A shoe is among the many products of footwear don on the foot basically for protection and comfort. Shoes are available in various classification such as style and design, specific function, sizes for adult and children, the gender of an individual, and others. They are either in a custom-made or in a ready-made items. Shoes can either create foot problem or help an individual with a foot problem. Instead of comfort and reason of use, an ill-fitted shoes develop or aggravate a foot deformity or add up to a pre-existing foot deformity, a poor blood circulation, a risk of musculoskeletal injuries, skin blisters and other serious medical conditions.
English: The foot of a person with Charcot-Marie-Tooth. The lack of muscle, high arch, and hammer toes are signs of the genetic disease. This patient was diagnosed with CMT-1A. Deutsch: atrophischer Hohlfuà bei hereditärer motosensibler Neuropathie I (Charcot-Marie-Tooth) (Photo credit: Wikipedia)
1. The best time to measure your feet is in the afternoon or at end of the day because as the day progresses your feet become larger/swollen from various activities
2. Stand up straight and with feet flat on the ground and ask someone to take the measurements.
3. The toes should have enough room to wiggle or move approximately 3/8 inch to ½ inch between the end of your longest toe and the end of the toe box and about the size of your thumb for side clearance. A tight shoe can create foot problems such as callus formation, corns, painful neuromas, and deformed toes. 4. No two feet are the same so fit your shoe with the larger foot. Extra pads and inserts that can take up room inside the shoe if it is too big.
5. Select a shoe that matches the general shape of your feet.
6. Don't go for a very tight shoes and hope that some day it will stretch and comfortable to wear
7. The height of the heel should be no more than 1½ inches. Higher the heel alter posture and gait producing excessive muscle fatigue and strain at the end of the day.
8. Laced shoes are easier to adjust and easier to keep on the feet compared to slip-ons. When lacing up the shoe, the width of the lace holes should be the same all the way to the top to obtain proper fitting.
9. Consider the type of foot, whether one has flat feet, high arches, or neutral feet. A high arch foot needs a well-cushioned shoe to improve shock absorption while a flat-footed individual needs a motion control to help limit excessive pronation.
10. I highly recommend that you go to a medical professional for foot problems or to an orthotist for a personalized shoe fitting.
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