Today my step count is only about 6k from walking slowly next to our complex, but my right foot is already starting to hurt and I will put Voltaren gel on it before going to bed. I think I know why it is hurting - indoors, I did a lot of walking in my Adidas recovery slides, which do not offer as nearly as much support as sneakers do, and that is causing flare-ups where I had a stress fracture in 2021 and 2022.

It is so much better to avoid injury than to deal with it's aftermaths. I kick myself for stupidly allowing that stress fracture by moving apartments in totally unsupportive shoes