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Once I switched from slip-on boots to my walking shoes, the tops of my feet got sore again with the occasional shooting pains in the night. I finally looked up my problem on the Internet and found, duh!, that my shoes were probably laced too tight. I was directed to Shoe Lacing Methods and today I tried a variation of bow tie lacing. So far so good though it does take a couple of days for the pain to go away.

Now I know why the safety toe shoes at work don’t bother me: the two side flaps meet over the tongue when the shoes lace up making a “roof” over my foot; whereas, with my walking shoes the side flaps don’t cover the tongue so that the laces go over the tongue and press down on the top of my feet. With the “bow tie” lacing, hopefully, I can move that pressure away.