I received a question about MBT’s aggravating the neuroma rather than helping it. For clarification, when I first started wearing my MBT’s, the neuroma still hurt. Just not as often.
The metatarsal pads from Amazon, placed in the right spot fixed that. The pads with the mbt’s have made a huge difference for me. With the two, I can jog a little without pain. I have been doing jumping jacks and jogging in place, with the combination. I was afraid that I wouldn’t be able to exercise, for real, anymore.
The only other shoes I have tried are the earth shoes. These are like walking on wooden clogs, but they look way better than the MBTs.
The shape of the earth shoes don’t allow me to place an insert in the shoe, but after wearing them for about 10 hours, I don’t know if I’ll need to. There seems to be a natural bump inside the shoe around the place that I need a metatarsal pad.
But I’m not really sure about that, because I’ll have to wear them longer to see if they really cause pain. The 10 hours I’ve worn them isn’t really long enough.
Hope this helps someone.
Also, this is my own take on Neuroma pain. For me, once the pain starts from aggravating the nueroma, it hurts no matter what I wear. I noticed that if I walked on my heel for about two weeks, the pain wouldn’t be so bad. After doing this on and off for a while, my heel hurt so bad that I basically stopped walking any more than necessary to take care of my kids. That’s when I learned about MBT’s . I used the heel of the shoe to walk, limping, to allow the irritated area to recover. During that time, I really took the enzymes religiously and on an empty stomach, to try and eliminate the scar tissue as well as prevent an additional aggravation of the neuroma.
That’s why I like MBT’s so much, they let me limp easily. Not with the pad, link above, I don’t have to limp in the MBT’s. The metatarsal pads just alleviate the squeezing of the metatarsal heads preventing the nerve from being irritated.
This is only my story of how I’ve dealt with my neuroma. I’m not a doctor or anything close. My suggestion to anyone with this time of injury is to pay attention to your body, and listen to it. If it hurts when you move it, don’t move it for a while and see if it’s any better.
Also, the serrepeptase only worked well when I was off sugar and empty carbs.
Kimberly
