Well, they're better than just about any shoe out there, but they're not my nice little post-op wedges. I wonder, if I wear bad shoes for a while, will the damaged part of my foot finally rip apart and stop hurting? *sigh*
These shoes do have a nice return policy. I'll try them on a day when I haven't been pushing airplanes around; that always messes up my feet for a while. Then I'll decide whether to keep them.
It is so difficult to find good shoes. Is there some place out there you can have shoes hand fitted and made to your feet? I hope you get some good shoes soon. *hugs*
Murray Space Shoe (http://www.murrayspaceshoe.com/) makes shoes to a plaster cast of the foot, so they'd definitely fit (for $695 they'd better), but it's not clear that that's exactly what she wants. There might be some variant on "fits" that would help coax her foot into a healthier shape.
That makes sense. My feet are different widths and flat and I'm diabetic so I know how tough it is to get shoes that can handle multiple problems. When I was in the Air Force I was fitted by a podiatrist and my boots were specially made. However, $695 seems awfully expensive.
It may be, but I haven't seen anyone else doing it. You also get to drive to their home in Guinda, CA to have your plaster cast made. I imagine the Murrays would be willing to retire if no one were willing to pay their price.
I know of two places that will do custom shoes. One is willing to take new orders. Sadly, I'm not sure that will help. Even my doctor doesn't seem to understand when I tell him that pressure on the ball of the foot hurts; a shoe maker can't be expected to clue in. :-/
Maybe extra-deep shoes with inserts that you cut out in the places where there's too much pressure? Don't they do that with bunions? Then again, this outfit (http://footexpress.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=FE&Category_Code=P) offers metatarsal pads, which would protect the area by adding soft stuff rather than by cutting out stuff (maybe both together would work?).
Maybe extra-deep shoes with inserts that you cut out in the places where there's too much pressure?
I'm not entirely sure why that doesn't work. (It's been tried both with and without metatarsal pads.) It may be because my transverse arch is completely shot -- the heads of my metatarsals, seen on-end, make an S-curve -- and the more I cut out material from below the low painful ones, the more those low ones sink. It may be that no matter what shape the sole is, if my stride allows me to push off with the ball of my foot, the ball of my foot will take pressure & thus be in pain. It may be that my arch is high and rigid, flattening the metatarsal pad with most of my body weight & driving the ends of the long bones into the floor at a bad angle. I don't know.
My lack of understanding doesn't stop me from brainstorming, though. Who knows? There could be a simple mechanical solution!
This is a horribly frustrating problem. Your frustration must feel overwhelming. $270 is an expensive gamble, but it's not like you had a lot of choice. Spending the money was the only way to see if the shoes would work for your feet.
That's exactly it. How the heck would somebody who doesn't have $270 deal with this? I guess they'd just keep hurting. (I suppose that's also exactly what I'm doing.)
Fortunately, these shoes do have a nice return policy. If I don't wear them outdoors I can return them within thirty days. I'll try them out when it's been a couple of days since I've pushed an airplane around. That'll be a fairer test.
The real joy is that I'm probably heading straight for a $10,000 irreversible destructive surgery that won't help my foot pain. I shouldn't be let out in public unsupervised.
*nod*. It's hard to take anything slow when it might help. I suppose the second-best outcome is that it very clearly and obviously fails to help, and then since the foot would already be pretty badly mangled by that point, I can start to ask about much more severe measures.
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you mean the funky shoes that newdoc recommended don't help????
*stomps feet and kicks things on your behalf*
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*hugs*
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These shoes do have a nice return policy. I'll try them on a day when I haven't been pushing airplanes around; that always messes up my feet for a while. Then I'll decide whether to keep them.
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This is why I now only buy bras from figleaves.com.
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Wow. Figleaves goes down below a 30 band size. My life may have just gotten a whole lot better.
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*hugs*
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Just brainstorming ....
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I'm not entirely sure why that doesn't work. (It's been tried both with and without metatarsal pads.) It may be because my transverse arch is completely shot -- the heads of my metatarsals, seen on-end, make an S-curve -- and the more I cut out material from below the low painful ones, the more those low ones sink. It may be that no matter what shape the sole is, if my stride allows me to push off with the ball of my foot, the ball of my foot will take pressure & thus be in pain. It may be that my arch is high and rigid, flattening the metatarsal pad with most of my body weight & driving the ends of the long bones into the floor at a bad angle. I don't know.
My lack of understanding doesn't stop me from brainstorming, though. Who knows? There could be a simple mechanical solution!
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Fortunately, these shoes do have a nice return policy. If I don't wear them outdoors I can return them within thirty days. I'll try them out when it's been a couple of days since I've pushed an airplane around. That'll be a fairer test.
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