PODIATRIST STATES THAT NOT ALL FLIP-FLOPS ARE BAD
posted: Aug. 21, 2014.
AUSTIN PODIATRIST, DR. GARY PRANT STATES, "GOOD NEWS: FOOT DOCTORS NO LONGER HAVE TO FEEL GUILTY ABOUT PATIENTS WEARING FLIP-FLOPS. THEY ARE MUCH BETTER THAN THEY USED TO BE. SOME OF THEM HAVE PRETTY GOOD SUPPORT AND ARE NOT THOSE FLOPPY LITTLE RUBBER THONGS FROM YEARS GONE BY. NEW DESIGNS IN FLIP-FLOPS WITH FIRM SOLES AND ARCH SUPPORTS HAVE LED MANY DOCTORS TO FLIP-FLOP ON THE ISSUE".
WE DO RECOMMEND SUPPORTIVE SANDALS AT MY FOOT CLINIC SUCH AS BIRKENSTOCKS AND WE REALLY DONT REGARD THEM AS FLIPFLOPS. TRYING TO FIND A HAPPY-MEDIUM BETWEEN FASHION AND FUNCTION HAS ALWAYS BEEN DIFFICULT, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT COMES TO WOMEN.