Hi TBDE!

Welcome! How long have you had RSD in your foot? Is this the initial site? You can wear shoes but not socks? Is that because socks are just too binding? I worked for a LONG time at desensitization and I still work at it with my right foot desensitizing it. When I woke from surgery my ankle felt shattered and my foot could not tolerate a sheet on it, or the water from a shower to hit it. The only shoe I wear is a croc. That's too bad that they won't work for you. Too much support for me in the arch of my foot only leads to severe cramping and spasms.

Tips & Tricks: Well... touch it... often. I would do this in the bath. I would bathe often. Water also helps desensitize it. I would take lotion and rub it on. I would force myself not to guard it and just do it. eventually I would rub different textures on it. To this day I make myself touch it. Especially if it is heightened.

My foot stays SO COLD that I welcome socks. I wear them in summer and look nuts doing this!

Gosh, not sure if I helped, but there it is, and I wear crocs and socks lol And I can even tolerate a shower now. It takes a good deal of time and I think it will always be very sensitive.