Hoka Recovery Slides – New Pair of Sandals

My left foot has been bothering me a bit on and off (mostly on) since mid-December, so I finally went to see a podiatrist to see what is going on with that area. It hurt when pressure from nearly any direction is placed, and it was rather sensitive, even with a small touch. It would also randomly cramp up, and there would be a lot of little cracking noises from time to time as well. I was extremely disappointed because I was just noticing significant improvement on the tread blocks during OTF, and with this pain/possible fracture, I wasn’t able to zoom zoom on the treads. 

The Podiatrist Visit

Got there, filled out the paperwork, etc. The assistant took a few X-rays of my feet, a few of my left and one of my right. The actual podiatrist went over the X-rays with me and looked at my shoes and my feet. I had my Hoka Clifton 9’s (all black) on and he said it was a great shoe (thank you friend!) because of how the top part curves upward and it isn’t flat (I forgot the terminology used). 

Loss of Cartilage 

The big toe ball of foot area has been swollen for a while, and based on the X-rays, it turns out that I have some kind of arthritis on that area. Surprisingly, it looked worse on my right foot, but I felt no pain there – just the left. Weird. My bones there have been grinding against each other (ouch). I was told there is no cure for it, but there are things I can do to make it not get worse faster. Those include wearing special shoes inside and using orthotics for other shoes outside and such…