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Old 01-07-2008, 02:25 PM   #1 (permalink)
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Flips-Flop sandals lead to leg/foot problems
I've always noticed that my walk is fifferent when I wear flip-flops. Especially, when there is not ankle band (wrap around). After my sandals were stolen, and then another pair wore out quickly, and my old Nike's went to pot, I was wearing paper thin flip-flops. The bottoms of my feet hurt, and my ankle felt twinges. When I wear regular shoes I was better and feel better. You can't skimp out on quality footwear.

Here's a brief article about a recent study.

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Summer Flip-Flops May Lead to Foot Pain

Flip-flops can be bad for your feet and legs. (Bill Cunningham/The New York Times)
Flip-flops are a mainstay of summertime footwear, but they can be painfully bad for your feet and legs, new research shows.


Researchers from Auburn University in Alabama studied the biomechanics of the flip-flop and determined that wearing thong-style flip-flops can result in sore feet, ankles and legs.


“We found that when people walk in flip-flops, they alter their gait, which can result in problems and pain from the foot up into the hips and lower back,'’ said Justin Shroyer, a biomechanics doctoral student who presented the findings to the recent annual meeting of the American College of Sports Medicine in Indianapolis.
For the study, the researchers recruited 39 college-age men and women and asked them to wear flip-flops or athletic shoes. They then had them walk a platform that measured vertical force as their feet hit the ground. A video camera measured stride length and limb angles.


Flip-flop wearers took shorter steps and their heels hit the ground with less vertical force than when the same walkers wore athletic shoes. People wearing flip-flops also don’t bring their toes up as much as the leg swings forward. That results in a larger angle to the ankle and a shorter stride length, the study showed. The reason may be that people tend to grip flip-flops with their toes.


Mr. Shroyer notes that he himself owns two pairs of flip-flops, and the research doesn’t mean people shouldn’t wear them. However, flip-flops are best worn for short periods of time, like at the beach or for comfort after an athletic event. But they are not designed to properly support the foot and ankle during all-day wear, he notes.


Link: Summer Flip-Flops May Lead to Foot Pain - Well - Tara Parker-Pope - Health - New York Times Blog
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makes sense really.
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ideal for asians who can't seem to lift their feet off the ground when they walk anyway.

personally i hate flip flops and always have
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Better of barefoot.
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Get a good pair of sandals like Keen and they will offer the proper arch support needed for comfort.
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I can't wear the things... Too annoying...

They try to market them as fashion items too... A piece of unsupported foam slapping off the base of your foot can't be good for you...

Doctor Martens boots didn't get that name for nothing....
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interesting. Have to reduce my flip flop habit now.
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I would never wear them outside the shower, I wear daily and even in my house a pair of Timberland or Topsider deck shoes, if people don't want to wear their shoes in my house then they dont need to come in or they damn sure dont want me in their house cause I wear shoes.
If you think flip,flops are good for your feet then how come all Thai feet look like boxing gloves or catchers mitts?
Plus bare feet in my house?? what with 20 000 virus spores and bacteris on em,, fuck no.
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Chaco sandals are the thing!

They're actually pretty good for your feet
I've hiked 15 miles a day in them without any problems.
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I was born with thongs on ( flip flops ) - you need to know how to run with them on
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Flip-flops? I live in them, work too. Just make sure you use the ones with the strap between your toes and not the ones with the strap over the top of your foot. Those are for girls.
Haven't noticed any problems, but, then again, I can run as fast in flip-flops as shoes.
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If you are indeed a "typical Thai expat loser" as you described yourself in another thread, then flip-flops are not only de rigeur, but, a necessary accessory.
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^HeHe.. only Scholl fitness flip flops for me, sire.
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I prefer slip on shoes, look at the state of his feet wearing those between the toes man's flip flop.


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I brought a couple of pairs of Church's with me. Took a while to find somewhere that could re-sole them properly but you won't catch me in flip-flops.

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Hate flip flops. Can't stand that bit of plastic between the big toe and the second toe, like it's cutting right into my foot. Worst piece of footwear next to this:

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If I'm wearing sandals, I only wear Keens. I can wear them all day and no problems from blisters or pains in feet, like I get when I wear Thai thongs or sandals. I brought them back for my wife and three kids but they don't wear them nearly as much as I do.
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