[pct-l] Desperately need help for "Delicate Princess FootSyndrome"

[goforth at cio.net (J. Lennox)]

I have been gone for a while

You might try sheepskin to pad the high points.  It depends where you get 
the blisters.  But I used to get blisters over the entire back of my heel, 
and the sheep skin solved the problem.  If you want to relieve the pressure 
on the high arch under the laces, and seat the heel back into your heel cup, 
put a large piece of sheepskinover the top of the forefoot and top front - 
this cushions your high arch under the laces and shifts the foot back into 
the shoe and actuallygives the foot more contact(also prevents a narrow foot 
from slipping forward).  YOu could use a single piece of sheepskin with a 
hole over the problem area.

Sheepskin comes in a lot of thicknesses of wool.  You can look at a saddle 
shop or leather store or some sleep -mattress stores carry sheepskin 
mattress covers.

The sheepskin will fairlyquickly conform to your foot and compress.

Self diagnosis is important , and experimentation is the only option.  You 
may never be able to find a adequate shoe but you might find an adequate 
solution by unequal padding.

Some of us have hypermobile feet.  I am wondering if your problems are 
aggrrevated by the opposite problem, feet that are not moving enough in your 
shoe.  Probably results in friction in very localized areas, rather than 
being spread out.  the arch in the foot and its "spring" seats the heel back 
into the shoes.  Might reflect stiffness in adjacent joints - the toes and 
ankles.
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