[pct-l] My feet are killing me!

[Kathi]

Oh no.... don't do a cortisone shot in your foot... don't do it!!!! I 
had that done several times and the preparation for the shot and the 
shot itself was WAY worse than the actual pain from the neuroma itself 
and it never really helped that much. If it did help the result was 
negligible. Of course YMMV!
Kathi

On 12/2/10 6:26 PM, Ken and Wanda Brimmer wrote:
> The balls on my feet are unusually large and as a consequence I get a lot of blisters..but after reading the articles about Morton's Neuroma, I believe many of you have hit the nail on the head. Wrong metaphor but you get the idea.  I have learned to work with the pain (hence the name Whimpie) and as long as I stop and wriggle my toes, I can continue.  Diane, you have suggested a wider shoe which makes perfect since.  Can you recommend a wide shoe.  I currently wear the Osolo brand.  Heavy but waterproof which works for me. I'm not rich so can't afford a different brand for each season and I do a lot of winter hiking.  I am also working on my posture, concentrating on "butt in, chest out, lining up my spine and landing on my heels".  This posture techniques seems to work great on a flat road but not sure how I can climb a steep slope...worried about falling over backwards.  I have also heard that some people get a cortisone shot (please talk me out of this) into the nerve bun
>   dle.  My apologies if I haven't responded correctly to the forum.
> Whimpie
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