Bests & Worsts Reviews from Amazon

I typically don't leave reviews but my experience with these shoes are nothing short of a miracle! My suffering goes back to last November when I ended up hurting my heel. I was told it was plantar fasciitis. I tried everything from massages to stretches to braces/foot bands and nothing worked. I ended up compensating for how I would step on that foot because the pain was unbearable. It hurt to stand, it hurt to take a step. I walked like I was 100 years old. 1 excruciating painful step at a time - it was truly awful. I saw a friend sporting these new shoes she had just purchased and I said it looks so cushiony and bouncy. She said that they were like walking on a cloud and that she had just purchased them because she's on her feet all day at work and at the end of the day she would always have horrible foot pain so she decided to buy these shoes. She mentioned that her feet no longer felt tired and that she no longer has any foot pain so I looked up the company and reviewed their shoes and knew I had to try them. What's the worst that could happen that hadn't happened already with other products that didn't work, right? This was going to be a "big" purchase as I typically don't spend $155 on a pair of sneakers and especially if they didn't hold up to their claims but I was desperate for some relief. I measured my feet so that I would hopefully get the perfect fit. I measured 10.5 inches from heel to the longest part of my toe (measured standing). A chart online said if your foot was 10.5" then you should order a women's size 11. I also have wide feet but my friend does not yet she ordered the wide for added comfort and said they weren't too big but perfectly roomy which lead me to think that I should order the extra wide since she would normally be a regular width. So 11 X-Wide it was. First, these shoes arrived faster than the quoted delivery time frame. I ordered on Monday and had them on Wednesday (I was quoted at least a week)! Anyway, there it was. Like opening this golden box that was going to fix all of my problems (well at least foot related problems). I opened them up and found 2 sets of inserts. After carefully reading what each one was for, I opted for the high arch correction (I never thought I had an arch issue but it was the thickest most cushiony one so I went for it!). I figured if it were too uncomfortable, I could always swap back. Next morning, the big day to try them for the entire day. I put them on and went to work and boy was there a spring in my step...more like a bounce! They felt great! Now, for the heel pain, at first around the arch area it felt a little painful but this was nothing like the heel pain. this pain actually felt pleasant. It was the kind of pain that felt like a deep tissue massage or pressure point massage. It felt good because somehow it felt like that pain meant that the shoe was doing something to help correct the problem...or at least I hoped! Anyway, I didn't give it too much thought. I noticed there was this "good" pain but better yet, I noticed that there wasn't the bad pain! Before wearing these shoes, any time I'd go from a seated position to having to stand up, or from waking up from sleep and taking that first step, there was so much pain that I would have to compensate or hop just to get a few steps in before I could muster up the courage to step on that foot. Okay, so the entire work day went great. I had no problem going from seated to standing, wasn't compensating too much but still wasn't sure I could fully put my entire weight on that heel so I was still a bit careful. I went home kicked off the shoes and put on my regular slippers and noticed there wasn't so much pain. I thought surely after I wear some other shoe that my heel pain would be there but it really wasn't...yet. When I went to bed, I did some foot stretches like I had done every night to try and correct the problem. This time when I stretched there was no pain except for when I stretched sideways towards the arch. That was the only stretching position that hurt. All the other stretches were pain free! I kept stretching through the pain a few times then went to bed. Now comes the miracle! I didn't need to go to work the next day so I didn't really want to put on the sneakers just to wear around in the house (and in this hot weather) but if I had horrible heel pain, I was ready to do it. I put on my everyday slippers and carefully proceed to step and nothing. so I took another step and nothing, and then a few more and nothing! I had no pain!! The heel pain was gone!! Well...it was 90% gone to be fair but when you've had that kind of pain for 8 months straight and now only having 10% pain was like a miracle! The entire day kept getting better and better. I certainly thought that within a few hours that I would be pushing my luck and would need to put on these sneakers but the pain never came back and in fact the 10% was slowly decreasing too. Today is the second day of wearing my slippers and I can honestly say that I no longer am compensating my weight on that foot or how I walk, I no longer have the pain (only what feels like residual discomfort but I'd have to really pay attention to even notice that), I can go from seated to standing without even giving it a second thought and without crying like a baby. I don't know what else to say other than THANK YOU to the person who designed these shoes and to Gravity Defyer for giving me my comfort back!! I 100% recommend these shoes to anyone suffering from heel pain. In fact, my sister has the same problem but she has had it for 2 years now and I just ordered her a pair for her birthday! She can't believe that I no longer have pain. It was so miserable before and now I'm me again!! I will definitely wear these shoes to work as they are super comfortable and it overall feels like it's doing something good for your feet!