I had such high hopes for these shoes but they are just awful! I previously<br />Purchased the kayanos and had a very similar problem with them (minus the numbness). These shoes create extreme pain in the balls of my feet and toes and heel and calf pain as well. It is almost unbearable to walk more than a mile in them. These also have now made by big toes completely numb even when not wearing the shoes after just 3 days of walking in them (around 3 miles each day).