Workshop footwear?

[Sawdust=manglitter]

I do have some anti fatigue matting at my most used machines, and I wear some old 'skater' trainers which are cushioned and pretty comfortable, but after a full day in the workshop my heels don't half know about it!!

What workshop footwear do people use/recommend? Or any tips?

 

[morturn]

If you sit for half an hour, is the pain worse when you get up again for a few minutes?

 

[Sawdust=manglitter]

I suppose it is, yes

 

[hammer n nails]

Buy some sketchers shoes I had the same thing but with the sketchers all pain went try the "go walk 3 sketchers "

 

[Sawdust=manglitter]

Thanks hammer, they seem to be well thought of online for their comfort so they might be worth a try. As per usual though, no high street shop sell a size 13 so I won't be able to try them first, but they have my size on amazon at least

 

[morturn]

I suppose it is, yes

Ok, thanks. If the pain is under the heels it is possible you may have Achilles tendonitis, it like a repetitive strain injury due to your feet pronating.

To find out if your feet are pronating, sit in a chair with socks and place your feet lightly, with no weight on some paper and draw around your toes. Then without moving your feet, stand up and draw around them again.

If there is a change, then that indicates your feet may be pronating, so effectively you are irritating the attachment point of your Achilles tendon.

You best options is to speak to a chiropodist who knows about bio mechanics and can do a bio mechanical assessment. You can then get some custom orthotic shoe liners. You GP may also be able to give you a steroid injection too, but this treats the symptoms and not the cause.

The point to beware of is there are a lot of quack heel pain remedies on the market, they promise the earth and do not a lot. Been there bought the tee shirt.

There is an excellent chiropodist in Tamworth Staffordshire who does bio mechanical assessment.

One final point, you make also have a heel spur, it a bony growth, and the pain is more toward the arch of the foot. In either case a bio mechanical assessment is the way forward.

 

[lurker]

Maybe not your problem but these have changed my life

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Orthotic-suppo ... +fasciitis

Evidently plantar fasciitis is the most common reason people visit their GP with ankle / foot problems.

 

[pollys13]

I'm a keen runner and I had plantar fasciitis, hurt like hell right on the heel. Saw physio...... eventually, gave me some ultra sound sort of treatment and some stretching exercises. It cleared up pretty much on its own but can take a while. Can get orthodontic inserts to put in shoe to help foot pronate correctly.
Good luck

 

[wallace]

I've been having a lot of pain in my heels for 6 months now, I find it very draining. I've tried loads of inserts with little affect. Thanks for the lesson Morturn. I had just put it down to wearing stealy's in the workshop.

 

[dickm]

Strongly advise you to get those heels looked at professionally. Son-in-law is a runner and has plantar fasciitis which he triedt o ignore and now looks like he may be facing surgery, with a not-too-good probability of a positive result.

 

[lurker]

I've been having a lot of pain in my heels for 6 months now, I find it very draining. I've tried loads of inserts with little affect. Thanks for the lesson Morturn. I had just put it down to wearing stealy's in the workshop.

Is it worst first thing in the morning, when you get up?

 

[wallace]

Its ok first thing. It's worse after any prolonged standing or walking. If I'm in the shop for say 3hrs and I come indoors and sit down for a bit when I get back up it hurts more.

 

[morturn]

I've been having a lot of pain in my heels for 6 months now, I find it very draining. I've tried loads of inserts with little affect. Thanks for the lesson Morturn. I had just put it down to wearing stealy's in the workshop.

Don’t suffer pain like this, it can be sorted. I went through this about 15 years ago, I wasted a fair amount of money and valuable time on so called remedy’s, insoles running trainers, inserts etc. for heel pain, all to no avail.

I eventually invested in a pair of orthotic insoles by a company called Everflex. They have to be fitted by a registered chiropodist, who will do a bio mechanical assessment and take plaster casts of your feet.

I have had 14 years of pain free feet. I now walk over 1,700 miles a year no problem.

 

[wallace]

Thanks for the advice, it might stop me getting grumpy when on prolonged shopping trips with the wife. But I don't suppose anything would ease that pain.

 

[delboy47]

I suffered from Plantar Fasciatus (?) a few years back. Typically worse in the morning when you get up so that may not be your problem. It is painful though and in my case although it gradually improved, took about 15 months before it disappeared completely.

 

[Sawdust=manglitter]

Thanks all for the advice, particularly morturn! I suppose getting comfortable shoes may just mask symptoms, so will be worth seeing a chiropodist first.

 

[MusicMan]

I can't comment on the medical issues but certainly it looks as if you should get professional help/advice.

So far as workshop shoes are concerned, I always wear safety footwear, with steel toecaps and instep inserts. It gives me the confidence to forget about the danger of dropping something on my toes when heaving heavy wood or machinery around. I can even use them as a tool; today I needed to flip a heavy oak bureau from lying on its back to upright. I was not strong enough to do this in one lift given the limited purchase. But I could easily lift it onto my toe, then get my hands under to lift it the whole way. I couldn't have done that with ordinary shoes on. And indeed they have saved me from some injury a couple of times.

I use gel inserts to make them more comfortable and they are fine for all day wear. My choice was Dickies Trainer style from Machine Mart. Though they look like trainers they are as reinforced as the boots and less heavy. But of course feet vary so much that one can't really recommend a brand.

Keith