I need exercise shoe help

I have been very careful about what kind of shoes I wear for over 11 years now since I had plantar faciatis. I saw a podiatrist a few years ago.  He wanted to make shoe inserts for me.  But I didn't think it would be that helpful when I was losing weight rapidly.  Now I hope I will get the scales going down more rapidly again. I had one pair of shoes when I went to Curves.  I had no problems with the shoes there.  I thought they would be fine at the gym I just joined.  But my feet hurt when I was on the exercise bike.  I bought another pair of tennis shoes this week.  This time they were Reeboks.  I wore them today at the gym.  The arch support seemed to be good when I put them on at home.  But my feet hurt in the same place again in the arch both on the treadmill and the exercise bike. My everyday shoes feel fine.  But I don't wear street shoes into the gym.  I hate buying shoes that fit in the store and then don't feel good at the gym. Does anyone have a solution?  Are there any stores that sell shoes and guarantee the fit?  I don't know what to do.  I really need to use the gym and burn those calories!

Hi Loretta, I hate sneakers.  Totally ate them.  I only wear them for working out.  I wear Nikes.  I always have some kind of pain from them.  I wish I could work out in bare feet, honestly.   I would say go back to your podiatrist because they do those insert things that are especially for our feet.  My pain doesn't warrant it.  Sometimes I am comfortable in my sneakers, other times not.  So i'm not quite there yet.  But years ago when I did have heel spurs the podiatrists office had lots of things that help people with what you are talking about. Good luck!!!

You need to invest in the inserts with plantar fascitis.  I've never had it - nevr WANT to get it, hear it's miserable, but you do have a special consideration here with foot pain and extra damage risk!   I know what you are thinking - why when you likely will have to replace the inserts, but that is the only way you might no waste time on rifling thru shoes.  Past cutting loose for custom made shoes, I would say go to a good shoe store and ask about styles for certain types of feet.  For example, my feet have narrow heels and platypus webbed toes and I over pronate (wear down shoes at the outside edge) I tend to buy only Saucony shoes and once in a while Brooks.   Also, look online for shoe comparison discussions.  I think about an article i saw in Runner's World once that did just that - that is where I learned about Saucony shoes for my particular build. Tip:  i also buy men's shoes - in my research, mens shoes are better constructed and last longer - especially for us "real wimmin" - nike and the like are made for bird people.

Neece,   Thank you for the suggestions.  I need to do something so I can work out. I guess I can have the podiatrist pull the diabetes card.  Insurance should have to cover it because of that diagnosis alone. While I was out this evening, I bought one more pair of shoes that are running shoes.  They have excellent shock resistance and they have much better foot support than any I have now for the gym.  If they fail me, they can be everyday shoes and I will indeed go to the podiatrist. I was also thinking that I need to do some foot stretching exercises.  Maybe that will help, too. I have one more appointment with a personal trainer at the gym.  I know it will include going over stretches.  But I already remember several of them from when I had the plantar faciatis 11 years ago. One other thing I may try is washing my everyday shoes and try them at the gym.  Something has to work! Of course, losing more pounds will help, too.