The next time you go shopping for shoes, pay attention to the wear and tear on your old ones. By evaluating the wear patterns on your old shoes, you can determine what fit will be best for you for your next pair. So, what exactly are your shoes trying to tell you? Here are the 6 basic wear patterns and how to adjust accordingly.
Shopping For Shoes? Read Your Old Shoes for Clues
- Wear on the ball of the foot: The tendons of your heels may be too tight. Stretch them out with some heel raises.
- Wear on the inner sole: You pronate or turn in when you’re walking. Inner liners or orthotic would probably be your best bet to fix this.
- Toe shaped ridges on the upper: You either need to face the fact that you need larger shoes, or you have hammertoes.
- Outer sole wear: You turn out when you walk, so try some orthotics.
- A bulge and wear to the side of the big toe: You may have a bunion or your shoes are too narrow.
- Wear above the toes of your shoe: The front of your shoe is too low.
Getting Professional Treatment
It is always our express intent to recommend that you take no chances with foot pain, ankle or knee pain, or injuries. Professional treatment to relieve the pain is available from doctors such as Delray Beach’s Dr. Ian Goldbaum of Delray Beach Podiatry, who has provided us with this blog. If the pain continues, a podiatrist with Dr. Goldbaum’s experience should be consulted. You must get proper treatment to prevent permanent damage. Also consider having a walk analysis done.
Our Staff writers are freelance writers with higher education related to, or experience researching and writing for, medical blogs; with education or experience equal to under graduate and graduate degrees in the fields of medicine.
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