PODIATRIST SEES SURGE IN FOOT INJURIES DURING THE LOCKDOWN

With COVID-19 forcing us all to spend more time at home, most of us are spending more time in our slippers. Podiatrists say that’s a problem, and they’ve seen a surge in foot injuries since lockdown began. “Slippers or sandals or Ugg boots … have always had a risk,” podiatrist Jessica Johnson told Tony Jones, filling in for Neil Mitchell.

 

Jessica Johnson

 

“Now that’s really being impacted because we’re spending more time at home. “We’re seeing young professionals working from home wearing their trendy fur sandals or their Ugg boots from the moment they get up to the moment they’re going to bed.

 

Source: Tony Jones, Mornings With Neil Mitchell, 3aw.com [6/2/20]

Courtesy of Barry Block, editor of PM News.