Comments on: Fatty’s Feet: A Cry for Help

By: Feet Pain

Feet Pain — Wed, 20 Aug 2014 15:40:51 +0000

When I’ve exhausted my feet, what I do is meditation like yoga and also, I’ve been doing cold compress and it helped me big time. I hope it’ll help you too.

Ron

By: Allen

Allen — Thu, 14 Aug 2014 05:37:26 +0000

Try relaxing your feet,hot compress and have you tried fish spa? I hope you try those relaxing treats. Have you also tried minimalist shoes?

By: retrofitz

retrofitz — Mon, 11 Aug 2014 18:38:51 +0000

Retrofitz is aimed at enabling cyclists to clip in with cool shoes; but coincidentally enables many shoes to be converted to SPD type cleat attachment. Let us know if you are interested.

By: Brian F

Brian F — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 23:46:25 +0000

I uses to have terrible pain and switched to Sidi Mega shoes with Superfeet insoles. Nice wide shoes plus good arch support makes all the difference. Plus cleats as far back as possible, of course.

Good luck.

By: Rachel

Rachel — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 14:14:53 +0000

I have tremendous bunions. The only brands of cycling shoes I can wear are Pearl Izumi and Specialized. At least one size larger and loosen as the ride goes on. Try taking Glucosamin/Chondrointin supplements. NEVER!!!! wear Sidis…know specifically for being for narrow feet. Flex feet and curl toes into “fists” during rides. Good luck!!!!

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 01 Aug 2014 00:39:55 +0000

Hi, Fatty. This sucks and I hope it gets better! Lots of people here know more about feet than I do, but I just wanted to mention that my husband found that his feet change very noticeably when he goes off gluten. When we first tried going paleo a few years ago his bunions basically totally went away, and when we started cheating a lot with gluten they came back. If it’s possible that it’s the shape of your feet that are causing the problem, then changing your diet might influence that. But it might not be worth it to you! Good luck…

By: Jeff Sherrod

Jeff Sherrod — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 23:20:08 +0000

This is an easy fix, It’s your feet not your shoes.
The pain you are feeling on the outside of both feet is from what is called a Varus angle of your foot, your foot is angled out towards your 5th medetarsal (pinkie toe) and you are putting all the weight on that part of your foot causing it hurt. This can simply be fixed by wedging at the cleat or in the shoe. The pain at the big toe is called sesamoditis, it’s caused by to much presure at the 1st medetarsal joint. This more a cleat placement issue and can be fixed by changing where your cleat is.
Feel free to contact me with any questions.

By: Ben

Ben — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 22:38:51 +0000

Before spending hundreds in custom insoles or custom shoes, I would try the Pedag T-Form metatarsal pads. They can be found for about ten bucks online. They have to be put UNDER THE ARCH and they help relieve a lot of pressure on feet. I used them in all my shoes just glued to the stock insoles.

By: wash

wash — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:29:27 +0000

… btw I am 47, and have noticed that my feet have gotten wider over the past few years. My guess is that is what is happening to you right now.

By: wash

wash — Thu, 31 Jul 2014 20:28:46 +0000

Shoes are obviously all about personal choice, but I can tell you that I’ve found both Specialized and Sidi’s wide sizes to be not very wide. After trying lots of different shoes and insoles, I eventually found that Bontrager’s stock shoes fit me very well. Their design is such that you can leave the toe box area relatively loose while tightening down the rest.

If you have a Trek store nearby, it’s worth at least trying on their shoes.