AUSSIE PODIATRISTS DISCUSSES CHILDREN'S SHOES
posted: Jan. 26, 2013.
PODIATRIST, ANDREW CHAPPELL, PRESIDENT OF THE TASMANIAN PODIATRY ASOCIATION, STATES, "WITH LESS THAN TWO WEEKS TO THE START OF SPRING TERM, PARENTS HAVE BEEN BUSY TRYING TO FIND THE BEST FOOTWEAR FOR THE YEAR AHEAD. IT IS IMPORTANT FOR SHOES TO BE THE CORRECT SIZE. AND MAKE SURE THEY ARE NOT TOO LARGE. HE RECOMMENDED SHOES WITH LACES OR VELCRO STRAPS WITH STRONG SUPPORT IN THE HEEL AND MIDFOOT. SHOES SHOULD BEND AT THE TOE NOT THROUGH THE MIDFOOT."
BROUGHT TO YOU BY DR. JOHN A. HARDY, OWNER OF ACADEMY FOOT AND ORTHOTIC CLINICS.