TORONTO CHIROPODIST AND FOOT SPECIALIST SHARES TX PODIATRIST'S ADVICE HOW TO BUY ATHLETIC SHOES

PODIATRIST, DR. DANNY WHEAT WOULD PREFER THAT MORE PEOPLE WEAR ATHLETIC SHOES.  THINGS YOU SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR WHEN THEY BUY ATHLETIC SHOES. "THE HEEL COUNTER SHOULD BE RUNNING VERTICAL TO THE GROUND,"  HE SAID.  "AND THE HEEL CUP SHOULD GIVE YOU SUPPORT.  IF YOU PUSH DOWN ON IT, YOU SHOULDN'T BE ABLE TO CRUSH IT ALL THE WAY TO THE SOLE."

PODIATRIST WHEAT ADDED THAT THE SOLE SHOULD BEND AT THE BALL OF THE FOOT AND NOT AT THE ARCH.  ALSO, BECAUSE MOST OF US HAVE AN INWARD CURVATURE OF THE FOOT AT THE SMALL TOE, OUR SHOES SHOULD HAVE AN IN-TOED OR A STRAIGHT LAST,, WHICH REFERS TO THE SHAPE OF THE SHOE.  "IF YOU GET AN OUT-TOED LAST, YOU'RE GOING TO BE FIGHTING THAT SHOE ALL THE TIME," HE SAID.

BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. HARDY AND TORONTO CHIROPODIST AND FOOT SPECIALIST, MARZ HARDY, D.Ch., B.Sc., PODIATRIC MEDICINE AND THE TEAM FROM ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS

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