SKI BOOTS FOR BUNIONS?
Posted by Marianne Mullins on Mon, Feb 01, 2010 @ 06:17 PM
Argh!...I'm sitting in my condo in Squaw Valley USA. The snow is already piled three feet high and is still falling. There is no wind and the powder is calling me. It is a perfect Sierra ski day.
Why am I so crabby? I'm crabby because I have pain - bunions are bulging on my used-to-be lovely feet, lately causing foot pain so extreme that I can't wear anything but my moose slippers! (Now, I really like my moose slippers, those antlers are especially good for helping me strike down the bazillions of spider webs this time of year). So, as I excitedly began getting ready to head out to the slopes, I slipped one foot into my boot and #%&$#$^#!!!! ....ski boots and Hallux valgus are not a good marriage. Alas, to my knowledge, no one has designed a ski boot for bunions. They're made for wide feet, narrow feet, ugly feet, hairy feet, stinky feet and high arches, but not for bunions....So, my choices are that I suck it up and wince in pain down the slopes or I go snowshoeing instead. Hum, I can wear any kind of shoe in my snow shoes...even my moose slippers! I'm there.
