What kinds of shoes do that? I had a bad bout of plantar fascitis once, and I never want to experience that again, especially if I can avoid it merely by choosing different shoes.
Oh. I know.
Had bad docs and good docs.
Pays to your homework.
My clinic has good ones. I been to most of them at one time or another. They get good reviews.
Gotsta takes yer chances of you don’t have any other way to find out.
I’m afraid I can’t really generalize. I had bought some cheap shoes at a discount store, because they actually did almost have room for my toes. I wore them quite a bit for a while; and I developed plantar fascitis, which I’d never had before. I stopped wearing those shoes, and it gradually went away. In an experimental fashion, I tried wearing the shoes again – until it started to come back; after which I threw them out, and it went away again, and hasn’t come back since.
It must have had to do with the way the shoe was structured; but I’m not sure what exactly was wrong with the way they were structured.
ETA: apparently I’m not the only one who’s run into this (though the problem in my case wasn’t heel height, those shoes were the same lowheeled type I usually wear):
I have the same problem and I wear Skechers slippers in the house - they do the job.
Thank you.
This is what I was going to recommend. That’s what I wear around the house, also because I have foot issues. And they are great. Very springy and they have decent arch support, too. If you only wear them in the house, they last a really long time.
Other advice for plantar fascitis, from my doctor and a physical therapist friend:
- Stretch your Achilles tendon every morning, before you get out of bed. Just pull your toes as far towards your head as you can.
- Do more rigorous stretches a little later in the day. I bought a slant board to support that, and it’s been great. Something like this:
https://www.amazon.com/Yes4All-Professional-stretching-Anti-Slip-Portable/dp/B086JJPXL2
(I did not buy this model, and don’t endorse it, but it gives a sense of the thing.)
Yes, you can do those stretches with a book, or on a staircase. But you can use this one barefoot or with shoes, and it’s more comfortable, and I use it a lot more. I think it’s better than the books, too. - Wear a “sock” that prevents your achilles tendon from tightening up over night. Like this:
https://www.amazon.com/MioCloth-Plantar-Fasciitis-Achilles-Tendonitis/dp/B0CB7CLHJG?th=1
My doctor suggested wearing a brace in bed, and I tried two, but I ran into issues with both of them. Sleeping with hard rigid things wasn’t a great fit for me, for reasons other than the plantar fascitis. This was mildly uncomfortable, but I didn’t damage anything wearing it. It worked for my mom and my son, too. (The braces probably work too, if you can wear them.)
Good luck
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Ditto.
On the other hand, my MIL, the ballet dancer, was really jealous of my feet. My big toe, index toe, and middle toe all end on the same plane, perpendicular to the long axis of the foot, and I could have used all three at once to rest my weight “en point”.
It actually tightens up as you sleep. That’s why stretching it out gently, without putting your weight on it, is a good first-thing-in-the-morning routine. Only takes a couple of seconds.
Yeah. Meant to say that your ankle relaxes and the tendon can tighten up. A brace will keep your ankle at a 90 degree angle while you sleep. And there are braces that are much more comfortable than a ‘boot’ It didn’t bother me at all.
Here’s the sock I used
It was pretty comfy, and easy to undo the tension if I wanted to go to the bathroom in the middle of the night or something. I recommend it a lot.
Bingo - I’m pretty sure those are what my husband is wearing, and his too were recommended by a podiatrist. He just bought his online though, no specialty store.
Same concept as the night braces that both @enipla and I mentioned. Looks like it might be more comfortable, too - that brace was kind of unwieldy.