Does anyone find that a type of shoe helps your foot neuropathy?

Vionic

Hi Lori.. don't know of any shoes, but I'm sure you have heard of "soothe relief neuropothy socks" .. I wear them day and night most of the time with lots of pain relief!

I am so late posting.
I did not need any break in for my Hoka Clifton 9's. That said, I feel it is too cushy a year later and I am now in search of a slighly firmer shoe base. My gait just doesn't feel secure. I've tried Zero shoes and could not walk in them. Very unsteady. I like Orthofeet sandals for the comfortable sole, but sandals are not a shoe that I walk in well. No storenear me that sells Orthofeet. I plan to visit Dick's Sporting and try on Brooks and New Balance. Maybe a Sketchers too.

Hi, rollo8 (@rollo8)

I hardly gave my Hokas a fair chance to prove themselves to me. 🙂 I tried, for 8-10 days, then returned them. They felt like I'd strapped sofa cushions to my feet. Like you, I need a firmer, more positive contact with the ground. I've tried and liked Brooks and New Balance over the years, although right now I'm wearing Sketchers as my go-everywhere shoes. My Sketchers aren't perfect, but they're not bad. After all these years and all these different shoes, I'm now only inches away from accepting that with PN there is no truly, 100%, no-qustions-asked "perfect" shoe. Some come close, especially as each of us has a different need. At the moment, I can live with that.

Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)

@ray666
If you want a firm, good ground contact shoe you might check out Mephisto shoe. I went to a shoe store after I got plantar fasciitis and told the salesman I wanted to try on shoes but I didn't want to know the brand or cost and sure enough the Mephisto shoes were the most comfortable however also the most expensive.
Take care,
Jake

Did you buy the Mephisto shoes and if so, are you happy with them? I'm considering them as they have some on their site for sale. Thanks!

New Balance has a great line of shoes when you tell them you have PN. I had Ortho Feet for a while but New Balance turned out to be the best. Good Luck, there are so many different issues with PN.

I currently own the only 3 styles or color of the Hoka Bondi 8 the only really comfy shoe I have found to date. the come in 4 and 5 x widths and are super light. I currently work in a truck shop and use a pair to the black shoe that has weathered grease oil and fuel and multiple machine wash to mitigate stink and soil build up

Good morning, Jake (@jakedduck1)

Thanks for mentioning Mephisto. That's one shoe I've never investigated. I'm drawn by what you say ("most comfortable") but also made a bit nervous by something else you say ("also the most expensive"). I ordinarily shop shoes online, using Zappo's, but at this hour of the day I'm unable to access the Internet (I can only access Connect), so I have no choice but to wait until noon to find just how "expensive." I'm no babe in the woods when it comes to having gotten used to the ever-soaring price of well-made shoes; I can remember the day waaaaaay back in the '70s when the clerk told me that my first pair of Asics was going to cost me $83. Wha! $83? That's impossible! He laughed. And I laughed. Because he knew. And I knew. Time's had changed. 🙂

Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)

I've been wearing a pair of New Balance 4extra wide tennis shoes, along with some loose fitting "diabetic" socks that we found at the grocery store for several months now, and they've made a big difference in the pain in my feet.