When it comes to working all day long standing on your feet nothing is more important then to have the right pair of shoes.
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When it comes to working all day long standing on your feet nothing is more important then to have the right pair of shoes.
No matter if you are a Nurse, Doctor, or a Chef for that matter, if your feet hurt then you are running at 75% of your possibilities.
The buying of proper shoes for any of these professionals, or any other for that matter that needs to spend more time on their feet, then they care too, is an absolute must.
Traditionally the Nursing field have used the good old clunky shoes of the past, setting them apart from other professions by just wearing this one type of footwear.
But times have changed, you now see them wearing anything from cheap plastic clogs made God knows where, to regular sneakers, not considering the fact that in order to look stylish they are giving up comfort, and possible future problems with their feet and back.
There is a difference of opinion about which shoes provide you with the best comfort, but in the end it's the user feet that will let them know which brand works best for them.
Some of my wife's closest friends are in the nursing field and this subject of hurting feet comes up regularly. They have tried all the major brands, from Nurse Mates to Dansko with varying results, I often see them wear expensive sneakers to get the comfort they are looking for.
I must admit that Dansko usually gets pretty good marks, but from what they tell me it's a bit too pricey. Some people will go different directions in finding the comfort that they are looking for, we have 2 friends of ours getting costumed made orthotics to wear in their shoes and it did seem to alleviate the problems that they were having, although expensive...but very well worth the price.
When you realize what the outcome could be when wearing ill fitting fashionable shoes, that give you no support or comfort, then you are inviting future health problems with feet, knees or back.
By far the best thing to do is to have your feet measured after a long day at the salt mines.
When your day is done, walk in to your friendly shoe store, and have them measure your feet. This is the best time to get a real true size of your feet. You want to measure them when they are swollen, tired and smelly. We all try our shoes on when it's a fun day at the shopping mall, we are fresh, rested, and in the mood of spending money, after all, we just got paid. Wrong time to do it.
The thing to realize (and I'm sure you do) is that when you spend more time on your feet then your butt, you MUST take care of them.
It doesn't have to cost a fortune. There are quality products out there still made the old fashion way, leather instead of plastic, inner soles that work with your feet, because they are made of leather. Shop carefully out there; there are some great quality products that no one has discovered yet, and they are more affordable then you think. Not all of them are made in China. Happy feet will make you... SMILE.
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