with the added tip that i don't tape quite as high up as the pictures because peeling the tape off hurts worse. i tape as high as the joints under the ball of my foot, but not that extra half centimeter they go. also, when i apply the tape, i pull my toes back (up if i were standing) slightly. if i don't then the tape just rips when it gets overstretched. your foot still needs some flexibility in order to walk. third, athletic tape doesn't stick that well at first, but sticks more as you press on it. i walk around in my birks right after i put the tape on and that seems to help. last, athletic tape will be sticky on the outside as well. i wear socks. cheap socks that i don't care much about. otherwise every piece of crud on our floors will stick to my foot. if you don't wear socks, put baby powder on the tape after it is applied.
for me it got so bad i was limping badly and with the tape it got completely better with daily taping for a few months followed by regular taping (2-3 times per week) for many more months. however, i didn't have to wait that long for relief. taping gave me less pain almost instantly, and within a week or two it was vastly improved. this is after the np at my doctor's office saw the fat chick and told me that losing weight was what would make it all better (never mind the new baby i was carrying or the new car with the stiff clutch that she didn't bother to ask about or the fact that i weighed less then than i had in years). now that el's getting big, i can feel my foot starting to hurt again and will have to start taping once again. i hope it works for you as well as it has for me.
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with the added tip that i don't tape quite as high up as the pictures because peeling the tape off hurts worse. i tape as high as the joints under the ball of my foot, but not that extra half centimeter they go. also, when i apply the tape, i pull my toes back (up if i were standing) slightly. if i don't then the tape just rips when it gets overstretched. your foot still needs some flexibility in order to walk. third, athletic tape doesn't stick that well at first, but sticks more as you press on it. i walk around in my birks right after i put the tape on and that seems to help. last, athletic tape will be sticky on the outside as well. i wear socks. cheap socks that i don't care much about. otherwise every piece of crud on our floors will stick to my foot. if you don't wear socks, put baby powder on the tape after it is applied.
for me it got so bad i was limping badly and with the tape it got completely better with daily taping for a few months followed by regular taping (2-3 times per week) for many more months. however, i didn't have to wait that long for relief. taping gave me less pain almost instantly, and within a week or two it was vastly improved. this is after the np at my doctor's office saw the fat chick and told me that losing weight was what would make it all better (never mind the new baby i was carrying or the new car with the stiff clutch that she didn't bother to ask about or the fact that i weighed less then than i had in years). now that el's getting big, i can feel my foot starting to hurt again and will have to start taping once again. i hope it works for you as well as it has for me.