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No “meat” on the bottom of my numb feet.
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Mar 2 2:44am | Replies (17)Comment receiving replies
I have skinny, narrow feet, plus a neuroma on my left foot. I find sketchers and Mia shoes to be the most padded on the foot bed, plus Hooka tennis shoes or any other like tennis shoe with deep soles usually have more cushions. My feet cannot hit the floor without a heavily cushioned slip in or shoe. I also add foot bed cushions. I had expensive fat transferred into the balls of my feet but it didn’t work. It also hurt me tremendously. I feel your pain. I feel discriminated against. No narrow cushion shoes to be found. I would like to own a pair of cowboy boots but that’s out of the question, even with inserts. Another brand of shoe that works for a dressier look are SAS shoes and I add cushions because they have narrow and slims but they are super expensive. Must be nice to walk into any department store and buy a cute pair of ladies sandals for under 40 dollars. I have to pay 3-4 times that much and they are MauMau looking. I am a MauMau but I would like to wear a little bit of a cuter shoe if I could, but narrow, cushioned shoes are non existent!
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@bb03 Wow, a fat transfer. That sounds awful, so sad it didn't help.
AI disease is expensive and being high maintenance takes so much time it drives me crazy!
@bb03 Oh wow! This is EXACTLY what I've been complaining about for years now. I even called Brooks, as they seem to be one of the few that made narrow shoes, and now they seem to be dropping most of them. Nobody seems to understand that if you have narrow feet and heels, that you can't just wear a smaller size in a medium! Nope. The heels on the Mediums come right off my foot when walking. For the summer, I am able to wear "Fit Flops" which are REALLY comfortable. I can walk in those all day! Skecher's flip flops work for me, but their shoes are just too wide for my feet. Yesterday I shelled out a bunch of money at the Good Feet store. Their inserts work on a system with a wearing schedule. You get 3 inserts, all of which are worn for different amounts of time. The cheapest plan they had though was $1500!! I've avoided them for years due to that sort of pricing, but after years of pain, doctors, therapy, X-ray, MRI's etc and getting no better, I'm going to try this. I have spent way more than that on all the shoes and inserts I've purchased so far!!
@bb03 same issues as you—very narrow, very sensitive, no fat pads (according to a sports medicine doc in my 20s!). Recommend Asics, the only narrows that work for me—with the addition of a bunch of pads, inserts & 2 layers of socks. Different models have different arch support, pronation, heel lift
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@bb03 Hey there! When we "age" (Gotta love that word!) we start losing the fat pads on the
bottom of our feet which can lead to other issues.
Have you tried Hey Dudes or Skechers? Ross tends to sell the Hoka shoes at a cheaper price if you have one of those stores in your area. I do find Clarks, Naturalizers, Lifestride & Aerosoles have good support. I'm not sure if these come in a Narrow or not.
Flipflops are not the best things to wear unless they are really supportive. Try not to go barefoot (I know...we all love that right?) on a hardwood floor.
I am praying for you to find the right shoes that you like. Blessings & Prayers....