Guest guest Posted April 14, 2000 Report Share Posted April 14, 2000 Yes, , I have been known to trip over my toes. This is probably due to the fact I am a toe walker. About the shoes, I get a 1/2 size larger, this gives my toes extra room and accommodates my orthotics. Gretchen Theyskens wrote: > > Do you also have the effect to trip over your big toe?? > > I used to fall over it before my surgery and my mother broke her foot a few > weeks ago because of falling over her toes. And I often had/have problems to get > in my shoes because the big toes didn't stretch. Now after the surgery my left > big toe is stretched, only the right one is the same as before (but I would say > it is a bit better). > > Bye, > > > > thanks Gretchen, that's what my ortho dr. said -- it is the nerves/ > > > > big toe numbness + feet > > > > Hi Terry, > > Well, for YEARS, my big toe - especially the one on the right was numb, > > now both are, and other toes too, usually happens MORE when I have spent > > too much time standing in one place too long - like talking to the > > neighbors over the fence or at a party. And Jack, I've had X rays and > > MRI's and muscle and nerve biopsys, and nothing was ever found 'wrong' > > with my toes! They just get numb, along with my feet. And , what I > > do to unkink my toes and feet and improve circulation, is to rub a coke > > bottle or tennis ball underneath them with my leg. Some dancer-friends > > once told me this is how they keep their feet relaxed, unkinked and keep > > circulation going. The coke bottle really works the best - my dogs think > > I am playing and steal the ball! lol Toe and foot numbness happens in > > CMT and other peripheral neuropathy. No one has ever told me why though, > > but in my own opinion it is a nerve thing. > > > > Gretchen > > > > Little, Terry (CSR) wrote: > > > > > > I've recently started to feel numbness on my big toe on my right foot. > > This > > > is also the foot that I am having surgery on (tendon transfer) in the next > > > two weeks because I am walking on the outside of my foot. I am wondering > > if > > > this could cause the numbness in the toe (walking on the outside of my > > > foot)? What I think also could be a possibility is that because the toe > > is > > > curling a bit it is rubbing the top of the toe and irritating it, causing > > it > > > to feel numb/tingly. Or, possibly it is the nerves inside the toe that > > are > > > causing it to feel numb/tingly. It is worse at the end of a work day, and > > > when I am driving home and have my foot on the accelerator the > > > tingly/numbness feeling drives me crazy. I do however notice that it feels > > > this way in the a.m., although not as bad at first. I sometimes even feel > > > it when I wake up in the middle of the night, sometimes I think this is > > what > > > wakes me up. Does anyone else experience the same/or similar thing? I'm > > > really beginning to think that it is the curling of the toe and the > > constant > > > rubbing that could be causing this feeling. Would like to hear from > > anyone > > > that does experience this. Thanks so much. > > > > > > Terry Little > > > littlet@... > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 1.6 Million Digital Images! > Download one Today from Corbis.com > http://click.egroups.com/1/3356/7/_/616793/_/955706126/ > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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