Ow!

Try putting them through the washing machine.

Scholl Boots etc do thick sticky back felt/dressing ..... You can cut a hole in this .... Wear on your heel or stick to the trainer and there is then a gap to prevent any more rubbing

The Boots one is called
Self adhesive thick padding
Medical grade chiropodist felt

Or take them into shoe repairer and ask him to sort out backs ....

Good luck!

I too have a pair that are unwearable due to rubbing at the heel. I suspect months of wearing backless mule type slippers has left the skin on my heels soft causing blisters to form too easily.

I disagree with those who ssy they will always hurt. I bought some new trainers a couple of years ago and at first they hurt my feet (Bunyan area!) so wore tgem only for short periods. Now however rhey are the most comfortable shoes Ive got!
The double socks are goid (tou can wt them at outdoo/walking type shops. In the past When out walking with a heel blister Ive folded a couple of tissues up and put them under my heel to raise it which stops it rubbing the same place hurting . It works as a temporary measure.

I'd like to know what make they are [nosy]

Did you throw the others out? If not, you could always compare them and see if they are slightly smaller, although I think that half a size is only one-sixth of an inch.

Once your feet have really healed, I would wear the trainers in the house to begin with, watching TV, making a coffee, going to the loo etc. That should warm the feet and they with luck will be more amenable to the trainers. Slow and steady but if it does not work, you may have to ditch them. At least if you are in agony in the house it is easy to take them off and if necessary walk bare footed. A tad more difficult in the middle of Sainsburys.

easy sorted , just buy a sheet of chiropody adhesive felt( on line for about a fiver for several sheets)cut to any size^onany sore spots,works a treat ,would'nt be without mine.Good luck.

teddy 123 you pay through the nose for the stuff at Boots or anywhere else for a very small piece,the ones I'm talking about are not far off size A4.

I've got a spray can if leather stretcher from John Lewis.
You spray it into the shoes just before you wear them and the shoes stretch to your feet.
It's worked for me for a couple of pairs of shoes that I thought I would never wear again.

I bought an expensive pair of canvas shoes that rubbed my heel raw and made it bleed after only a few wears. I took them back to the shop showing the blood stain inside the shoe. They refunded my money immediately. Is it too late to return them?

Have you ever tried animal wool, available from Boots pharmacies? My mother always swore by it to wrap around the sore bits when shoes rub and it's still available.

I didn't know you could buy animal wool. I always carry a clean-looking piece of sheep's wool taken from a fence. It has been in my ruck sack for years but have never used it. Yes, I know I should have washed it, but that would remove the lanolin, and I wouldn't use it on broken skin.

I always put cotton woolpads underneath my heel so that it is raised up higher than where the blister is. My MIL told me this trick and it always works.

Put them away until your feet are totally healed. Then put plasters where you got the blisters and wear them for a short time in the house until your feet get used to them. If that doesn't work, take them to a charity shop.

My feet are wide size 7-8. I have to wear men's socks as the largest size women's socks shrink so badly in the wash. Do other Gransnetters have this problem?

I find Sketchers to be the most comfortable shoes. Feel like you're walking on air!

Hope some of the remedies work.

DH complained that his socks had shrunk and I think it was because I was tumble drying them in the winter. Now I give the socks a tug when they come out of the washing machine and hang them on a rack to dry.
I'm not sure what size women's socks go up to, I wear 6-8 but my feet are only a 6 anyway.

The pain will always show on your face - it isn't worth it!

Like Libra I find Skechers excellent. I have difficult feet, and having gone through all the pain etc that you've suffered,*Domingo*, with other shoes have never had any trouble with Skechers.
They last well, you can put go walk type in the washing machine. I have 4 pairs now.

I am a believer in Surgical Spirit..... Simply apply to your heels.
It toughens the skin.

I am a lover of Skechers too. Since having plantar fasciitis I wear no other brand of shoes, as the memory foam inners are so comfortable, and they have never rubbed at the heels. I have 6 pairs of slip-ons, one of trainers and 2 of boots. I wish most of them didn't have white soles, but they do machine wash. I find that Pringle invisible socks (on ebay) are the only ones that stay put.

yes yes yes and I want ankle socks- not the boy scout type knee length ones

.. yes in answer to jaxie

I've used the (expensive) double socks that various people have recommended and found that they helped. The thick towelling ones with thicker heels are also good. But nothing will work if you've already got sore feet, you need to let them heal.

I've got two pairs of supposedly identical Ecco trainer/shoes which I love, but the second pair are definitely a different fit. What I've done is remove the (fairly thick and solid) insole and replace it with a thinner spongy one. When the shoes get softer and larger (which they will) I can start to use the original insoles again.

It is sandals which usually cause me the most problems, they always seem to rub and they make the underneath of my heels sort.

Yes Jaxie my feet are between 6 and 7 and I always buy men's black cotton socks, usually M&S, in the size range to 7 1/2. They usually have better quality elastic tops which are softer and looser than the women's socks but still grip well. They shrink just a little bit if they are tumble dried so fit perfectly. I have to buy my husband a size larger than I would expect for the same reason.
At one stage when my children were living at home I used to buy loads of the same size as they fitted five of us in the household! I'd love to know why they always end up different shades of black even though I use the same washing liquid and they are (presumably) all washed the same number of times....