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!
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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!