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got an appt with a podiatrist (or perhaps a nurse practitioner facsimile thereof) at the sports med clinic this afternoon. will hopefully get a definitive diagnosis. this, after i could barely stand when i got out of bed yesterday morning. yesterday, due to the weather, i wasn't on my feet much; i also wore my recently retired pair of running shoes, did "toe curls" several times throughout the day, popped ibuprofin, and spent a good 10-15 minutes massaging my arches with a tennis ball before going to bed. the upshot: this morning i had almost no pain when i got out of bed. i didn't take any ibuprofin before i went to bed because i wanted to see what everything felt like in the morning so i can give the pod-doc a good summary of my symptoms.
wish me luck. also wish me luck with the dorky running shoes. i've been trying to buy a good pair of non-athletic shoes for the last 2-3 days, to no avail. i've been to the 3 "comfort shoe" stores near me--2 in the u-district and 1 in wallingford--and none of them had a pair i liked in my size. thus far, i'm leaning toward either a naot shoe or one of birkenstock's "footprints" shoes. whatever i end up with, it won't have a negative heel.
wish me luck. also wish me luck with the dorky running shoes. i've been trying to buy a good pair of non-athletic shoes for the last 2-3 days, to no avail. i've been to the 3 "comfort shoe" stores near me--2 in the u-district and 1 in wallingford--and none of them had a pair i liked in my size. thus far, i'm leaning toward either a naot shoe or one of birkenstock's "footprints" shoes. whatever i end up with, it won't have a negative heel.
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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.
well that's a bummer. i really liked these shoes.
yay for earth shoes! yay for the hippie yoga instructor who invented them back when i was but a wee lass! yay for my first pair--shiny black mary janes!
seriously, these shoes are awesome. they are unfortunately causing hot spots on the backs of my heels, but i know they'll break in soon, and the supportive goodness that the rest of my feet are experiencing is well worth it. (a side yay for band-aid's blister cushions...) and while they can't fully escape the orthopedic stigma of "comfort shoes," they at least look more stylish than a pair of birkenstocks. (even birkenstock's "stylish" shoes really don't appeal to me; and naot's shoes always have unfortunate bits of embroidery and stuff on them. dansko's i sort of like, but they are a bit too wide for my feet, and because they are also "tall," i constantly roll my ankles when i wear them.)
yay, hippie shoes!
seriously, these shoes are awesome. they are unfortunately causing hot spots on the backs of my heels, but i know they'll break in soon, and the supportive goodness that the rest of my feet are experiencing is well worth it. (a side yay for band-aid's blister cushions...) and while they can't fully escape the orthopedic stigma of "comfort shoes," they at least look more stylish than a pair of birkenstocks. (even birkenstock's "stylish" shoes really don't appeal to me; and naot's shoes always have unfortunate bits of embroidery and stuff on them. dansko's i sort of like, but they are a bit too wide for my feet, and because they are also "tall," i constantly roll my ankles when i wear them.)
yay, hippie shoes!
