Foot Pain

[annern]

3 days ago I changed the inserts in my tennis shoes, I'm a nurse and work 12 hours so am on my feet alot. I changed the inserts cause I was starting to have some foot discomfort in the arch area. Halfway through the day after I changed the insert the arch on my left foot began to hurt horribly. I muddles through the rest of the day, thought that maybe I didn't cut them correctly so the arch was hitting in the wrong spot on my foot. The next day I went back to the original insoles for the shoes that had only been used for a couple of days when I first got the shoes cause I always replace the original inserts with Dr Schols Active series inserts. I worked another 12 hour shift and foot was still sore on the arch. The next day, this is day 3 now, the pain has moved from the inner, arch portion of the foot, to the outer side of the foot and is excruciating to walk. Not sure if this is plantar fascitis since the pain moved. It does seem to get better if I keep moving, but whenever I sit and rest for awhile and then get up to walk again its hurts. Any thoughts? It just confuses me that the pain went from the inner portion of the foot to the outer portion of the foot.

 

[boomhower]

Welcome!

Go to a pediatrist. He'll figure out the issue if it's an active health issue and can prescribe some orthodontics actually made for your feet. Asking a bunch of folks on the internet to diagnose a medical issue isn't generally a good idea, through we do have a few docs floating around the site.

 

[deadken]

Typically, I don't suggest that people get legal or medical advice over the internet.

That being said, I do suggest that people research whatever they can online, so they have a better list of items to discuss with their lawyer or doctor.

Frankly, I'm having a hard time understanding why a nurse wouldn't just ask a doctor? As a nurse, don't you work alongside doctors?

I'm also wondering why you said 'tennis shoes'? Is that just a generic term to use like 'sneakers'? Or do you really not have a good quality set of work shoes? Ie: a pair of rockports, etc... I don't suggest just having one set, but two is good. The cushions are said to compress when you wear shoes and they supposedly take a little while to get back to full height. I'm not sure how accurate that is, but I was told by the sales people in my running store to not wear my running shoes for anything but running. They want the cushions to be at maximum for running. Not compressed by wearing them for a few hours and then going for a run. So, I just keep my old pair of running shoes as what I wear daily and my running shoes just for running.

If I were you and I had no problems with the Dr. Schols Active series inserts, I'd start by going back to them until I was able to get to a podiatrist.