Fibro Feet Needs

Um, thats a new one to me. Do you maybe have some neuropathy in them? I wear my Birkenstocks all the time. If they feel hot and burning, I put some BioFreeze on them. Soak them in ice water? If they are cold, I get out the heating pad.

SP,

I think you've opened Pandora's box here...this is probably going to be one of those subjects that everyone wants to weigh in on! I have extREMEly sensitive feet, (also wide at the toebox) and so I order most of my shoes from catalogs. They can't bind, pinch, chafe, or make themselves known to my feet at all while I'm wearing them. I like Clarks, Easy Spirit, Hush Puppies, and a few other brands I can't remember.


Actually, I've worn nothing but slippers since January, when I got to experience a ruptured disc, and then surgery. I can't reach my feet....it's all I can do to pull my socks on and off with my reacher. (One of these days I'll have to slip on some sandals...unless I forget!)


Right now I'm mad at Dearfoams because they quit making the kind of slippers I like....open-toed but with a little back, so my feet don't slide right off. I'm not asking too much here, right??

Debbie

I've had surgery for a Morton's Neuroma....but also have issues with aching feet. I pretty much live "outside" in extremely comfortable yet supportive snearkers. I found a great pair that is khaki brown that pretty much matches anything....

But I also have spine and knee issues so the support and alignment while walking is critical.

Whenever I need to wear dress shoes I use all the great Dr. Scholl's gell inserts. Ones for heels, ones for flats, etc. They help a lot!

And since I don't have a husband or boyfriend to rub my feet anymore...LOL...I will treat myself to a $25 spa pedicure and tell them that they can spend as long as they want on the massage part! haha...

So yes...foot care is very important!

I wear Birkenstock sandals.  I barely could walk back in 1994 and my Mom suggested these shoes.  She used to go to New York City a lot and she said she would see women in furs and jewels wearing these shoes so they could walk comfortably around the city. 

 

I bought a pair and thought they were the ugliest shoes I had ever seen but walking was more important to me than being stylish.  It took me about a month to get used to wearing these because they cause you to walk correctly and help with your posture.  After that, my foot pain got less and less and now I have no foot pain.  I also have 20 pairs of Birkenstock in various colors....including black patent leather for the dressier occasions.     I love these shoes.

 

I have had several friends try them after I told them about my experience and now they all were Birkenstocks too.

 

Sherrine

Easy Spirit Traveltime family and similar kinds. The provide for lots of room for the toes to spread out and usually have an open back. Not the prettiest but the best for my feet. I did the Dr. Schols stand on the machine and get diagnosed for the proper insert.

For dressy occasions get a low heal and get the ones with awesome padding for sandals. I also have foot inserts that I switch from shoe to shoe except for the sandals and dress shoes.

I've been checked for neuropathy, they thought I had morton's neuroma and the MRI didn't prove the diagnosis. The foot doctors blamed fibro and the rheumy said it wasn't fibro.

I have pain and numbness from the balls of my feet to my toes.

Good luck and let us know what works for you.

Hi,

Have your doctor write you a prescription for Dr. Comfort shoes. If you need a pair for work & one for play have the doc write 2 scripts. Your local hospital should have a home health department and that is how you get them.

Or you may be able to purchase from your local drug store or on-line. I went through home health because my health insurance paid for both pairs because I have neuropathy. Remember to get them at least a 1/2 size larger so they will fit when your feet are swollen.

Very comfortable especially when wearing anything on your feet hurts, which in my case, it does.

JD

Hi Rose. Yeah a lot of medical staff wear them. The classic crocs look like clogs and on the inside of shoe, there is some texture but it didn't cause me pain, personally. They have holes on outside for your feet to breathe and lots of room on inside for your feet to wiggle. Probably the most comfy shoe I've ever owned. I wear them inside too just like a slipper. Very light shoe.

What are fibro knots? Ouch.