FAT PAD ATROPHY!

Sounds like a dietary inadequacy.

Eleni - after months of other modalities not working I'm considering stem-cells for thinning pad under 2nd MT head. Would love to hear your experience!

this is 100% due to your shoes

get better shoes and socks too.

Hi! Finally someone who has the exact same pain and description as I do. Not that it's great news, but as you were saying; it sucks being alone about it. I was 24 when I first got this, and now Im 27 - hurting more than ever. Just wanted to give you my support. I wouldnt even grant this condition for my worst enemy. It takes all of me; my social life and all the pleasure Ive had working out. Now Im open to swimming as well - not sure if the bike is worsening my pain or not...

Scufff wrote:

Sounds like a dietary inadequacy.

You got to be kidding me. This is the most horrible, painful thing you can imagine for that area of your foot and it has absolutely nothing to do with diet.

I do have to be thankful that you know nothing of it. That means you haven't suffered from it.

Are you guys getting enough healthy saturated fat? Butter, cream, avocado, bacon, coconut, beef, chicken (all pastured if possible). It certainly seems like a deficiency in essential fatty acids.

Low-fat diet is the fad. Low-carb what sustains.

Hi,

In my case, this fat pad atrophy showed up about three years ago. I was working as a caregiver. Live in /on call 24/7 for 2 people with NO back up or time off-

Exactly as you said, it began to feel like every step I took was bone on hard floor. I was wearing good shoes too! I had never heard of this. Since then, I've seen three podiatrists, the last one is a surgeon because I have to have bunion surgery. I have super high arches, and because of the high arches and the fat pad atrophy, I also have neuroma s & plantar fascitis. So I'm supposed to wear Orthotics but they have to be super padded because of the atrophy. The Orthotics I have are too hard and too painful. Instead, I just invested really good, supportive but CUSHIONED insoles. I normally wear a size 8 and 1/2 shoe but because of the bunions on both feet I have to wear a size 11 to compensate for the width because even wide shoes kill the bunions (this reminds me of my sweet little grandmother who would cut holes in her shoes where her bunions were because she couldn't afford to do anything else. :/ ).

I also have the have the metatarsal pad inserts, but the problem is, my arches so high that I can't even tell they're there. I need to take 2 and stack them on top of one another. My aunt and my mother had the same exact high arch thing going on.

For all of you happen to think that you just get over this... You don't. It comes with age sometimes, heredity, and other things. It's not diet-related. I saw that comment and almost fell over, LOL.

Sadly, it's not something that heals and the fat pad doesn't replenish.

There are things you can do, but it never will go away. They even have filler injections so that you can put padding back in. It's all experimental at this point and the results have been sketchy and they don't last. Some do botox. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't. It doesn't last no matter what though, and to me, if you're doing junk like that, ultimately, you're just damaging further. I liken it to numbing a cut and using the area where the cut is like the cut isn't there and widening the cut out and deepening it with use making it worse in the long run.

Some people get surgical implants, but there's never a guarantee even those will be any help. It's not like there's some simple cure or like any one thing will work perfectly for you (but through trial and error, maybe something will). There's just not a guarantee or a cure.

Wear good shoes, wear good insoles, don't stand in one place for long periods of time, don't be on your feet too terribly much, but most of all, always, always really wear good shoes and good insoles.

Best wishes

For several years now I've been on low-carb, high-fat, keto diet. I've been to 3 foot specialist doctors and they say that diet has nothing to do with any of it, and after all this time, I agree.

Having said that, diet is the first thing we really should look at when we have ailments. I do agree that nutrition is key to so many things. This just isn't one of them.

Hi Eleni I do hope that your feet are feeling more comfortable now.

Could you report on the stem cell treatment?

As far as I understand there are more than one type of stem cell treatments.

Could you indicate which one you had please.

-platelets

-Fat

-placenta

This would really be very helpful.

Thanks

Hi Yvonne,

I found a thread with your posts and posts from a girl, Jackie, both discussing an issue that I'm also struggling with. The thread is from years ago, so hopefully you're better off now. I'm in my thirties, was very athletic and now can barely walk sometimes. It started 2 years ago...metatarsalgia, capsulitis, plantar plate tear, seismoid fracture, and now fat pad atrophy. The fad pad atrophy part is especially scary as it seems to be irreversible. I am looking to relate with others who've experienced the same thing and, hopefully, find some lasting solutions. Email me back at

rachelmarie77@gmail.com

if you want to chat.

Thanks!

Rachel

Hi Jackie,

Your thread is from years ago, so hopefully you're better off now. I'm in my thirties, was very athletic and now can barely walk sometimes. It started 2 years ago...metatarsalgia, capsulitis, plantar plate tear, seismoid fracture, and now fat pad atrophy. The fad pad atrophy part is especially scary as it seems to be irreversible. I am looking to relate with others who've experienced the same thing and, hopefully, find some lasting solutions. Email me back at

rachelmarie77@gmail.com

if you want to chat.

Thanks!

Rachel