Do your feet ache after standing on hard surfaces?

Do your feet get noticeably sore or ache after standing on hard surfaces for awhile? I was in Target for maybe 20-30 minutes last weekend, which has mostly vinyl tile floors. After awhile my feet were hurting quite a bit and I couldn't wait to get back in the car and get my weight off of them. Does that happen to anyone else? I'm pretty sure I'm able to stand longer than that in shoes without discomfort, which is kind of discouraging for my current 4-month barefoot campaign (not 24/7 but almost all the time).

 

in the early months only. but constant pain should never be ignored

 

It's not constant, it's just after standing for like 20-30 minutes on hard surfaces. With other normal activities where I alternate between sitting, walking, and standing, I don't notice any aching sensations other than in the morning when I first get out of bed, which goes away pretty quick.

But then again I've only been BF regularly for 4 months now, so I guess I would still be considered a n00b in that respect.

 

It can take a few months for the legs (and the rest of you) to adjust to "the barefoot gait" and the soles to adjust to being bare. But, golly, no pain, no PLEASURE!

 

i passed through that stage, btw did you notice if your feet got a little swollen ? it is just as nuspieds said, it is your feet turning back to full functionality. oh, less bodyweight equals less pain.

 

My feet don't hurt, but my back sure does. My house has a crawlspace, thank goodness.

 

One trick to alleviate pain from walking or standing on hard, that is unyielding surfaces, is to find something soft and yielding to walk on in-between, such as taking the time to turn into a park or put your bare feet on a stretch of grass growing next to the sidewalk (if available)... Walking barefoot on such surfaces will make your feet relax in an instant, and after a few steps, pain will subside. That's one possible strategy - alternating between hard and soft surfaces and textures to walk on.

Wiggling bare toes,

~*Ganesha*~

 

I was going to reply to say I never have a problem with this. Then I remembered that yes, I did, but a long time ago, at the begining. I used to get a pain in my back, my feet, and in my leg muscles. Rest assured though that these pains soon go with bf experience. I now walk on virtually any surface without pain. I agree with ganesha that a break on grass does help. Having said that I also find that conversely after prolonged walking on grass it's a relief to be back on a hard surface. So don't be put off by these pains, persevere!

 

well, there isn't really any grass inside the store. There are areas of carpet, but it still feels like a hard surface (thin carpet on concrete). Plus the areas we were looking in the store have no carpet.

 

i suspected that... one of the worst sins of man is this craze about sealing earth with concrete everywhere. one of these days im going to start placing bombs in building sites to undo by night that hardening grey crap they pour onto ur mom by day :devil:

 

umm yeah you sorta have to use concrete in large retail buildings. Fire safety codes require it in some instances as a non-combustible building material.

I'm hoping to become a registered architect soon, so I draw and detail the stuff every day.

Ever seen Japanese architect Tadao Ando's work? Magnificent, beautiful buildings and structures made mostly of concrete.

 

I found that I was having severe foot pain in my right foot. After careful research I found that a barefoot lifestyle should fix the problem. For about a year now I have been trying to go without shoes as often as I can. I no longer have the foot pain and things are getting better every day. I don't have pain on hard ground either. At first I had some trouble but the pain went away with in a couple of weeks. My feet feel great and I feel much better for doing this. Don't bother with high priced orthodics. Let your feet heal themselves. Lose the shoes and enjoy life!

 

I can't say they do. I've walked through woodland paths for a few yews from youth and I guess that they are hardened - it's not so much the concrete and clay but the glass and litter that one needs to be mindful of - ... and the looks one gets in the Supermarket! - lol

 

If I had read this yesterday I would have said no, however earlier today i was on a long tram ride where all the seats were taken and so I had to stand and damn.. got really uncomfortable on the hard floor, but once I got off and started moving it was all better.

 

Concrete and hard surfaces no problem for me, cant remember any pain after long city walks. A couple of weeks ago though I went for a long walk along the beach one sunday morning (barefoot of course), about 6 km in total. This was along a beach on the thames estuary, it was low tide which can go out really far in some places, which exposes lots of sand and mud (mostly mud to be honest). On my way back at one point i could see some people right out on the mud flats near the waters edge, must have been about a half kilometre out. I never knew you could walk out that far as i thought the mud was too deep. So i decided to follow them... It felt great walking through the sticky mud, which was almost a foot thick in some places! But it was exhausting!!! I passed two girls who were heading back, they looked so tired, we all laughed and one said 'never again!'. I finally got to the waters edge, nothing special, just more mud! And then the long trudge back to shore! Ive never had such a tiring walk, my feet and legs ached for days afterwards, especially my toes for some reason. Im sure it did them good but it really did make my legs ache, to the point it kept me awake at night.

 

I've had achy feet from standing for a while on hard surfaces. However, it *is* worse in shoes or flip flops than it is while barefoot. Weirdly enough, alternating between flip flops and barefoot seem to help a little, only because this alternation helps vary the type of surface I stand on. Ideally, though, I'd be barefoot on a forgiving surface.

 

The only time I was aware of my feet aching from standing on a hard surface was after I completed a long walk last summer and stopped to converse with a neighbor. I foolishly stood on the pavement the whole time instead of the grass and my poor feet were crying bloody murder afterwards.

 

Just casually walking around the store, with some bits mostly standing still. I just had a general "fatigue" feeling throughout my feet.

But I posted this 2 months ago and I think it's getting a bit better now.