J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by karen72

thanks for the reply bandit.

I rang up the podiatry dept (even though i thought they might refer me to the biomechanics dept) and there is a 12 week wait. I am trying to use my "we work in the same building line" to see if they can bump me up the queue but not sure if it will work. maybe if they get a cancellationa nd they remember me.

I think i need some insoles for my shoes inthe meantime - do you know what type i will need to correct this. I know i have had ones made a few years ago when i had plantar fasciitis but they were made at the hospital for free. not sure where to start when you buy them online.

Getting to CEM will also be tricky as i live up north and they are down south.

so a couple of questions

do your feet burn if you are lyuing down with knees bent reading a book (ie resting the book on your thighs)

do they burn in new trainers?

do they ache if you walk for about an hour? are you in agony the next day.

i know that the answers I have googled say it is like walking on pebbles but mine is more like walking on lava!

was the operation worth it? did you get much relief?

I am overweight and i do blame mine on my weight and i am hoping it will ease if i try and lose some (but i have been saying that for 10 years and i am still the same weight!)

Karen

I just thought I would share this with you after coming across this by accident. I think I stumbled across the diagnosis on this site by a fellow j2skier who actually mentioned metatrsalgia.

For at least 5 years I suffered with my feet. usually burning pains and numbness in the ball of my foot, sometimes the pain is excruciating. As I mentioned in another thread, the problems I had in February with some ski boots. I always just put up with it and thought it must just be me. But when I came across this, I could have jumped for joy. I finally had a name to the pain I have been going through. (I am waiting for an appointment with the podiatric department).

Anyway, we are off skiing again in March and I dont really want to repeat what happened in Niderau with my ski hire boots. I would really like to buy my own boots. What I want to know from those in the know, is have you actually heard of this condition? also if I am prescribed insoles for my ordinary shoes (which I think they problaby will do in the first instance) will these fit inside the ski boots?

I would like to thank the person who actually mentioned metatarsalgia on this site. There is also something called Morton's neuroma which I am not too sure what this is, but it is also linked with the same problems. Foor now, I await the appointment to start my foot journey of recovery. I really see some hope to get my feet back to the way they used to be, or at least not to burn all day. even in ordinary shoes my feet burn. i can be lying in bed reading a book and if my legs are bent so there is just a minimal amount of pressure on the soles of my feet, they start to burn after about 5 minutes.

here is the link to what I think I have.

http://www.nhs.uk/Conditions/metatarsalgia/Pages/Introduction.aspx



here is the link to what I think I have.

I actually bought one of these each for my kids. they soon ended up broke but i didnt pay that much, i think i paid about £14.99 from Makro, i think Pablo this one looks much better
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Zeon-SM2961-Science-Museum-Bank/dp/B00163PBX6/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&s=kitchen&qid=1257855117&sr=8-3

and just for that I have changed my avatar lol, not that i am paranoid or anything hahah

hilarious mr H! lol. Ill have you know my pic was taken in a snow storm hahah

we all had ski helmets on for our last holiday and the problems I found with those helmets (which were hired) were this:

they did not have the soft ear covers, the shell was hard all the way round including the ear bit. i found it difficult to wear my goggles with my helmet becuase when i got in my ski stance which is mainly bent over with your head lifted, then this pushes the on the back of the helmet which pushes it a little bit forward which in turn pushes your goggles further down your face than you would like, which in turn pinches your nose, which in turn made them steam up. I intend purchasing myhelmet for next years holiday and will problaby go for the type you have chosen but what i would do when i was in the shop is take your goggles along with you and when trying your helmet on adopt your skiing "stance" bend ze knees and lift your head up and see how comfortable it feels. Mine felt great in the shop when I was stood upright and didnt have goggles on with them.

hope this helps

In February this year, we travelled from Newcastle to Amsterdam, then drove to Niederau and the ferry crossing was fine. Not choppy at all. I had been worried. None of us were sick at all. It took 12 long hours to drive to Niederau and that was with the roads clear too!