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Originally Posted by Ret10Echo

Those more knowing than I can further elaborate, but generally if you are over over-pronating a lot, the inside of your shoe will me worn down, sometimes almost crushed . You may also be a heel-toe runner and wear the heels out very quickly. Mild pronation will show less wear to the inside portion but it will still be evident that there is more wear there than the other side. There are quite a few good sites out there on how to evaluate your conformance and analyze shoe wear patterns.

I tend to walk on the outside edges of my feet. It was a real problem when learning how to ski as I kept hooking an edge when trying to do parallel turns. Had a ski shop in Leominster, MA that had a cant machine. Found that I needed a 10 degree wedge under my bindings to get my skis to fit flat on the snow. My shoes show heel wear on the outside edges (left at about 7:00 o'clock position and the right about 4:00 o'clock).

The first set of spinal injections were an experience. When he went to inject my lower back (around L5), I felt a jolt down my left leg all the way to my foot when the needle went in. When he injected the steroid, there was a lot of pressure and a solid jolt down the leg. My leg jumped and I had to grit my teeth. Afterwards, I could get my leg in a certain position and it would almost fold up under me. That wore off by the next day. I've had some relief, but not much - about what I expected. Next round is this Thursday and the last is on the 12th.