WALKING BAREFOOT INDOORS AGGRAVATES ARTHRITIS

Thanks to working from home during the pandemic, more of us than ever are spending hours of the day in bare feet. It's often on hard floors, or wearing what Emma McConnachie, a podiatrist and spokeswoman for the College of Podiatry, calls “sloppy” shoes with little or no support. It can play havoc with your toe joints, she says, particularly if you already have signs of osteoarthritis, which can mean your joints are prone to pain and inflammation.

 

Emma McConnachie

 

“The best thing you can do if you have arthritic pain in your toes is to off-load the joints by wearing shoes indoors. Choose a slipper or indoor shoe, such as Crocs, with a shaped footbed and back support or, better still, have a pair of sneakers reserved for wearing in the house.”

 

Source: Peta Bee, The Times [2/16/21] 

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News