PODIATRIST STATES THAT FLIP FLOPS LACK NECESSARY SUPPORT FOR LONG TIME USE
posted: May 21, 2018.
Those rubber flip-flops you picked up for cheap are fine for the beach, but you won’t want to wear them all day. They have virtually no arch support, which means your feet will start to turn toward the middle of your body instead of staying straight. When that happens, you’re more likely to sprain your ankle, says Eunice Ramsey-Parker, DPM, MPH, associate professor of podiatric medicine and clinic administrator of the Foot Center of New York. “They won’t trip over anything, but because they don’t have support, they twist their ankle in or out,” she says.
Dr. Eunice Ramsey-Parker |
Without the right support, your plantar fascia, the band of tissue in the arch of your foot, will start to pull. That pulling inflames the tissue, making your arch red and painful from a condition called plantar fasciitis. “When you try to step down on your foot, you have excruciating pain in the arch,” says Dr. Ramsey-Parker.
Source: Marissa Laliberte, Reader's Digest
Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PMP News.
Brought to you by Doctor John A. Hardy, owner of Torontos foot clinic, Academy Foot and Orthotic Clinics.