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[QUOTE="kelleymac, post: 337284, member: 12939"] I would use double socks, carry moleskin, compeed is great if you have to walk with a blister. AND GET BIGGER SHOES! And get shoes with lots of toe room! Most people wear shoes that are too small for them, we are used to scrunched toes. Try taking the insert pad out from the shoe and see how your foot fits when you step on it with out your shoe. Men's shoes have more toe room. My low top hiking shoes that I loved before I went on the camino turned into instruments of torture after hiking for about 6 hours. My feet swelled and swelled. I cut out the toe section of the insert to give my toes room, but then I got blisters on the balls of my feet. Scrunched toes are hell... I lost both my big toe nails, and no, the ones growing back do not look like my old toe nails. :( I threw out my hiking shoes when I got to Santiago. I wore my son's shoes (Teva) and they were heaven! I ordered a pair of men's for me when I got home. I almost bought different shoes in Astoria (I should have), but the shop was closed, and it would have meant staying another day, and I fooled myself into thinking that my feet would adapt. I thought I'd find another store if I need one.. .I didn't. I saw a sports doctor about my feet before I left, who told me that many women my age (in their 50's) have foot pain when they walk or stand for even just a few minutes. (I had heel pain.) He gave me exercises to do. But walking the camino was the best exercise! I can stand for hours now. :) And my feet touch the ground differently than they did before my camino. I remember my feet muscles cramping while I walked and at night, I swear I could feel them healing and changing. I met a man who had walked for 6 weeks-- he told me that after 30 days his feet didn't hurt at all from an his all day walk. Buon Camino! [/QUOTE]
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