Chefs with foot problems

[GastroNaut]

I have Plantar Fascitis. A foot problem that i have seen in some chefs. From working long hours the tendons that run from the back of my heel to the knuckle of each toe snapped. The arch of your foot drops. The tendon tries to grow back to the toes which causes heel spurs. The podiatrist told me i have four spurs! :-) Do any other chefs have bad feeties?

[momoreg]

I've heard that plantar fascitis is very painful.

As almost everyone here knows, I have had 2 surgeries and 4 bunionectomies. Most people only get one on each foot; I was fortunate enough to have 2 per).I am now being told that I have to have my ligaments severed between 2 toes on each of my feet, because the surgery made my ligaments tighten up, and my baby toes don't touch the floor anymore. . Good news is I don't have to take another 6 weeks off. I can go back to work right away.

[Nicko]

I had bunions, but they were never really painfull, just big and ugly. I had them removed, and I think it did worse damage. My left foot is always bothering me, and I have a hard time walking around barefoot. Never had anything as serious as tendons snapping. YIKES!!!

[GastroNaut]

You should get that foot looked at nicko
thats how mine started............

[Pastachef]

I have Plantar fasciitis, Morton's neuroma, metatarsalgia and occasionally I feel as if I'm standing on a bare electric wire when the pinched nerve condition acts up. That usually happens when the large cyst in the arch of a foot gets bigger. All of this started because a the bones in my feet are out of alignment. My podiatrist is sending me to a neurologist after making the expensive inserts for me. They help a lot, but don't do it all. I couldn't walk without Ultram. There have been evenings when I've come home from work and after sitting down for a few minutes, couldn't get up again without a walker. Now I am told that the tendons behind my ankles that run under my feet are going on me too. The last time I had a problem with that, I couldn't walk for twenty days. My podiatrist was on vacation and my insurance company wouldn't let me see another doctor.

[CampChef]

It's all about shoes. I had both knees operated on, a bad back, and a seperated shoulder. What does all this have to do with feet you ask? Everything. If something in your body is in pain, it affects the way you stand and move, which in turn affect they way your weight is applied to your poor feets. I finally got some good shoes (clogs with wooden soles) and my back problems have cleared up, my posture is better, and my feet don't hurt when I get off a twelver anymore. My arches are exceptionally high, so I suffered from lack of support and the danger of them falling, but no more. I firmly beleive it's all in the shoes.