theworrier
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Hello,
I'd like to share my symptoms and hear from this great community. I worked a very tough job, doing 13 hour shifts on my feet lifting and moving heavy weight. I wore asics tgat were originally awesome, but wore them down to nothing. I tend to push my own issues aside and focus on my job, but my coworkers noticed I was limping. I assumed it was my bad shoes. I had horrible back and feet pain at the end of the day. A friend of mine told me about some squishy shoes she has, so I tried them.
I went to a shoe store where they measure my feet pressure points. My balls of my feet had a lot of pressure so he recommended shoes that dropped my heels a little lower to give the ball of my foot relief. They felt good, but I felt unsteady, like I could easily be pushed backwards. Anyway, my feet pain got better. But I noticed at night I would get leg cramps, my calf and the muscle that runs down my shin. My feet would cramp too. Then I started to notice my calves weren't as strong and eventually couldn't stand on my toes. Naturally I was worried and started looking it up.
I can sit with my legs 90 degrees and lift up on my toes up with some weight resistance on my knees. But standing, I can't. I've had an xray on my spine which showed degenerative disc on my lumbar, but mild. I'm waiting to see a neurologist for consult, then will have to wait for an EMG. I'm a huge worrier and keep my stress internal and I'm panicked the signs are pointing to ALS in my mind. Now, interesting enough, the muscle on my shins are almost hypertrophic and my calves are nothing.
I've tried to look up if shoes can cause issues by walking weird. I haven't had much luck and maybe I'm reaching. I'd appreciate any input. Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
I'd like to share my symptoms and hear from this great community. I worked a very tough job, doing 13 hour shifts on my feet lifting and moving heavy weight. I wore asics tgat were originally awesome, but wore them down to nothing. I tend to push my own issues aside and focus on my job, but my coworkers noticed I was limping. I assumed it was my bad shoes. I had horrible back and feet pain at the end of the day. A friend of mine told me about some squishy shoes she has, so I tried them.
I went to a shoe store where they measure my feet pressure points. My balls of my feet had a lot of pressure so he recommended shoes that dropped my heels a little lower to give the ball of my foot relief. They felt good, but I felt unsteady, like I could easily be pushed backwards. Anyway, my feet pain got better. But I noticed at night I would get leg cramps, my calf and the muscle that runs down my shin. My feet would cramp too. Then I started to notice my calves weren't as strong and eventually couldn't stand on my toes. Naturally I was worried and started looking it up.
I can sit with my legs 90 degrees and lift up on my toes up with some weight resistance on my knees. But standing, I can't. I've had an xray on my spine which showed degenerative disc on my lumbar, but mild. I'm waiting to see a neurologist for consult, then will have to wait for an EMG. I'm a huge worrier and keep my stress internal and I'm panicked the signs are pointing to ALS in my mind. Now, interesting enough, the muscle on my shins are almost hypertrophic and my calves are nothing.
I've tried to look up if shoes can cause issues by walking weird. I haven't had much luck and maybe I'm reaching. I'd appreciate any input. Thanks for taking the time to read my post.
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