My name is Norbert Petras and running is my life. As a professional long distance running coach and an elite runner and regular competitor, to find out that I had been diagnosed with foot conditions such as hammer toes, tailors Bunion, Neuroma and overlapping toes on my right foot and worst of all a Plantar Fibroma (painful hard nodule) on my left foot, I was devastated to hear the doctor telling me that my running days were over. Running has been a big part and a main passion in my life for a long time now and to hear that I will have to stop and possibly have some surgery which may cause even more complications was a very disheartening news to hear.
Luckily I did not accept this answer in any way and organised a skype session with Dr Ray McClanahan to ask for his opinion. He reassured me that I will continue running and that all these things were reversible without surgery. He really lit up my life and future for running beyond what I can explain with words, and because all the information he gave me made 100% sense, I trusted his opinion. This is when I purchased and started wearing Correct Toes. Some of the changes happened as soon as I put on the Correct Toes and even the Neuroma problem I had dissapeared completely after 2 weeks of wearing the Correct Toes and I have never had this problem since. The more I wore the Correct toes, the more I wanted to wear it and slowly I replaced all my footwear including my running shoes with footwear that I can wear Correct Toes inside without modifications. I now do all my activities in the wide fit Ahinsa shoes (which has a zero drop, very wide toe box, very flexible sole and no toe spring) including running/racing even on the track (I refuse to wear spikes or any other footwear that is not 100 percent Correct Toes appropriate) as I know that this is what caused all the problems in the first place.
With the combination of toe socks, the Ahinsa shoes and Correct toes plus persistence, I managed to eliminate the Neuroma completely and the Plantar Fibroma nodule not only stopped getting harder and bigger or spreading, it completely settled down and dissapeared. My overlapping toes eventually stopped overlapping and the tension I had under that foot also went away (which used to be a burning sensation when walking on softer surfaces).
The bunions have stopped progressing into more critical categories and in fact reversed this progression. All toes have become more mobile and flexible and functioning more like how they used to when I was a child. Most of these corrections have occurred for me within about an 8 month period and others have taken 2 years or more. I have now been wearing the Correct Toes for over 3 years now and I'm still finding continual benefits to both my feet and from there up.
My feet feel more stable, flexible and stronger than ever before and still improving. I am now 38 years old and finally not only continuing with running but now running faster, longer and better than I have ever run. I want to run for the rest of my life pain free and help others do the same. Now that I have found the Correct Toes and from all the education from Dr Ray McClanahan and the team I can and so can you.