Have your boots or socks ever caused numbness in your toes ?

[O-H-10 Lil Ohio]

I recently hiked from Abol bridge to Jo Mary Road, after 4 days and once I got home I started feeling a numbness in my toes, however,The numbness is only in my left foot. Any thoughts and does the numbness go away?

[kayak karl]

were your boots sized properly? and were they sized with the type of socks your were wearing?

[O-H-10 Lil Ohio]

My boots had over 450 miles on them ,my socks were smart wool and artist darn tough. Had some what bad weather and socks did get wet.

[jimmyjam]

i have varying degrees of numbness in my left foot /toes after hiking too. i think mine is partly from my bunionictomy.

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[kayak karl]

maybe you pinched a nerve. have had it happen on roofs, but not hiking.

[rocketsocks]

I gots one toe that I think have may been frost bit at some point, (worked out side all my life) cause it's numb all the time.

[O-H-10 Lil Ohio]

I'll be seeing the doctor next week so I will but ask about the numbness in my toes, I agree I could pinch the nerve.

[kayak karl]

i have a Podiatrist that hikes. can't get better then that

[July]

i have a Podiatrist that hikes. can't get better then that

WoW!!!! Hook???

[squeezebox]

Make sure you do good toenail care to rule that out of the picture.

[MuddyWaters]

No.

I do get a "shock" like sensation in a couple of toes on one foot occasionally with every step, then it goes away. Its some nerve issue I imagine. I have tried on shoes in a store and had it immediately start. I don't buy those shoes. Its rare otherwise.

[Bronk]

By the time I had completed basic training the army I couldn't feel any of my toes. It took about 6 months for the feeling to completely come back.

[swisscross]

Took my children to Disney at the beginning of this summer.
Wore the cheapest trail runners I could find.
After day four my big toe on right foot was completely numb.
It has been about four months since and I now have about 90 percent of the feeling back.

Podiatrist thinks I bruised a nerve.

Heading out for a week long section hike in a few weeks. Sure hope it does not come back.
Will be wearing a more supportive shoe from now on.

[O-H-10 Lil Ohio]

Interesting, three toes are still numb, I hope it goes away.Thanks all for the input.

[Gnomad]

I am old and heavy and had not been hiking in 20ish years. I did 50 miles over 4 days. I hiked in sandals. I had 2 toes go numb. One came back after about a week. The second one is still numb in a spot, but is slowly coming back online after about 5 weeks. I assume I just pinched some nerves.

[O-H-10 Lil Ohio]

That's what I think happened, I am hopping it will go away.

[Toolumpy]

Had the same issue with added sharp pains in the ball of my foot and toe area. After 2 weeks of hiking ( Springer to Hot Springs in 13 days) it lasted for 5 months. After visits to foot specialist and pt doctors they thought I was nuts. Finally went away and I used different boots. I think I was tying them to tight. Haven't had the same problem again although hard hiking. Both boots were Merrells, no blisters is nice but not worth the pain so not so tight anymore.

[AO2134]

Do you mean numb you can't feel sensation or numb you can't bend the toe or both.

My big toe does not go numb; I have sensation in the toe. I just cannot bend it. Usually, I night 1 I have 40 % range of motion. By day 2, I have about 80-90% range of motion. And it goes like that for as long as I hike with each number going down slightly (night vs next morning) each successive day.

After two days of not hiking, I get full ROM back and virtually no pain.

[Bluegrass]

Obviously I am not a podiatrist, so take any advice with a huge helping of salt.

Your foot has a lot of nerves, arteries, muscles, bones, and other fun things stuck in a very small package.

I sold running shoes for a long time, and a frequent complaint was numbness in toes. Usually this came down to the laces on the shoes being tied too tight, or just putting pressure on the wrong spot. Changing the lacing on a shoe could a lot of times completely remove the issue - sometimes re-lacing the shoe so that the lace moved just a few millimeters was enough. The spot you want to take a look at is right where you normally tie a low-top shoe. Usually that is where there are several laces crossing in front of your ankle, and there is a nerve right below that area that can become inflamed.

The key is to not loosen the lacing (since that can cause blistering and other issues), but to simply rearrange the laces. A lot of times the best thing to do is to skip the second to last hole.

Obviously shoes that are too big can exacerbate the issue, since that will cause someone to lace the shoe more tightly. The solution in that case is to get better fitting shoes.

I had a similar issue on a long bike ride I did once (C&O Towpath), but this was in my hands, and is a common bicycling overuse injury. My ring and small finger on my left hand were numb (able to move, but not to feel) for a month or two after the ride. http://www.hughston.com/hha/a_15_3_2.htm

If you are having range of motion issues, I would definitely talk to a medical professional about that.

[Affirmative]

I had numb big toes from North Carolina through Virginia. Also a part of my outer thigh went numb for an equal amount of time. Full mobility and caused zero problems or pain but it was odd. Can't say I ever pin pointed it down to any specific cause but everything went away for me by New York I think


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