Everything I know about footwear, arthritis and joint replacement recovery, in one place — not scattered across dozens of blog posts, but organised into a single, practical guide.
I built this because I wish it had existed for me. Eleven undiagnosed years, four joint replacements, and more painful, expensive mistakes than I’d like to admit — this guide is everything I learned the hard way, written down so you don’t have to learn it the same way.
This isn’t theory. It’s what I learned from years of difficult feet, arthritis, surgery, recovery and finding out — usually the expensive way — which shoes actually worked for me.
What’s Inside
- My story — the eleven undiagnosed years, four joint replacements, and how all of that changed the way I thought about my feet and footwear
- How to measure your feet properly — including what to do when swelling makes your size a moving target
- Why I trust German shoe brands — why certain German brands keep working for me, and the one British exception I’ll never give up
- The mistakes I made — including the shoe choice my surgeon was visibly unimpressed by, and why I learned to be very wary of “just break them in”
- The practical side nobody talks about — how to actually get shoes on and off when bending isn’t an option
- Where I’d actually start looking — an honest, no-nonsense brand shortlist, built from years of trial and error, not sponsorship
- What I’d tell my younger self — the closing chapter, for anyone partway through their own version of this story
Who This Is For
This isn’t a general “wide feet” buying guide. I wrote it for people dealing with arthritis, recovering from joint replacement, living with swelling, or simply finding that the shoes they used to wear no longer seem to work for their feet.
If you’ve reached the point where buying shoes has become far more complicated than it ought to be, I wrote this with you in mind.
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Please note: this guide is based on my personal experience and is for general information only. It isn’t a substitute for individual medical or podiatry advice.