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  2. What 'breaking in' your shoes is actually doing to your feet

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    Even if your feet get used to the kind of hobble-inducing pain a too-small shoe can invite, this isn't a good sign -- it just means that your foot has adapted to the discomfort, which means that ...

  3. Podiatrists Share Pros and Cons of Barefoot Shoes: Do You ...

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    ST-5. Barefoot shoes usually offer no arch support by design, but some shoes like the Topo Athletic ST-5’s offer minimal support with the included removable insole.The insole makes the shoe feel ...

  4. The best orthopedic shoes in 2025, according to experts - AOL

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    Foot, hip and knee pain can be caused by the unlikeliest sources — including your old, ill-fitting shoes. Even if your favorite shoes are brand new, a poor fit could lead to discomfort, pain ...

  5. Barefoot - Wikipedia

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    Shoes, while they offer protection, can limit the flexibility, strength, and mobility of the foot and can lead to higher incidences of flexible flat foot, bunions, hammer toe, and Morton's neuroma. Walking and running barefoot results in a more natural gait, allowing for a more rocking motion of the foot, eliminating the hard heel strike and ...

  6. Slide (footwear) - Wikipedia

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    Slides typically aren't designed with a front and back end, which forces the wearer's toes to grip harder to keep the footwear in place, causing foot pain, and with more frequent usage it could change the toe's natural shape and growth, leading to hammertoes. These issues can be solved by wearing slides with a higher heel height, and more ...

  7. Toe box - Wikipedia

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    Shoes with a variety of toe boxes. The toe box is the section of footwear that surrounds the toes on closed-toe shoes. [1] Toe boxes that are too tight can cause injuries and foot deformities, whereas wider toe boxes may be used to treat or prevent common foot conditions such as broken toes, [2] [3] bunions, [4] [5] and Morton's neuroma. [6]

  8. Shoe insert - Wikipedia

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    A pair of orthopedic insoles A pair of regular leather inner soles. A removable shoe insert, otherwise known as a foot orthosis, insole or inner sole, accomplishes many purposes, including daily wear comfort, height enhancement, plantar fasciitis treatment, arch support, foot and joint pain relief from arthritis, overuse, injuries, leg length discrepancy, and other causes such as orthopedic ...

  9. Foot pain? These podiatrist-approved Skechers have heel-to ...

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    Few things put you in a sour mood faster than foot pain. Whether it’s that dull ache from walking all day, a bothersome bunion or the toe-curling sting of plantar fasciitis, it’s no walk in ...