Shoe hurting my heel

Johnny Utah

Hi,

I have a pair of Kickers shoes, and the left shoe is destroying the back of my heel. If I wear if for more than 30 mins, and walk around, I end up with a pretty sore blister and sometimes blood at the back of the heel. And, I bought them well over a year ago, so I can't bring them back.


First, I tried these heel liners from Scholl:
http://www.schollfootcare.co.uk/products/index.asp?cat=foot-and-shoe-comfort&sub=insoles&prod=heel-liners-leather&page=3
And, tbh they didn't work at all. I wore the shoes a few times with the heel liners, and I still ended up with a blister in the same spot.

Then, I added this blister plaster from Compeed:
http://www.feetlife.co.uk/Buy-Online/Compeed-Plaster-for-Blister-Medium/343
I applied this directly to the heel and I still left the Scholl heel liners in place for extra padding. However, the Compeed plaster didn't work either. I wore the shoes yesterday and the heel of the shoe wore through the blister plaster, and then destroyed my own heel again.


There is no problem with the right shoe whatsoever. I'm pretty sure the shoes are the right size because they are the same size as other shoes I have, and the right shoe isn't giving trouble.



Any suggestions what I could do?
Would a shoemaker be able to do anything?

Dizzyblonde

If they're leather you could try rubbing a moisturiser into the offending spot to soften it. If that doesn't work a shoemaker might be able to do something to trim it back.

WindSock

Shoe makers have a stretchy thing in their stalls.

Johnny Utah

No, I don't think that would fix it. Both shoes fit fine, so I don't think they're too small. Thanks for the suggestion anyway.

I've carefully looked at the inside heel on both shoes. It appears that the leather on the inside heel of the left shoe is a lot harder than the right shoe (which is giving no problems). The leather on the inside heel of the left shoe seems to be very hard / rough and I think this is causing the blisters.

Would a shoemaker be able to soften the leather inside the heel and then fit comfortable cushioning on the heel? (The cushioning would need to be fairly substantial because the heel liners I used previously didn't work)

LolaDub

is it possible that the comfy shoe was a display one in the shop? Maybe its softened because its been tried on a bit?I'd say a shoemaker/cobbler would be able to soften it, no harm in asking anyhow!

Dizzyblonde

Another thing you could try would be to cut the heel section off a thickish inside sole and put it in the shoe. This would raise foot inside the shoe and it might not rub. Have you tried the skin moisturiser?

judybooboo

iv been told to completly stuff the shoe with wet newspaper and leave it in overnight and itl soften the leather, duno how much of a difference itd make but u may as well try it

juke

Have you tried rubbing vaseline into leather of left shoe? - don't know why, but definatly has a softening effect

DesignLady

Party Feet make these little things specifically for the back of your shoe at the heal. They stick to the shoe rather than your feet. Finding them meant I could suddenly wear about 4 pairs of shoes I'd had for years in my wardrobe. You can find them in boots.

Johnny Utah

LolaDub wrote: »

is it possible that the comfy shoe was a display one in the shop? Maybe its softened because its been tried on a bit?I'd say a shoemaker/cobbler would be able to soften it, no harm in asking anyhow!

No, both shoes were definitely brand new when I bought them. I purchased them in Schuh, and they came in a box. I knew to look at them that they had never been worn/tried on before.

I've worn them a fair bit in the last year, and the left shoe has always caused a blister on my heel since day one. There's such a difference actually that I think that the left shoe is defective- can't bring them back now though as I bought them a couple of years ago.

Dizzyblonde wrote: »

Another thing you could try would be to cut the heel section off a thickish inside sole and put it in the shoe. This would raise foot inside the shoe and it might not rub. Have you tried the skin moisturiser?

I don't think that would work tbh. The shoes fits fine. It's the same size as my other shoes. I don't think that the shoe is loose, or falling off when I walk. I've tried tying the laces tight, and then had them loose, but it doesn't seem to make a bit of difference. I think that it's simply a hard spot on the inside of the left heel.

DesignLady wrote: »

Party Feet make these little things specifically for the back of your shoe at the heal. They stick to the shoe rather than your feet. Finding them meant I could suddenly wear about 4 pairs of shoes I'd had for years in my wardrobe. You can find them in boots.

Yes, I've tried the Scholl version- leather heel liners. I think Scholl make the Party Feet line so they're probably very similar. The heel liners I have stick to the inside heel of the shoe. They didn't make any difference for me at all. When I was purchasing them, the chemist said they should work, but if not then a shoemaker will be able to fit 'something' (can't remember the name of it) to the inside of the heel.

I also tried the Compeed heel blister plasters, which stick to the heel of the foot. When I wore the shoes, they tore through the plaster, and made a mess of my heel again.

juke wrote: »

Have you tried rubbing vaseline into leather of left shoe? - don't know why, but definatly has a softening effect

judybooboo wrote: »

iv been told to completly stuff the shoe with wet newspaper and leave it in overnight and itl soften the leather, duno how much of a difference itd make but u may as well try it

Thanks for the suggestions of vaseline/moisturiser/newspaper. I've decided that I'm going to go to a shoemaker who specialises in repairs first. If he's not able to fix it, then I'll try the above suggestions.

eth0_

Throw them out..
A cobbler will charge nearly as much to repair them than the original cost of the shoes.

bigpinkelephant

I get this too...my left heel is always way worse than the right...
I think maybe it's to do with my gait because it happens with most shoes I get... even my Ugg boots!!!!!!!

LolaDub

Most peoples feet are slightly different sizes. It might be the style of the shoe that is more suited to one foot than the other. I worked in a shoe shop for a very brief time some people would come in looking for one shoe up to two sizes up from the other!

dara.obriain

I've a problem similar to johnny only at the other end of the foot on the toes, which always rub against the leather in the right shoe (especially the one beside little toe) until it gets too sore and the shoes go in the bin. I'd say this has cost thousands over the last 10 years. I thought I had this problem solved when living in the states where it's easier to get extra wide fittings. The new balance 4E fitting always worked. Anyway, back in Ireland now and ordered Red Wing boots off shoebuy.com (check tis site out, its super) which to my delight fitted great. So great that I ordered 2 more pairs the same size which unbelievably don't fit and are giving me the same problem. I just can't face firing 2 more pairs of lovely boots in the trash and am even thinking of taking them to a cobbler and asking him to cut a couple of holes along the side like in a pair of sandles. Any suggestions before I do this would be greatly appreciated.