If you have been experiencing foot pain
for some time now, you might want to consider the shoes that you are
wearing. But you have to learn first the type of shoes that is
appropriate for your feet. You see, the reason why you are experiencing a
lot of problems with your shoes right now is perhaps the result of not knowing whats the right shoes to use.
You
can simply approach an expert on running shoes, a salesperson perhaps,
to help you find the right pair of shoes to buy, or you can figure it
out yourself. You can simply check the shape of your feet to figure out
what shoes willl be good for you. If you want to do it on your own, you
can simply do the footprint test. Wet your feet and walk on the sand or
on a piece of paper and see how your footprint looks like.
According
to physicians there are only 3 different types of feet. The 3 type of
feet are flat, high-arched and neutral. Knowing the characteristics of
each type will make it a lot easier to figure out what type of feet you
have.
Flat Footed Type
At
first glance, you will know if you have a flat foot. If you don't see
any curve on your foot, then you probably have a flat foot. If your
quite doubtful, check your foot from your heels to your toes and see if
it has any curve. If none, then you are 100 percent flat footed. You can
confirm this by doing the footprint test I have suggested above. Look
for inward curves on your foot print. If you don't see any sign of it,
then you are probably flat footed.
For those who have a flat foot you need to wear shoes that can control motion and has a stability support. You can also use a shoe insert for office type of shoes.
A flat foot tends to roll inwards when in motion. That is why support
and stability is needed for flat footed people. In going to the office
and/or other activities, you can use a shoe insert as well.
Foot With High Arch
The
opposite of the flat footed type is high-arched footed. If a flat foot
implies that there's no curve on the foot, then high-arch also implies
that there is too much curve on the foot. You can also confirm this
using the footprint test. During the test, observe the footprint. If you
see that the midsection is quite slim then you sure to have a
high-arched foot.
High-arched footed
runs with their foot moving outward. If you have this condition, you
should know that your foot size increases especially if you use your
feet that often. For this type of foot you need to use a flex support
type of shoes.
Neutral or Normal Footed
If
your foot is not like anything I have mentioned above, then you have
what is called a normal type of foot. With a normal footed feet you need
not to worry about the type of shoes to wear because you can use
whatever type you wanted to.
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Now that
you know how to determine the type of feet you have, you can now get
the right type of shoes to buy as well as the right shoe insert to use.
When choosing and buying shoes, see to it that you know certain
information about the product you wish to buy. Read reviews on shoe inserts and/or orthotic inserts as much as possible. It would be very helpful in your decision making in the future.
