is it the shoes?

[arguchik]

i think i may have isolated the real cause of my foot pain: my earth shoes. my feet had basically stopped hurting over the last few days. yesterday i wore my earth shoes and walked downtown a little bit, and this morning my feet are sore again.

well that's a bummer. i really liked these shoes.

Comments

[jennaxide.livejournal.com]

oh, damn. that's too bad. have you checked out consumer reports to see what other people are saying about them?

[arguchik.livejournal.com]

i haven't, but i think i will. earth shoes have been around for a really long time. however, a salesperson at the comfort shoe store in wallingford *did* say to me, a few weeks ago, that she knows of other people who have trouble with the earth shoes.

i think the "negative heel" puts extra stress on the plantar fascia. i can see why a podiatrist might think this is *good* for the foot--it elongates the achilles tendon (along with the plantar fascia)--but i think it's too much stress when one is on one's feet as much as i am.

i also know that i have trouble with shoes that are *too* controlling of my feet--too much support. too little is bad, but too much is just as bad because it prevents my feet from flexing like they want to.