- Doctor a bunch of cushiony flip-flops? Geta with gel insoles?
edit: After 15 minutes of walking on pile carpet, I ache but not much. Hrm. Pacing around one's living room for 15 minutes gets boring. :-)
The $64,000 question: Why?
- The post-op shoes have absolutely no arch support of any kind -- the inner surface is flat as a board.
- The post-op shoes put a lot more of my weight on my heel because they are tilted.
- The post-op shoes are kind of cushiony inside.
- The post-op shoes are missing a big chunk under the toes.
- The post-op shoes are very rigid, not allowing my toes to bend during my stride.
- Something else I haven't thought of yet.
Obviously the next step is to isolate these things and figure out which one(s) are helping. I hope it's not item two, 'cause that's probably the one I can't sustain (these shoes will cause heel damage if I use them too long).
1 - Walk barefoot on a wood or tile floor. This HURTS! OK, 1 alone is not good.
3 & 5 - My very rigid sandals have two pair of squishy insoles, which *improved* things but sure didn't fix them. OK, 3 and 5 alone are not enough.
1 & 3 - A pair of cushiony flip-flops? Walk barefoot on pile carpet?
1 & 4 - Japanese geta?
1 & 4 & 5 - Japanese geta with an added strap across the instep?
1 & 3 & 4 & 5- Doctor a bunch of cushiony flip-flops? Geta with gel insoles?
edit: After 15 minutes of walking on pile carpet, I ache but not much. Hrm. Pacing around one's living room for 15 minutes gets boring. :-)
Re: BETTER THAN A HOBBY SWAP!??
Finding someone (or more) who is/are size 7 is a really swell thing to do though--- the friend I got the Birks from was getting rid of LOTS of shoes, many new or nearly new. I paid her some for them, but felt it was a very good deal. Actually, I don't remember now, but it probably WAS some foot problem that led her to get rid of many shoes... :(
Modified shoe party: could be just size 7 shoe party -- limits attendees, but then everyone there is more size compatibility.
I *swear* there is some as-yet-not-happening way to trade and borrow and give away stuff that would be wonderful. Or, actually, I think there must be SO MANY not-happening ways to trade and get stuff that could be wonderful. Makes my mind just spin.
Re: BETTER THAN A HOBBY SWAP!??
True, could limit a shoe swap party by size. The reason I'm getting rid of the sevens is that they don't fit me -- I got them secondhand myself. I am, sadly, about a 5 EEE or EEEE. Now THERE is an "exclusive" party: guest list = one person! ;-)
Or, actually, I think there must be SO MANY not-happening ways to trade and get stuff that could be wonderful.
Absolutely!