[at-l] numb toes

[cleek@cleekhouse.com (Billie H. Cleek)]

You know, I've been thinking about this. 

It seems that if a body part is numb it is your body's way of telling you
that you no longer need that body part. Cut off your toes.

Cleek.

On Tue, 3 Apr 2001, Phil Heffington wrote:

> Thanks for the advice I'm getting on the problem of numb toes.  At this
> point I am going to try the alternate boot lacing technique, and am still
> considering Superfeet insoles.
> 
> My plan of attack in the past has just been to take the necessary number of
> POBOs (Pack Off, Boots Off) each day to handle the problem.  Perhaps my
> stating that my toes begin to "cramp" after a period of numbness is not the
> correct medical terminology.  Really, they just hurt like the dickens.
> 
> BTW, one of you asked, and another alluded to it, about whether or not this
> condition went away after I stopped hiking.  Well, the numbness usually
> lasts about 3 months, in some degree, after I get off the trail.  Granted,
> this problem hasn't stopped me from hiking 802 miles of the AT over the last
> three Mays, but I figured some of you may have actually found an answer to
> it.  As is often the case with this group, however, I find that you are
> often wrong, but never in doubt, and I just love hearing all the possible
> opinions.
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