Are any of those funny looking shoes good for heel pain?

You must mean shape-ups or toning shoes or those MBT shoes. These shoes are heavy.  They can also tighten up the Achilles Tendon and calf muscles.  You can walk all day in them and you won’t get nice looking calfs.  Eat better and exercise is the only prescription for good looking legs.  Sorry, but there is no way around that.  These “toning shoes” can also eventually cause heel pain because of the added weight.