I’d appreciate your recommendations on hiking shoes. I don’t want super lightweight, something that will hold up. I’m looking at the Asics Nimbus gel 17, but very expensive . Any recommendations ?
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Recomendations for shoes for plantars fasciitis
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I have had plantars fasciitis since 1996. Orthatics are a must and have used Motion Control shoes like the Brooks Beats. I have done the JMT 3 times in running shoes and gaiters.
ok I’ll check those out, thanks !!
The two times I’ve had bad flares of plantars fasciitis, it resolved by doing two things:
- wearing more padded shoes whenever I could around town.
- not letting my toes point away from my knees while I slept. I played with an ACE wrap around my ankle, rigid strap-on ankle casts, and those “soft casts” that have a strap from the toe to the shin to proven over-extending one’s toes at night.
If I was casual about those steps, it tool a few weeks to resolve. If I was rigorous about doing those steps, it was all better in 7-10 days.
I also think the night “boot” helped me. I also think that switching to Montrail AT Plus shoes (from light hiking boots) helped me quite a bit; that model has been discontinued and I’m not sure what the current equivalent is. Initially I used green Superfeet but after a while that seemed not to help, and I just used the normal insoles with my shoes. For my daily street shoes I wore Brooks pretty much exclusively for a couple of years.
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