Shoes For Morton's Neuroma:

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1 year ago 09/01/2022 11:13am EDT

re: Mortons neuroma sucks

Mortons neuroma sucks wrote:
PS. It will never heal. The scar tissue continues to grow. It will only get worse until you remove the damaged nerve.

I had one for a couple years, and it DID heal. That problem has been in the rear-view mirror for about 6 years now, without surgery.

I went to Hoka Cliftons (cushy, high stack height) to allow me to continue running at all. I wore Cliftons for a couple years then was able to go back to running in shoes I liked. At it's worse I could not run on any trail as the thought of stepping on the smallest of rocks in the wrong place was horrifying. Road only for a long time. I did the shoe modifications that an earlier poster mentioned, got a pair of ABEO metatarsal flip-flops to wear in the house. Those ABEO's were key, I am actually wearing them as I type this. They are still the most comfortable footwear I own.

I believe that my switch to Altra shoes (why change what works, idiot?) is what brought on my MN. At least, MN onset coincided with wearing Altras for a few thousand miles.

Anyway, I have made a complete recovery from MN. Sadly I'm older and slower.

1 year ago 09/01/2022 12:30pm EDT

re: sp2

Since this thread has been revived and I overcame this problem, knock on wood, here was my experience.

First, people say narrow shoes are the problem. For me, I would more accurately describe it as shoes that sag in middle of the forefoot, forming a U shape the forefoot would roll into, compressing the knuckles. I needed to find shoes that stayed flat across the forefoot over time without developing a distinct U shape sag. Kayano was the shoe where I developed the problem. I now rotate between about four different shoes and I haven’t had the problem in years.

Second, I worked with a manual physical therapist. Hs manipulated the bones in my forefoot to widen my feet and create more space between the knuckles.

Third, he had me do two things regularly to keep the toes and knuckles wider. I occasionally wear “yoga toes” to add space. I also do a move where I press my forefoot into the ground and twist side to side. That action also helps separate the bones on the forefoot.

Good luck to anyone struggling with this.

1 year ago 03/29/2023 10:23pm EDT

re: Alsjskdk

Alsdjskdk, I am dealing with this and also believe that, aside from narrow shoes, shoes that aren't flat but form a u shape in the forefoot, pressing the bones together towards the bottom of the foot, cause the problem. Which four shoes did you find do not sag in the forefoot, but stay flat?

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