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Answer to: What correct toes do you recommend?

admin — Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:25:35 +0000

These: https://www.footstore.com.au/product/toe-correcter/

RE: why is my second and third toe separating ?

anonymous — Wed, 17 Apr 2024 02:29:54 +0000

Mortons neuroma is what caused my #2 and #3 toes to separate according to My PCP and podiatrist. Weird feelings in my right foot. High impact exercise causes pain and my foot feels like it has rocks in it, not a pebble! Always feels like my sock is bunched up in shoe. Also my foot gets numb and other weird shooting pains. My toes are really spread apart! Also have a hammer toe. Wider shoes , footbeds, and metatarsal pads, have helped. Still the symptoms persist and seem to get worse over time.

Answer to: What correct toes do you recommend?

newlycrack — Mon, 22 Jan 2024 11:27:07 +0000

I'm not a medical professional, but there are various toe straighteners and splints available that may be recommended by healthcare professionals to address specific foot conditions. However, the choice of a toe straightener can depend on the nature of the issue, such as crooked toes, overlapping toes, or bunions. It's crucial to consult with your physical therapist or a healthcare professional to get personalized advice based on your specific condition

Answer to: Bauer Bump ?

anonymous — Sun, 20 Aug 2023 01:14:46 +0000

Use felt padding like this:
https://podifelt.com/felt-padding-for-haglunds-deformity/

RE: Does Oscon work for Severs disease?

anonymous — Tue, 15 Aug 2023 21:30:37 +0000

Interesting thread and comments
I agree that Oscon probably does not help Sever’s disease.
Anecdotes and testimonials are not evidence that anything works or helps.
If Oscon appears to help then it probably does so as it’s a placebo or because the Sever’s was about to come right anyway. The natural history of Sever’s is to get better, even if you do nothing.
I have not seen a single patient that was helped with Oscon (and that is plenty of anecdotes and testimonials that it doesn’t work).
I see a lot of Sever’s that are really painful one week and a lot better the following week and nothing was done. That is probably why so many think it helped when it didn’t. That is why so many ineffective treatments get recommended, when they never really made a difference.
What is needed is a proper controlled trial and which half get Oscon and half get placebo to really see if it has any effect that is better than the natural history or placebo. Sadly the company that is promoting this has had the product on the market for many years and has not put up the money for an independent blinded controlled trial.
For those posting above, how do you even know that it was the Oscon that helped and not the condition just getting better on its own? … I will answer for you: You don’t know. – that is why the randomised blinded placebo controlled trial is the standard in medicine so we do know if a treatment for anything is better than a placebo or doing nothing.

Regards
Michael Stefans

RE: Does Oscon work for Severs disease?

anonymous — Mon, 31 Jul 2023 21:04:02 +0000

I agree with DocPod. I see many who have tried Oscon and it does not appear to be any better than taking a placebo.

If you take 100 kids with Severs and do nothing. A week later a certain % are going to be better regardless of doing nothing.

If you take another 100 kids with Severs and give them Oscon. A week later a certain % are going to be better. Its probably the same % as doing nothing. However, those who got better are going to say it was the Oscon and give testimonials and anecdotes for it working .... when the kid was probably going to get better anyway!

What is needed is to take 200 kids with Severs. Randomize half to Oscon and half to a placebo and see how many get better in each group. The company promoting Oscon should have done this already and it has been around for more than enough time for them to have done something like this to back up the claims being made for it.

I would be reasonable confident is predicting that the % getting better in the Oscon group and the placebo groups with be the same.

If anyone claims that it works in a testimonial or anecdote, they have NO way of knowing if it was really the Oscon or it was just the natural history of the Sever's disease getting better. That is why testimonials and anecdotes are so useless and blinded clinical trials are needed to see if it actually really does work.

RE: heel patches turn white when wet ?

anonymous — Thu, 06 Jul 2023 13:28:19 +0000

Did you figure out what this was? Same issue started after exfoliating my feet. Thinking it’s related to this….??

RE: heel patches turn white when wet ?

anonymous — Sun, 02 Jul 2023 13:49:31 +0000

Hi!
I know it’s been a while since your original post….
I’ve just developed this issue and was wondering if you ever found a solution.
Thanks!

What correct toes do you recommend?

anonymous — Mon, 19 Jun 2023 12:07:54 +0000

My PT wanted me to get some toe straighteners. Which ones do you recommend?

RE: the bottoms of both my feet feel stiff most of the time. like there is a thick leather sole glued to them. there's no pain. more noticable when flex toes downward. loosens up some what during the day. iv'e had this condition probably over one year. pr

anonymous — Sat, 20 May 2023 02:44:02 +0000

I don'r know what it is but have the same thing, I describe it like I walked in some mud and it dried on the bottom of my feet. No pain just a stiff feeling.[.