Wide toe box + support for Hypermobility
Hi all! I’ve been on a barefoot/minimalist shoe journey now for a few years. I have pretty wide feet (too wide for vivos and xero shoes) and they used to be completely flat. I wore strictly minimalist shoes for about a year and a half, primarily lems primal zen and Chelsea boots, and did a LOT of foot strengthening work to try and restore my arches. Now, I have hit a bit of a road block. I am extremely hypermobile, with a lot of joint laxity in the talus and the rest of my ankle. After working with a pro-minimalist shoe PT for the last year, I have come to the conclusion that even with strengthening the support muscles of the foot, I have days that the muscles just can’t support enough and I end up with pain and instability all the way up the chain. I need some support in my shoes to minimize this. But! I refuse to give up my wide toe box and I need to maintain a minimal heel toe drop to help stabilize my knees and hips. So ultimately I need a shoe that is wide (ideal for straight shaped feet rather than the inverted triangle shape), has some arch and heel support, but very little heel rise and no super squishy foam bc I really need to feel the floor. Does anyone know if such a shoe exists? Or have any resources that may help me find one?
TL;DR: I am familiar with minimalist shoes but need more support due to Hypermobility. Looking for shoe recs with wide toe box, arch support, and low/no heel drop without too much foam.
TIA!!!