TRANSITION TO SUMMER SHOES
posted: Apr. 19, 2012.
THE TRANSITION TO SUMMER SHOES CAN CAUSE FOOT PROBLEMS ACCORDING TO PODIATRIST, DOCTOR DAMIEN LUCIUS. THE MOST COMMON COMPLAINTS IN SPRING AND EARLY SUMMER ARE PLANTAR FASCIITIS AND ACHILLES PAIN CAUSED BY PEOPLE GOING RIGHT FROM SHOES WITH CUSHIONS AND HEELS TO FLIP FLOPS AND BARE FEET. DID YOU KNOW THAT A VERY COMMON CAUSE OF PLANTAR FASCIITS IS WALKING OR ESPECIALLY RUNNING BARE FOOT IN SAND. IT FEELS GOOD AND GETS RID OF CALLOUSES BUT IS BAD FOR YOUR FEET.
CHANGING IN TO SUMMER SHOES SHOULD BE A TRANSITION BY WEARING FLATTER SHOES FOR A COUPLE HOURS A DAY OVER A FEW WEEKS. MOST FOOT SPECIALISTS, INCLUDING FOOT DOCTORS, CHIROPODISTS AND PODIATRISTS AGREE THAT IF PLANTAR FASCIITIS OCCURS IT IS IMPORTANT TO HAVE IT TREATED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.