Arch Supports

Many years ago, I was diagnosed as having arthritis in my feet, and the podiatrist recommended arch supports.  Over the counter arch supports, which amazingly relieved the pain in the insole of my feet.  I used arch supports for years.  Until I started buying Skechers with memory foam.  The particular style of Skechers I like are leather tops, no laces, and offer a large amount of support.  The last time I purchased shoes, I could not find this style of shoe so I purchased some attractive Skechers, one pair with a blue denim style material on the top of the shoe, and the other with mesh.

Well, slowly but surely, I have started having more and more problems with my feet, wearing these new shoes.  I still have several old pairs of Skechers with the leather tops that provide lots of support, some with arch supports, and some with memory foam.  I have started wearing those again, and have had a great deal of relief in my feet.  So, I bought arch supports for the other Skechers, but the tops still do not provide enough support.  I think I need to buy some new Skechers.

My Great Toe Joint

Many years ago, I was diagnosed as having arthritis in my feet.  I was told to use insoles to alleviate the problem, and that worked.  Most recently, though, I have purchased some Skechers https://www.skechers.com/en-us/ shoes with memory foam, and do not seem to need the insoles. I still have insoles, if I need them.

Yesterday, I started having some pain in the joints of my toes in my right foot.  Specifically, today, I had intense pain in the joint of the great toe of my right foot.  The joint was swollen.  When I arrived home from work, I tried using an analgesic spray, and later, an analgesic cream.  Elevating my foot helped some.  I took some Aleve https://www.aleve.com/ which did not seem to help much.  What did help was elevating the foot and putting an ice pack on it.  

The throbbing has stopped.  So I will have to see how my foot feels tomorrow.