- All right.
So, if you have foot pain
and it happens to be right in this area where I'm pointing,
- We can show you how to get rid of it.
- Yeah. This is exciting because I have pain there,
and I'm going to use this technique.
- Yep. Very good.
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- Okay, so we're talking about actually
Morton's neuroma.
- Right. Pain on the bottom of the foot. Right.
Yep. I've had it for a number of years
and learned how to treat it.
This, what we're working with here is actually better,
so I'm excited to try this.
- Right.
- But it's pain in the bottom of your foot
between your third and fourth metatarsals,
so we don't have to get too detailed
but it's right in here.
- Or it could be the second, third.
- Yep. Anywhere right in here.
Here or down here.
Mine is very, very uncomfortable
if I don't have my pads in to do it,
particularly with different shoes is different.
- Does yours feel like your sock is bunched up?
- It kind of does in the early phase,
but after I keep-
- My wife's did.
- Okay. Yeah. But it can get a lot worse than that.
When I bike on my bicycle, I have special shoes.
And those shoes are not,
they irritate the, they irritate it bad.
I can't swear, Bob.
But if we put-
- You're very special.
- Yeah. If we put one of these pads,
let's look at Sam here.
So we got the bones here.
It's either, here's the third and fourth,
so it's right where I'm pointing here.
Or it could be over a little bit.
Doesn't really matter where.
It hurts and you'll know it.
But the pad is not gonna go over the top
of the painful area.
You think of it as being swollen.
There's a nerve bundle in there,
and it's oversized, and it just takes up too much room.
We need to take pressure off of it,
so we put the pad below it.
So here's the nerve bundle, and we're actually below it.
And then the pressure goes here-
- [Bob] Below the heads.
- Yep. Below those heads.
And we're gonna show you how you do this
on the actual insert.
- Sounds good, Brad.
- Sam, you're done.
You're fired.
Sorry.
All right, so the process to get one of these pads,
and actually this is a felt pad.
It's from Mars Wellness, M-A-R-S, and they're really cheap.
You get like, I dunno,
- Six pairs.
Six pairs for $8, and they're nice.
So it's a good price.
You get 'em online.
Here you can see where I've already placed this one.
I pulled the insert out of my shoe,
and this shoe I've had had for a while,
so you can see where my metatarsals
kind of wore out the area, squished it down,
and you can, well you can't see it easily,
but I can feel it and see it with close up.
So on the back side, that's where I knew where to put it.
- [Bob] The heads are right here.
- Yup. So just below the heads.
I put the green on there
so you could see it with the camera easier.
But you could do that so you know where it is.
If you put it on and you feel it,
if it's in the wrong location, say it's a little too high,
you will definitely feel it very quickly.
- [Bob] So the first time you should tape it in, right?
- Yeah. I would just take some,
and when I've done this before with my other pads,
I just took some scotch tape
that you wrap up presents with.
- Right.
And put that on there.
Tape it on.
But once you find the right spot, mark it.
Then you peel off this and there's a adhesive on there.
And this adhesive is really good.
Stick it on there where it belongs.
Put it back in. - Once it's there, it's there.
- Yep. Put it back in your shoe and you're good to go.
And if it's in the right spot and everything's good,
you'll feel immediate relief.
It's like, Oh boy, that pressure is where it needs to be.
- So better,
and I will tell you what else you should do.
- Ah, yes. (chuckling)
Yeah. Unfortunately you're gonna have to buy some new shoes
if you really want to get at this problem.
But this is a first step.
And what we're talking about is these shoes
that if you look at the shape of the toe
on typical running and walking shoes are usually pointy.
Well, that takes your foot and your forefoot
and squishes all your toes together.
- Right.
- So it re it squeezes up that neuroma,
it reduces circulation.
It is a part of the culprit of pain.
- Also, the toe spring.
- Yep. And the toes go up like this,
- And this is a flat shoe.
- Right. This is a zero drop.
It's a wide, wide four foot toe box they call it.
And the toe does not come up.
It's easily flattened.
Those are really critical.
This is something I have a feeling
that more and more shoe companies
- Yup, I agree. - are going to develop.
I heard Merrill's starting to do it.
This company, they do it.
I can't, this isn't a real popular brand, but Ultra.
That's it.
Very nice shoes though.
So anyways, it's the shape of things to come.
- Yep. For sure, try this.
- Yes, absolutely.
That's a great start in any shoe.
Good. Be careful.
Have fun with your Morton's neuroma.
You can get rid of it.
- Your feet will be happy.
- Yeah. Get get back to life as you would like it.
- Have fun with your Morton's neuroma.
- How, how long can we keep babbling, Bob?
They turned off anyways.
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