Do any one of the senior has problems with the feet as you get older and also finding the right kind of shoes? personally i am finding difficult to find the right shoes due to problems with my feet as i am getting older.
daisy
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Not really problems, but I feel a difference in the soles of my feet. I am barefoot unless I have to go somewhere, and wearing heels for many years have left me with bunions from those classy heels and pointy toed shoes. I now wear a shoe that is 8 1/2....whereas I was a 7 1/2 all my life. I now buy a wide shoe for comfort because as we age, the many bones in out feet will spread out some...from walking upright.
Snid
I find I have to have shoes with support. I try to go to a actual shoe store and get fitted by someone who does it for a living. I live in athletic shoes like Saucony and New Balance.
I'm diabetic so it's important to have shoes that fit well. I don't wear flip flops (unless I am going to the lake) or sandals. I have some decorative shoes (Rocket Dogs) for fun but I don't wear them if I am going to be walking a lot. Even though my husband is 6'5" and I am only 5'2" I no longer wear heels because they hurt my feet.
When I was having problem with my feet several years ago my doctor suggested that I also lose some weight. It's amazing how much it helped.
Peggy
I've had trouble with shoes from being a child. I have totally flat feet, no arch, yet I don't walk remotely like some flat-footed people walk. My chiropodist (I only started seeing one last year) says she is amazed that I don't get more pain in my feet than I do because there is absolutely no padding underneath them.
I have made many bad purchases and ended up giving shoes to charity shops but I now have a few really comfortable ones (and some sandals) which I wear almost exclusively. Sore feet are not easy to live with. Getting older certainly does not make it better even if it does not make it worse.
I find it helps me to change shoes often. I go out in one pair but change to another pair when I come in. If I go out again I change to a third pair, come back indoors and wear slippers or walk bare footed for a short time. We all find our own individual way of coping with problems and foot problems are no different. Just do what works for you and sit with your feet up on a stool when they really ache a lot.
Grela LaTuc
I read an article that as we age, our feet do continue to grow. So as we reach certain ages, we will develop problems with our feet.
I had beautiful feet when I was younger, but now the joints have gone out of place, causing a bunion on my right foot. and problems on my left foot. I can't wear the shoes I used to. I now find that I can wear only sandals, an enclosed shoes rubs the joints of my little toe too much. I can wear walkers, but they have to be fitted just right. And the sandals have to be just the right type, or I can't wear them either. It doesn't help that I'm not supposed to wear sandals, because of my diabetes, but that's basically the only type of dress shoe I can wear, even in the winter. For around the house, I wear an older pair of walkers. I bought a new pair, and they hurt when I wear them, even though they are the same style as what I am now wearing.
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I only have trouble with my feet when I have to sit for too long and my legs and feet start swelling. And, yes, I do have trouble finding shoes--I don't like the way most shoes look these days, prefer tie on shoes ('cause I've seen people slide out of their shoes on very busy trafficed streets and I don't want that to happen to me), leather shoes these days tend to make my feet too hot but finding shoes that are made of fabric that look halfway decent are hard to find, plus I wear a small size but need wide shoes. Even sneakers have become hard for me to find--don't like heavy clunky sneaks, I like sneaks that are real lightweight but have sufficient support. Maybe I should move to the tropics and schlep around in flip flops all the time.