Always on your Feet?

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Hey,

I have always wondered how you nurses withstand being on your feet all the time. I fell down some stairs about 2 years ago, and my right ankle (now bad ankle) is always giving me problems in swelling and aching. I work at a mini storage, and I am always walking. Just wanted to know what yall do it to make it easier or more bearable.

Thanks.

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Hey,

I have always wondered how you nurses withstand being on your feet all the time. I fell down some stairs about 2 years ago, and my right ankle (now bad ankle) is always giving me problems in swelling and aching. I work at a mini storage, and I am always walking. Just wanted to know what yall do it to make it easier or more bearable.

Thanks.

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I have a "bad" left ankle that swells up. I wear, on the advise of the M.D., 3/4 top New Balance tennis shoes. These shoes are comfortable, after you get used to them, but they are almost like putting your foot down into a cast when they are new. They secure my ankle and it never swells as long as I were my tennis shoes.

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I have a "bad" left ankle that swells up. I wear, on the advise of the M.D., 3/4 top New Balance tennis shoes. These shoes are comfortable, after you get used to them, but they are almost like putting your foot down into a cast when they are new. They secure my ankle and it never swells as long as I were my tennis shoes.

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hmm, what about wearing 8 inch boots?

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hmm, what about wearing 8 inch boots?

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Specializes in Hemodialysis, Home Health.

I'm on my feet from 3 o'clock in the morning when I get up and dressed until about 3 pm or later at work.. then on to buy groceries, home to do laundry, etc... I finally got OFF my feet when I go to bed around 8 pm. That's a long time, and I believe most of us are all in the same boat.

Do they hurt? Yes. Do they swell? Yes. What do I do about it?

Just deal with it. Go barefoot everychance I get while I'm not working.

Now I have a stupid bunion (which I have always had) but it is protesting the constant pressure of the shoes and developing a huge callous on top of it to add to the pressure and pain already there. Cute, huh? I wear the widest shoe available as it is. Next thing I'm going to have to cut a "window" in my shoe and let that baby stick out like a sore thumb ! :p

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Specializes in Hemodialysis, Home Health.

I'm on my feet from 3 o'clock in the morning when I get up and dressed until about 3 pm or later at work.. then on to buy groceries, home to do laundry, etc... I finally got OFF my feet when I go to bed around 8 pm. That's a long time, and I believe most of us are all in the same boat.

Do they hurt? Yes. Do they swell? Yes. What do I do about it?

Just deal with it. Go barefoot everychance I get while I'm not working.

Now I have a stupid bunion (which I have always had) but it is protesting the constant pressure of the shoes and developing a huge callous on top of it to add to the pressure and pain already there. Cute, huh? I wear the widest shoe available as it is. Next thing I'm going to have to cut a "window" in my shoe and let that baby stick out like a sore thumb ! :p

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Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

Knee high TED stockings help. Elevating my feet helps a lot.

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Specializes in ORTHOPAEDICS-CERTIFIED SINCE 89.

Knee high TED stockings help. Elevating my feet helps a lot.

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how do the stockings help?

Thanks

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how do the stockings help?

Thanks

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