This is a Great post!
How clever! and how nice of you to share.
I don't understand though what "compressed" toes are... The first picture looks like I thought all toes looked.
What am I not seeing?
I know that when I went to the podiatrist when I was falling so much when I was living in the hydrogen sulfide... back then I would spend hours while watching telly trying to move my toes, to wiggle them.... the podiatrist told me that my toes were curling because... darn it, I forget, but I think because of the nerve damage.
It was the podiatrist who told me that if I kept moving less and less because of how unsteady I was on my feet, that I'd lose more and more mobility, so that's when I ordered my Gazelle because I could see that I could hold on when I used it.
But recently I discovered that even though it's very sturdy and heavy, if I lose balance on it, because I'm so tall, I can tip it. So it's not perfect. But it has been excellent over all.
Coffee time.