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Flip Flops Are Dangerous Footwear

{ 2:15 PM, 17/11/2008 } { 0 comments } { Link }

Recently, I found an interesting article that talks about how flip flops may be a dangerous footwear. I was intrigued by that and explored a bit further. Here is what I've found.

The first thing doctors and medics say about them is that they are bad for your health. Flip flops can lead to joint pain, twisted ankles and shin splints. This happens because wearing flat shoes will stretch your calf muscles a bit too much. And since flip-flops are as flat as they can possibly be, they do make the damage. Your Achilles' tendon will be strained and you can feel the pain off for two weeks of wearing flip-flops. That thong we have between the toes does not offer a good support.

We shoot only wear flip-flops at the beach and replace them with shoe was as soon as possible. The statistics say that there were 55,000 people coming to hospital with flip-flops related complaints. I think that this is the best reason to wear flat shoes as little as possible. I know there are many other shoes that are causing trouble for our feet. But this problem with flip-flops will not subside so easily. And that is the main reason to wear them as little as possible.

I knew about high heel dangers and the troubles they can make. But these new flip-flops thing is something I didn't know nothing about. I guess that my next summer will be a bit different than the last one.
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