Building on my previous blog, I will be discussing what serious damage different shoes can cause to your feet. Also, from an article that I have read, titled “On Your Feet,” by January W. Payne, as also mentioned in my previous blog, it is a well known fact that women have a much harder time finding shoes that fit compared to men. This is because of the fact that men’s shoes are available in a larger variety of widths.
Women, on the other hand, are not given many options when it comes to widths of the shoe. Women are viewed to have petite feet, which are slender in shape; therefore, you do not see very many designer brands offering their shoes in different widths for women. However, this has seemed to bring about quite a few health problems for women.
· “That risk can include bunions, stress fractures, joint pain in the ball of the foot, Morton’s neuroma, ‘pump bumps’ (enlargement of the bony area on the back of heel), corns and calluses, hammertoe, toenail problems and tight heel cords (shortening or tightening the Achilles tendon)” (quoted by January W. Payne).
Not all of these problems are due to the fact that women’s shoes are not offered in a larger variety of widths, although it is a major contributing factor. But also, a lot of these problems can be caused from women not buying the right size shoe, or simply from purchasing a shoe just for fashion, rather than comfort.
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