Bones clicking and popping.

[Hinotori]

My feet pop when I get up after sitting awhile. Doesn't hurt.

I have a whole extra bone on the top of each foot though. Right under the nerve. So I have to be extra careful with how shoes fit now. I'm banned from wearing Birkenstock sandals. I'd worn them since I was around 12 and for most of each year. Doctor thinks that is what caused the problem.

I went in for literally crippling pain around 6 years ago. He was freaked out. Compared that to xrays I had from around 2000 of the right foot that I had. The bone spur I had back then had grown and flattened. It's about an inch +- in diameter on each foot.

 

[frustratedearthmother]

Wow! That sounds painful. Foot pain is no fun!

 

[Hinotori]

I can't remember the painkiller the doctor prescribed. It made me narcoleptic if I sat still for 2 minutes. That was a new sensation as I've always had insomnia issues.

He did not recommend surgery, just shoe changes once the problem was figured out. That worked fine. No issues since. I just can't wear a lot of shoes types, which sucks since I have narrow feet and finding shoes that don't slip is hard. Thong style sandals are the only kind I can wear. I found a good loafer that fits right and is nice enough for casual or dress wear. I can wear Bog brand boots for outdoor work. Muck brand puts pressure on the wrong spot. Plain cheapo rubber ones cripple me.

 

[baymule]

I once had heel bone spurs on both feet and could hardly walk. They were painful. I did some homeopathic research and came up with Hylands #1 Cell Salt, Calc Fluor. I took 4 tablets under my tongue 3 times a day. In a few weeks, the pain diminished quite a bit. In a few months, the bone spurs were gone. the pills don't cost much, @Hinotori why don't you try them? It sure did me a lot of good.

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[Britesea]

I have to be very careful about the shoes I wear also. Not bone spurs, but I tend to grow plantar corns if I wear cheap shoes, and those can be painful! I found a style of shoe by SAS about 30 years ago, and that's been the only dress shoe I buy now. They're expensive, but with care they last several years.

I gave up on Birkenstocks a long time ago. The only times I ever sprained my ankle was when I was wearing Birks. I think the hard sole prevents you from adjusting your balance quickly. Plus, they make you clomp around like Frankenstein's monster- not very attractive, lol.

 

[flowerbug]

I can't remember the painkiller the doctor prescribed. It made me narcoleptic if I sat still for 2 minutes. That was a new sensation as I've always had insomnia issues.

He did not recommend surgery, just shoe changes once the problem was figured out. That worked fine. No issues since. I just can't wear a lot of shoes types, which sucks since I have narrow feet and finding shoes that don't slip is hard. Thong style sandals are the only kind I can wear. I found a good loafer that fits right and is nice enough for casual or dress wear. I can wear Bog brand boots for outdoor work. Muck brand puts pressure on the wrong spot. Plain cheapo rubber ones cripple me.

happy feet are so important. glad you found out what was going on.

 

[Hinotori]

I once had heel bone spurs on both feet and could hardly walk. They were painful. I did some homeopathic research and came up with Hylands #1 Cell Salt, Calc Fluor. I took 4 tablets under my tongue 3 times a day. In a few weeks, the pain diminished quite a bit. In a few months, the bone spurs were gone. the pills don't cost much, @Hinotori why don't you try them? It sure did me a lot of good.

#1 Calc. Fluor. 6X, 500 Tablets, Hyland's - Walmart.com

Buy #1 Calc. Fluor. 6X, 500 Tablets, Hyland's at Walmart.com

www.walmart.com

Hyland is a decent company. I have some of their leg cramp pills in the cupboard because they also work on a chronic Charlie horse I get if I stretch and bend a specific way. I'll have tk try them. I'll let my Mom know as well. She has serious bone spurs that cause pain. Mine are mostly benign.

 

[Britesea]

sometimes leg cramps can be caused by a potassium deficiency, which could happen if it's warm and you are sweating a lot. a half-teaspoon of cream of tartar can alleviate that.

 

[Hinotori]

I get a charlie horse on the left middle of my ribcage on my chest. I have to be bending far forward and holding it for it to start. It doesn't happen all the time. It's always the exact same spot.

Now Mom suffered debilitating leg cramps for years. Ones that would wake her up screaming. Magnesium deficiency can cause them as well so she took that. She had many health problems that got worse but the leg cramps were horrible. The Hyland leg cramp pills were one of the few things that helped.

Mom is diabetic and had been on a long acting insulin for years that I cant remember the name of. In 2018, her blood sugars had become so erratic that the doctor took her off it and she was using regular insulin for a month while they tried to find another one for ber to try. Her blood sugars stablized and and dropped. She actually needed less insulin by the end of the month. She asked to just stay on that for a while. Within 6 months a huge amount of the health problems she'd been having disappeared.

That included the leg cramp issue. It just vanished. She hasnt had one in over a year and a half now. Doctor has her listed as unable to take that other insulin. Her A1C is at 6.2 now and she needs very little of the regular insulin.

 

[flowerbug]

Mom was getting really horrible leg cramps for many years until we found out that excess sugar was the main trigger, especially if she was eating or drinking it on an empty stomach. i don't think she's had those for the past year or so now, which is a huge relief to her and me as it really sucks to see someone in so much pain that they can barely walk or move but the only way the cramps would go away was if she got up and tried to walk around until she could hobble around. and as someone who had children and gets her teeth drilled without shots she's not a wimp when it comes down to pain.