Altra vs Lems for plantar fasciitis
11 people talked about both
These are the comments that mentioned the Altra and the Lems together — the closest thing to a direct comparison by someone who had tried both. Each person is counted once, and every line links to the original post.
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Altra: helped Lems: helped
Hopefully, Lems starts getting some more traction. Pun intended. Lol. They're still a pretty small company, but them and Altra are my go-to options.
r/PlantarFasciitis · Oct 2025 → -
Altra: helped Lems: helped
I switched to shoes that have a wide toe box and zero drop. The brands I now wear are Lems shoes and Altra sneakers. I wear both brands with SOLE Active Wide Medium footbed…
r/PlantarFasciitis · Jun 2026 → -
Altra: helped Lems: helped
Ditto, Altras are what I wear when I need some cushion, but Lems on the daily now. Took some time to build up to the Lems.
r/PlantarFasciitis · Jun 2025 → -
Altra: helped Lems: helped
This \^\^ “cushy” often relieves the pain temporarily but doesn’t help your foot and lower leg rebuild the proper strength that led to the problem in the first place (speaking as…
r/PlantarFasciitis · Jul 2026 → -
Altra: helped Lems: helped
I found that any shoe with arch support regardless of arch height hurts my feet. I call it 'arch poke' and when I switched to Lems and Altra's things changed. I have one pair of…
r/PlantarFasciitis · Jul 2026 → -
Altra: helped Lems: helped
For ME… I saw a sports chiropractor who dry needled my calves and my feet quite a few times over a few months. That really helped along with figuring out that zero drop shoes were…
r/PlantarFasciitis · Jul 2026 → -
Altra: helped Lems: helped
Transitioning to barefoot shoes helped me. I started off with Altra Paradigms and no insoles, then moved to Peluva Strand ATRs and Lem's Trailblazers for work. I still get some…
r/PlantarFasciitis · Jul 2026 → -
Altra: helped Lems: helped
used brooks during the peak of my pf, but when i found out how weak and neglected my feet were after podiatrist and pt i only wear wide toe box and zero drop shoes like altras and…
r/PlantarFasciitis · Jan 2026 → -
Altra: made it worse Lems: made it worse
I used to love lems, but they're low cushioning made the pain unbearable. Same thing with altra love the wide toe boxes and zero drop, do they not make your pf worse? Have you…
r/PlantarFasciitis · Aug 2026 → -
Altra: helped Lems: helped
Realizing the best thing for my feet are wide toe box, zero drop shoes but not super thin barefoot shoes-need plenty of cushion. Having great lucky with Altra, Lems, and…
r/PlantarFasciitis · Aug 2025 → -
Altra: helped Lems: helped
Altra and Lems….the zero drop and wide toe box made a big difference for me. ESPECIALLY the wide toe box. And they aren’t cheap, but I started purchasing mud gear compression…
r/PlantarFasciitis · Apr 2026 →