Some of you might remember that I had to go to a back specialist for bulging discs a few weeks ago and was sent to PT. Well, PT was working...a little. But it was still sore. This week, all of a sudden it started to feel a lot better! As in, it barely bothers me at all now and has improved every day! I had my PT appointment yesterday and I mentioned it to my therapist that all of a sudden it's been approving. He looked at my feet and commented "you got new shoes".
I had been wearing the same pair of Nike's almost every day for over 2 years. I still thought they were in good shape (although, VERY dirty) because there weren't any holes or tears in them but DH got a bonus this week and almost had to force me to get a pair of new shoes, so I splurged and got ones with extra arch support. WOW! I never realized what a difference it made! The therapist had me take off my shoe and sock and stand and said I am basically flat footed (arch is maybe a centimeter off the ground...I have hobbit feet!) and I need the arch support to keep my back in alignment.
Now, these are the same shoes I wore to every doctor appointment I have had so why didn't anyone else want to look at my feet?? I don't know if it had anything to do with the problem, but new shoes sure is helping with the recovery!
I just thought that was interesting and something for other people to know.
I had been wearing the same pair of Nike's almost every day for over 2 years. I still thought they were in good shape (although, VERY dirty) because there weren't any holes or tears in them but DH got a bonus this week and almost had to force me to get a pair of new shoes, so I splurged and got ones with extra arch support. WOW! I never realized what a difference it made! The therapist had me take off my shoe and sock and stand and said I am basically flat footed (arch is maybe a centimeter off the ground...I have hobbit feet!) and I need the arch support to keep my back in alignment.
Now, these are the same shoes I wore to every doctor appointment I have had so why didn't anyone else want to look at my feet?? I don't know if it had anything to do with the problem, but new shoes sure is helping with the recovery!
I just thought that was interesting and something for other people to know.