Quote Originally Posted by KnottedYet View Post
Ahhh, the joys of Irish feet (aka Greek feet, Morton's feet, etc.)
(BTW, I did talk to a biomechanist at a seminar once about Irish feet and the misery inflicted upon them by shoes. He agreed that I could become a millionaire if I were just to design running shoes for Irish feet. And he didn't know of any out on the market at the time.)
Knott, you really should do this! And then after a few years, license it to a big shoe company.

nscrbug, my fourth toe on both feet look like yours. They have only caused pain if I wore shoes with too small a toe box, or at the end of last season I got some tightness/inflammation, which I took care of in the off-season with some exercises that Knott posted on another thread for fallen met arch, plus getting my fit checked (one of my cleats had slipped out of place!) and working on my pedal stroke/form. Oh, and I also started putting my custom orthotics in my cycling shoes, where I had previously been using Superfeet.

For running shoes I wear Brooks Ariel, in a D width. The toe box has plenty of vertical room for a higher volume foot, and then I just lace it appropriately to provide stability around my heel. The Ariel is a very stable shoe for pronators, and I started using them when I was doing PT for my hip/back. Probably for my next shoe I will look into other Brooks models that hopefully have a similar fit, as I want to see if I can do without this level of support.

I have found my experience with podiatrists to be hit-and-miss. I had one guy propose to fix my hammertoes by removing the middle bone in each toe. No thank you! I was outta there so fast . . .