My Journey With Health And Fitness – Finally My Feet Feel Good

My apologies for those who were looking for a post on Thursday. I had gone on a ‘mystery tour’ through our local community services. It was an all day tour and for full accountability, it ended at a craft cider location. Yes, despite my last post I had the cider and then ended up at our next door neighbours’ drinking some red wine. Not to worry, by posting about my slips it actually makes me more resolved to stick to the plan.

I’ve posted before about the issues with my feet exacerbated by the amount I walk/run. I have had a corn on the inside of one of my toes for 3 years. I also for several decades have had a pinkie toe that always has a large callus on it. While the callus can be kind of painful the corn, when it was first diagnosed, was extremely painful. I now wear a rubber sock on that toe whenever I am running/walking for any sort of distance which had helped but the corn remained, just not as painfully.

The other day I realized that the callus on my pinkie toe had all be disappeared. I really not sure when that happened but most of the tissue is pretty soft. I then checked my corn when I was putting my toe sock. Much to my surprise there is very little corn left. I thought yes, finally my feet feel good.

So why did this happen suddenly after all this time? I think there is a couple of reasons for it. Firstly, I am just back from 7 weeks in Mexico and a lot of that time was spent shoeless (other than walks and workouts). Even when we did go out it was usually sandals that I wore giving my feet much more room. Secondly my new shoes that I bought just before heading to Mexico back in April. Despite my podiatrist insisting that I could only wear NB runners, the tech that measured my feet at a local orthotics store recommended I use Brooks and a slightly bigger size. I also had an older set of Brooks at the condo so while in Mexico that’s what I wore for walking/workouts. Apparently this is the brand of shoe that my feet like.

It is so nice to not have toes that at the end of the day really hurt. Instead, they seem to be much happier with the way they are being treated. And so going forward I am going to be loyal to the Brooks brand. And, since it is summer, sandals will be worn more frequently. Who knows, come September that corn may not even exist anymore. Really, I sure hope so.