Quote Originally Posted by Aggie_Ama View Post
Hammer toes. On my left foot my third toe curves towards the 4th toe so my 4th toe tucks under the crooked toe. My mom said my Great Grandma had the same toes so apparently I have genetically funky toes.

Are you getting your shoes from a running shop? The one I went to was very good at identifying issues, they completely alleviated pains I was having.
Oh yes, absolutely! Infact, I can only buy shoes from a specialty running store because I wear a size 10.5 and sporting good stores (Sport's Authority, ****'s, etc.) don't carry half sizes beyond size 10. At the current moment, I'm alternating between a pair of Nike Structure Triax 13's and a pair of Nike Free Run+. I only wear the Nike Free Run on short (1-2 mile) runs. But I still feel the toe discomfort regardless of which shoe I wear. Prior to what I'm wearing now, I was wearing Mizuno Wave Inspire 6, Adidas Supernova Sequence 3, and Brooks Adrenaline GTS 10...toe pain with all of those. It must have something to do with the way those toes are curving inward and downward, and having pressure put on them. It sucks...because I've tried SO many different shoes and end up returning most of them! I swear, running shoe stores must cringe, when they see me walking in.

Just out of curiosity, what shoes did your running store put you in?

Linda