Tips
for shoes that are useful to your feet
Buying the right shoes is an investment in foot health.
However, how would you find ones that fit appropriately and
provide sufficient support?
Daily Health Tips: Start with your own feet
and look at what's already in your closet, recommends Harvard Medical School.
Stand barefoot on a bit of cardboard or paper, and trace the shape of every
foot. Now take your shoes, one by one, and place them on top of the drawing. In
case you're similar to the vast majority, your "comfortable" shoes
will closely coordinate the outline of your own feet.
Identify the shoes that cause pain. In case you're a woman,
most of these will be shoes with high heels or narrow toes. Check to see if the
toe of the shoe is shorter or narrower than your own toes.
When you're ready to supplant some of that uncomfortable
footwear, these tips can assist:
1: Hold up
until the afternoon to shop for shoes - your feet naturally grow with use
during the day and may swell in hot weather.
2: Wear the
same kind of socks that you intend to wear with the shoes.
3: Stand in the
shoes. Make sure you have no less than a quarter- to a half-inch of space
between your longest toe and the shoe's end.
4: Have the
salesman measure both of your feet - and get measured each time you buy new
shoes. If one foot is wider or larger than the other, buy a size that fits the
larger foot.
5: Walk around
in the shoes to decide how they feel. Is there enough room at the balls of the
feet? Do the heels fit cozily, or do they slip off or pinch? Try not to
rationalize that the shoes just need to be "broken in" or that
they'll stretch with time - Health Tips. Find shoes that fit from the begin.
6: Trust your
own comfort level rather than a shoe's description or size. Sizes change
starting with one manufacturer then onto the next. And no matter how
comfortable an Ad claims those shoes are, you're the real judge.
7: Feel the
inside of the shoes to see if they have any seams, tags, or other material that
may irritate your cause blisters or feet.
8: Turn the
shoes over and examine the soles. Is it accurate to say that they are
sufficiently tough to give assurance from sharp objects? Do they give any
cushioning? Additionally, take the sole test as you walk around the shoe store:
do the soles cushion against effect? Try to walk on hard surfaces as well as
carpet to see how the shoes feel.
