Do any one of the senior has problems with the feet as you get older and also finding the right kind of shoes?

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

I taught profoundly handicapped children for years, and it required that I transferred and lifted bodies that were sometimes more than half my body weight. I always tried to protect my back, so my feet are what finally gave away. I've had surgeries on both feet for ruptured posterior tibialis tendons, and I also have hammer toes and significant swelling and pain due to the surgeries. I have found that Dr. Comfort shoes with custom fitted insoles let me have some relief. You can find them at medical supply stores, or you can look up their website to see where they are sold in your area. Sorry to say, they're not inexpensive, but if you need relief from pain, they're pretty good. You can get a tax exemption if your dr. will fill out a prescription for them.

Yes, I have and had many problems with my feet. I've had 3 neuroma surgeries in my right foot, my arches ache sometimes because I have flat feet, I've had a joint insert placed in my big toe because of lost of cartilage and I have special orthopedics for my shoes. I take a medication called Neurontin that helps tremendously with pain in my feet. I prefer to wear shoes like mules/slides so that I can take off my shoes easily so they don't feet so compressed in my shoes. I still consider myself very lucky that I am basically healthy, but my feet hate me.

I don't have a problem finding shoes that are comfortable and allow circulation, however, being able to afford them is another problem.

I got bit by an insect on the foot, nearly lost part of the foot, things have not been the same since then, foot wise.

Yes. I have had increasing difficulty with my feet over the last 15 yrs. Neuropathy in on foot that can not be resolved and I am not diabetic. I have always had flat feet and have had orthotics for more that 20 yrs but i am sure that I aggravated my challenges with my distance running over the years. I started wearing slides & now Crocs since I retired. They seem to work for me.

Yes...although I have always had problems with my feet, I now have even more issues, including bunions, and callouses. I always get wide width shoes, and never anything I need to tie.