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

Around the house I only wear crocs with insoles. Even in the night when I wake up to use the bathroom I slip on the crocs to go the short distance to the bathroom. I never go barefoot. It’s too painful, and can set me back. Hopefully that is helpful.

Re shoes. I have to wear very firm sole shoes that can we tied tight or Velcro firm soles so I can tighten acrid front & middle of foot and can tighten around my heel. That allows my exercise legs…esp. thighs tone strong &tske pressure off the soles. I think we need ti find what works best for each of us. I do need to exercise my legs, hips & abs.

I developed neuropathy in my feet many years after frost biting my feet too much when skiing when younger.

Rubbing is said to be a major cause of neuropathic ulcers. It seemed to me dry skin is more affected by rubbing than not dry skin.

I bought a pair of boots 4 sizes too large. I wear very thick wool ski socks. It turned out the much higher sized boots were not that much wider. I feel very little rubbing around my toes more or less numb.

If the neuropathic ulcers are bleeding, I wash my toes with rubbing alcohol and cotton balls. When air dried, I put on a mild antibiotic for two but not more than three days with bandaids. Using strong antibiotics for three or more days I found can kill healthy cells and cause the already weak skin to peel off.

Every morning I rub both my entire feet down with Vaseline Intensive Care. I wear soft socks at night.

It seems I have rheumatoid arthritis. As I understand some bad interactions can develop between mixed treatments for rheumatoid arthritis and for neuropathy and anxiety. with depression, so I avoid drugs.

I think the best way to deal with the mind is with the mind.

With the unpredictable autoimmune system, I don’t over-react and follow the above waiting for better days.
Self pity however justified is unhealthy.

When I decided best to stop swimming at the WMCA due to the bleeding ulcers, I explained how I frost bit my feet when skiing younger. The lady said, “But you were happy. “
What is there to say after hearing that?

I think Hoka Bondi 8's helped with my foot pain. The current pair I have are about 9 months old. I wear them every day. I would order them again. They seem to be true to size. I take 12 wide. Most merchants allow you to return them if they don't fit.

I’ve been completely satisfied with the new Cloud sneakers.If The women trying on new sneakers were excited to find at Dick’s Sporting Store.
My previous favorites were Brooks sneakers have wide toe
bed. Merrill shoes are good. I hope you find ones that work for you.
Another tip is buying Zoe’sToe cushions on Amazon for sensitive toes while wearing
shoes or for sleeping. Best of luck. B. Murphy

My feet never feel good, but in years of effort trying to deal with the pain, I have found that open-backed Birkenstocks (not knock-offs) are consistently the best for my feet. I have tried quite a few that just really don't work for me--all with CLOSED back (not mules/slides) Alegria, Vionic, FitFlops. On the plus side, Amoji slip into style sandal slippers (style AM1702) are quite comfortable. Similar to, but not as clunky as Crocs. They come in several colors and are only $25.99 with free shipping! My left foot is flat and I also have had serious ingrown toenails for nearly 50 years. My feet and ankles feel like they are tightly wrapped with compression bandages, even when bare. Like idiopathic peripheral neuropathy, comfort is very much a mystery. Best wishes in finding a more comfortable solution for you.

My husband has painful idiopathic peripheral neuropathy in his feet. The only shoes he's been able to wear around the house that allows him to be on his feet are Kenkohs. They're the only shoes he's been able to wear for the past 4 years. The footbed have according to their website "rubber latex nodules that stimulate nerve endings and muscles in your feet." My husband says the pressure from the "nodules" create a distraction from the neuropathic pain. He also uses the insoles, which you used to be able to purchase, that he puts directly into his Asics running shoes and allowed him for the first time to be able to wear a closed shoe. He still has pain but these help make it tolerable.

Try the Kuru brand. They have shoes for all kinds of foot situations. I have found them helpful.

Hi all! I have idiopathic small fiber neuropathy, which was not conclusively proven with a skin biopsy/punch test. (I have been told by a Neurologist that 50% of those tests are inconclusive, even when everything else points to small fiber neuropathy.)
My symptoms started about 17 months ago, and it took me most of last year to come up with a diagnosis as they ruled out everything else.
One of my biggest challenges is trying to find shoes that I can wear comfortably. I cannot wear closed shoes, or anything that is even the least bit tight. I am wearing sandals most of the time and very loose crocs during the winter and cannot wear socks at all. The straps on the sandals that go across the top of my foot near my ankle, seem to set off a whole lot of pain and so I have to keep loosening those straps throughout the day. I am currently taking gabapentin at 300 mg and duloxetine or Cymbalta at 60 mg. I know that doesn’t sound like much but I am trying to continue to function and work (i’m extremely sensitive to medication’s and it makes me so tired that I can’t function If I take it during the day and also need to minimize dosage, ). so I Take both of those at night and nothing during the day until about 8 PM. I noticed that this pain is getting even worse as time goes on, and I have gradually increased dosages. Once again, it seems like it is worsening. I feel like my shoes set off a lot of this and wondering what other people are wearing?
The burning sensation is always there, but shoes seem to make it worse and worse throughout the day and I am miserable by evening. Of course, standing doesn’t help any either. What do you all wear?

Good morning. I can’t comment on the pain, but I want to tell you how helpful your first sentence is! My small fiber polyneuropathy was not confirmed by the punch test either. The punch test showed no amyloid, and that the nerve fibers were normal, but I have horrible itching and tingling. My doctor also said that small fiber polyneuropathy is patchy and might not be able to be demonstrated on three small punches. But everything else was ruled out and clinically. He has determined it is Neuropathy. God knows why I have it! Good to know that somebody else clinically presents as small fiber neuropathy without a positive punch test!