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

Good morning, fala (@fala)

I'm glad I gave you a laugh! It's a threadbare cliché, I know, that laughter is the best medicine, but there's some truth in that, as there is in most clichés. For many with chronic diseases, especially those deemed incurable, like PN, laughter is sometimes our only reliable medicine. All others, with regard to effectiveness, ebb and flow, are potent for a while but then grow less effective, work for Mary and Joe but not for Alice and me, are wonder drugs if you've got large-fiber PN but not so much if yours is small-fiber––on it goes, round and round. It can seem a dizzy dance we're dancing. My own PN––chronic idiopathic axonal (large-fiber) polyneuropathy––can go symptomatically unchanged for months, even appear to be lessening, but then flare up, worsen (poor balance) by a notch or two (as a fellow PN'er has called it: go up to the next plateau).

You mention changing shoes every day as a way of getting some relief. I hope you'll forgive me if I tell you that imagine made me smile––yet I know there's nothing, absolutely nothing, funny about it. It suggests the lengths to which we'll go to gain even a half-hour's comfort.

I, too, change shoes several times a day. I've often I'd be better off living in a shoe store so I might have several hundred shoes to choose from. 🙂 Here's to us shoe-changers! May we never forget how to lace-up!

Cheers!
Ray (@ray666)

I prefer to spend the majority of the day going barefoot around the house, I only wear shoes and socks whenever I have to leave. I'll also go barefoot outside on the concrete driveway or garage since I've lost most of the feelings in my feet. The pain is definitely worse when I'm wearing shoes.

Ortho doc recommended New Balance shoes. Podiatrist recommended Orthofeet for me. Good Feet also advertises shoes for PN.

@mrmacabre
My podiatrist, neurologist, and my primary care doctor have always told me to always wear shoes inside and out
Jake

Yes, I have neuropathy in my feet and ankles due to spinal stenosis. I ordered barefoot shoes and it has made a big difference in my stability and pain. I now only wear them inside and out

Birkenstocks, the original cork sole, really minimize my neuropathy. I don’t have pain, just numbness.

Same. Podiatrist told me to wear some type of shoe while indoors-
I have a slipper that has a metatarsal footbed. I wear them indoors only - and try to remember to trade off sandals every other day ( I live in a warm climate)

Most time I go barefoot but crocs seem to help the most. They have many styles now.

Please try Barefoot Footware - they are recommended for neuropathy & are available on Amazon by many manufacturers. They help with balance, strength, walking & driving. Nothing works better than these for neuropathy!!!

Would you be able to tell me exactly which shoes you ordered for your neuropathy? I’d greatly appreciate! When I searched Amazon it brought up such a mind boggling selection! Haha! It’s terrific to hear you found specific shoes that are helping with your neuropathy! Sure hope to do the same! 😊 Thanks so much!