Re: Comfortable shoes
Hi Joan, Sounds like you have bad problems with your back. Ouch! I (touching wood, crossing fingers and toes, etc) don't suffer to the same extent as you do by the sounds of things.
The physio isn't even sure that my current back problems are caused by my funny feet. Embarassingly I appear to have strained a muscle or ligament in my bum! Well my lower back, but we all know that means bum! And the physio reckons this is the cause of my current back troubles. Hence my reluctance to fork out for the full-on (and expensive) orthotics. The physio isn't recommending them at this stage anyway.
The insoles are a preemptive strike I suppose, trying to learn lessons from my mother's experiences (since I've inherited her feet but hopefully not her terrible back and leg problems). Between the insoles, sensible (but hopefully not too boring) shoe choices and exercises I'm hoping to avoid having to go for full orthotics...
Thanks for your advice though. Maybe I'm self-correcting when it comes to wearing sensible shoes... I feel so uncomfortable in high heels and I look like the alien from Mars Attacks when I try to walk in anything more than a 2 inch heel :b so I tend to avoid high heels as much as possible. But to date thankfully once I throw off the high heels I'm fine. I don't get high heel back hangovers.