[pct-l] Feet Swelling

[Diane at Santa Barbara Hikes dot com]

Many of us experience enlarged feet. I certainly did. They only  
slightly dialed down a notch after returning to the artificial world.

I believe there are multiple things going on:
1. We are walking more, building muscle and callous. This makes our  
feet larger.
2. We are walking more and carrying weight. Our feet want to spread  
out. We either fight that and get blisters or go out and get shoes  
that fit better. Then our feet say ahh and spread out a little more,  
and a little more, and we keep buying shoes to accommodate. My toes  
no longer touch each other, thanks to all the accommodating I've  
done, and although many of my sandals still fit me well, a lot of my  
shoes no longer do.
3. There can be some plain old swelling (edema), too, for whatever  
reason.

Diane
On Jun 6, 2010, at 8:39 AM, pct-l-request at backcountry.net wrote:

> Feet Swelling

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