As the saying goes, only you know whether the shoes fit or not, but do you really know whether the shoes fit?
Don’t wear narrow shoes. Step on the paper
with bare feet, first draw the outline of the foot on the paper with a pen, and then draw the outline of the sole of the shoes you often wear on the paper. If the outline of the sole is narrower than the footprint, then It means that we have been wearing shoes narrower than our feet for a long time.
Wearing narrow shoes for a long time will cause the toes to gather together and easily form hallux valgus. In addition, the space at the toe of the shoe is small and the air circulation is difficult, which is easy to cause bacteria to grow. Ill-fitting shoes can also easily form pressure on the front half of the foot, resulting in poor blood flow and even deformation. In the long run, it may change your walking posture and cause damage to the knee cartilage.
Buy shoes in the afternoon, because the feet are relatively small in the morning, and in the afternoon, the feet are slightly swollen after walking and exercising. At this time, it is more suitable to try on shoes, and you will not buy shoes that are narrower than your feet. If you have already bought narrow shoes, you can squeeze the waste newspaper into a ball, the tighter the better, soak the whole ball of newspaper in water, but not too wet, and then wrap the wet newspaper ball with a piece of dry newspaper, Tuck in where the shoes pinch your feet, seal the shoes in a plastic bag overnight, and the next day you will notice that the shoes are not so narrow.
Hidden dangers in the soles
High-heeled shoes are a common direct cause of knee cartilage damage, especially high-heeled shoes over 5 cm, which will make people unable to use the foot muscles to support the body normally, and it is difficult for the body to maintain balance. burden, resulting in increased friction in the knee joint. Even the seemingly stable chunky high heels put a lot of pressure on the knee cartilage. When women wear high-heeled shoes, the center of gravity falls on the front of the feet, and the knees are prone to push back, that is, hyper-extended. This situation will accelerate the wear and tear of the knee cartilage and cause knee pain. In addition, the pelvis will be tilted forward, causing the buttocks to tilt up, the lumbar spine to bend forward excessively, and the compression of the lumbar joints will be accelerated and the length of the back muscles will be shortened. In the long run, the lower abdominal muscles will loosen and the backache will appear.
Some flat shoes, such as mille-soled cloth shoes, snow boots and other shoes may seem safe, but the soles that are too flat provide little or no support for the feet and can cause many serious foot and leg problems. Such as putting pressure on the foot, bending the knee inward, etc. The awkward gait caused by wearing such flat shoes increases the risk of knee injuries and the likelihood of back pain.
When walking in hard-soled shoes, the knee cartilage bears 7% to 15% more pressure than when walking barefoot, wearing flip flops or soft flat shoes, because the hard soles not only cannot correct the pressure on the feet, but also Increased pressure. When a person walks, the impact force of the heel on the ground can reach the head along the bones and spine of the lower limbs. The hard sole cannot slow down this impact force, so that as much as 60% of the body weight is pressed on the heel when the foot touches the ground. The uploaded momentum will cause pain in the ankles, knees, hip joints and waist.
The most easily overlooked hidden danger is slippers. Slippers cannot provide enough support for the feet. When walking in slippers, the center of gravity of the body will unconsciously lean forward, and the knees will bend habitually, which will greatly increase the pressure on the knee cartilage, and it will easily lead to calf muscle sprains and soles of the feet. Fasciitis, if things go on like this, the cartilage tissue of the ankle and knee joints will degenerate.
Many elderly people are reluctant to throw away their shoes after they wear loose or worn out, or they don’t fasten their shoelaces when they wear them. Wearing such shoes is like wearing slippers, which will have a bad impact on the body.
When choosing shoes for the elderly, it is best to choose a high toe cap, the toes can be slightly bent at the toe cap, and there should be at least 0.5 to 1 cm of space at the front of the shoe for the toes to move. The shoes should not be too narrow, and there should be 0.5 cm of room for movement on the left and right. The heel part of the shoe must be properly hard, preferably with a wedge heel of 2 to 3 cm. Such shoes can protect the feet the most, and people's walking posture will be better.
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