TX PODIATRIST DISCUSSES HOW TO BUY ATHLETIC SHOES

PODIATRIST, DR. DANNY WHEAT STATES, "IF I HAD MY WAY, MORE OF US WOULD BE WEARING ATHLETIC SHOES. THINGS THAT PEOPLE SHOULD LOOK FOR WHEN BUYING ATHLETIC SHOES, THE HEEL SHOULD BE RUNNING VERTICAL TO THE GROUND 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.  THE SHOE SHOULD BEND AT THE BALL OF THE FOOT AND NOT AT THE ARCH.  ALSO, BECAUSE MOST OF US HAVE AN INWARD CURVATURE OF OUR 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, YOUR GOING TO BE FIGHTING THAT SHOE ALL OF THE TIME."

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT I MAKE SURE ALL OF THE CHIROPODISTS WHOM I EMPLOY DO WHICH EACH PATIENTS IS TO ADVISE THEM IN THE PROPER FOOT WEAR THAT THEY SHOULD BE WEARING.  THIS IS MUCH HARDER WITH FEMALE PATIENTS AS THEIR MOTTO USUALLY IS 'IT IS HOW I LOOK, NOT HOW I FEEL', BUT WE TRY.