Beware of flip-flops

Sam Hobert, 19, has suffered for his flip-flops. A few years ago, he broke his right big toe after slamming his foot into a rock while hiking in New Hampshire in his favourite summertime footwear.

On a warm day a few weeks ago, the first-year student at George Washington University was nursing blisters, courtesy of a pair of new brown leather “flops” from the Gap.

“It’s looks over comfort,” he says. “But I’m regretting it a little bit. I’m not gonna lie.”

It’s springtime, and flip-flops — the airy sandal with the distinctive thwack-thwack soundtrack — are back,adidas superstar shoes Handbags are especially designed to offer the elegant and attractive look to you that you have ever dreamed of much to the frustration of podiatrists. Wearing flip-flops can cause problems ranging from stubbed toes and cuts to overuse injuries such as foot stress fractures.

Now that the weather is warm, says Howard Osterman, a podiatrist for 20 years, he will see at least one patient with a flip-flop injury every day through September.

Osterman treats a lot of tourists whose flip-flops aren’t up to the rigours of eight-hour days tromping around Washington — “kids from Wisconsin who didn’t know they’d need a podiatrist when they went on vacation,” he said.

But the “main culprits” doing themselves damage,he supra shoes is one of the most colorful shoes in the Nike 'Mid-size' dunks family he says, are young staffers and interns on Capitol Hill who pound the marble floors of Congress in flip-flops (hopefully on their way to change into more professional footwear) or ballet flats.

The No. 1 problem he sees from the shoes are overuse injuries such as stress fractures of the metatarsals, the five long bones that reach out to the toes. A stress fracture happens after constant, repetitive stress to a bone and is generally treated with rest,But the West View parent handbook is silent on Chapstick, though it does say medicated lip balm requires a medical form, much like other over-the-counter drugs that children might need at school. The letter Boyd received, from asics shoes sale, simply said, "Do not send Chapstick or cough drops to school with your child." more-supportive shoes and perhaps a walking boot.

Many of the less-expensive flip-flop styles consist of just a flat piece of rubber and the toe thong. The lack of arch support can cause another common foot injury: plantar fasciitis, inflammation of the thick band of tissue along the bottom of the foot that causes a stabbing pain, especially in the heel. People with flatter arches are more prone to such overuse injuries because they need more support for their muscles and ligaments, Osterman says.

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