Enough!!! We spent much time discussing about the cold war between the shoes and our feet. But do any of you agree that shoes are enemies to our feet? Shoes are the best comfort givers to our feet but some shoes are probably not. With some shoes I mean, high heels, stilettos, pointy toe sandals and any ill-fitting shoes that may risk your foothealth. Can you make any guess that how far an ill-fitting shoe hampers your foothealth. If not, have a reading of the below mentioned foot issues with ill-fitting footwear.

• Too long and broad shoes provide poor support to the articulations and risk the fallen arches and tendonitis.
• Such footwear enables unusual comfort on the soles of our feet while walking.
• Develops calluses and corns on your feet.
• Too short and narrow shoes compress your feet and thus results to toe deformities like over lapping toes, hallux valgus etc.
• They provide ill support to the articulations thus affecting ankles, knees, and legs.
• They are prone to affect the blood circulation in our feet.
• Wearing high heels for a long time leads to twisted ankles and strained tendons.

So, with every shoe we have certain things to consider for maintaining a good foot health without compromising comfort. Here is the list of the things to consider;

• Make sure your shoes snugly fit in the heel area and thus provide ample room in the toe area.
• Prefer footwear designed with breathable yet light weight materials like leather and canvas that ensure maximum comfort to your feet thus allowing them breathe properly inside the shoes.
• Wedges tend to break your ankles as they are rigid and don’t bend where the toes join the foot. So, go for some other style with toes slightly off the ground thus allowing natural heel-to-toe motion.
• Wearing high heels gradually changes the natural shape of the feet and shortens the calf ligaments thus leading to the formation of bunions. Heels tend to put excessive pressure on the ball of the foot thus giving lower back pains. So it wise, if you occasionally prefer wearing your high heels for any special occasion.

Once you follow the above mentioned considerations, then you are almost in the safer side. Trust me, all shoes wont risk your foot health except some. So be much choosier about shoes with regard to your foot health.