TOPIC of the MONTH AUGUST 2014~~Balance

[selmaS]

Hi all we all tend to have issues with balance whether it is from feeling dizzy , vertigo, or just unstable feet and legs.....

In doing some research I found for toddlers learning to walk, many pediatricians suggest they go barefoot to be able to find their own footing...then use a soft flexible shoe one that gives as opposed to one that is stiff and unyeilding to the movement of the foot....so there is more rocking and tipping over then walking and the movement is all in the legs and not the foot as it should be.

I decided to try this...and got myself some softer soled shoes....Go Walk are great I can now walk on grass....I was wondering if others have attempted to try different things to help with balance?

[selmaS]

  I do, but I am not sure what is the right way to go...I tried sneakers with a rounded bottom and they were hard to walk in...and expensive....

I have boots 2 different pair, my first pair ...pigskin ...I love those, well the last time I wore those I had electric shock like sensations in my feet (b4 surgery)
I also have an issue with finding shoes that do not hurt my feet...or bother my ankle....I have sooooo many issues...lol...over sensitive and that could be the EDS....

Hmmm  how do I not remember that one...when was it fused or did it fuse on it's own?

[rod44]

It is hard to know what to do. Maybe a trip to a chiropodist might be of a way to go.

Yes I was thinking EDS would have it own problems, Frustrating!

I have congenital fused vertebra, C6 > T2  

[selmaS]

  Never heard of a chiropodist....interesting....did Kevin tell you about them ?

  hmmm    don't know if I knew that or just forgot...lol.....

yeah....EDS does have its own issues

[rod44]

No, AM goes because of her diabetes.

Chiropodists and podiatrists:
deal with the assessment, diagnosis and treatment of the lower limb and are qualified to treat people with arthritis, diabetes, nail surgery and sports injuries.

lol no worries. It has some of the characteristics of klippel feil syndrome witch is also related to CM but I have never been told I have this.

I only recently started to learn about EDS.

[selmaS]

  Oh I see you have not been listening to me....ok....I get it....


ummmm I thought you went to bed???

  Yeah I gad a Dr ask me if I had that, I said I had no idea what it was...lol...Drs...sigh

Thanks for description....lol...

[frankie_rush]

Selma,

Mine is a little different.  I do go barefoot and that is good, but soft shoes makes mine worse.  I use a stiff bottom shoe like the New Balance.  If you lay a board down like a 2x4 or even 2x10.  I can not walk on it fall off or can't even get a step.  My balance issues are a lot better that before surgery.  I walked like a pin ball and bounce off the walls.  This is one thing was a little hard getting adjusted to. But did it.