PROPER FOOTWEAR CAN PREVENT INJURIES ACCORDING TO PODIATRIST

Podiatrist, Dr. Elizabeth Scheiber states, "then Teree Harrison decided to start actively walking last year, she was focused on her waistline, not her footwear.  She never used to think about it. If she found a pair of shoes that fit, I bought them. Usually they were men's shoes because her feet are big, so she had to go into the men's sizes, and then they were too wide, so her foot would move around a lot in them. As a result, she suffered a stress fracture. This is not unusual. I see a lot of this kind of injury from wearing the wrong shoes. I see patients with black and blue toenails from wearing shoes that are too big or too small.  Getting the proper fit means being measured every time you shop for shoes. What you should do is go into a reputable sneaker store initially so they can watch your gait, how you're walking up and down, and they have to notice how long your foot is down on the ground."  

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