Flip-Flop Flaws

ACT LIKE A MAN AND WEAR DOCKSIDERS!!

As a former elementary school nurse, I would like to add a note about safety and flip-flops. Although my school system discouraged wearing of these shoes, and prohibited it during gym, many children, especially girls, wore them anyway. They experienced many injuries, minor to major, from the instability and lack of protection for the foot.

A) Spend more that $4.99 and you will find that the flops you get are contoured and conmfortable to wear, stop being so cheap! B) If you would buy the right size flops you don't have to scrunch your toes to keep them on. C) Scientists are getting paid to study flip flops?! WTF!

A) Spend a little extra money and buy a nice flip flop, like reef or cobian, the soles are contoured and comfortable to walk on. B) If you buy flip flops that actually fit correctly you dont have to scrunch your toes to keep them on. C) Scientists are wasting their time on flip flop studies? WTF?

Do we really need a study to tell us flip flops are bad for the wearers? Just watching flip flop wearers makes my knees and ankles hurt. I've never seen the appeal of flip flops. I think they're kind of nasty, definitely uncomfortable, and unbelievably ugly.

Chaco river sandals are the only sandal footbed approved by the American Academy of Podiatrists. I'm a guide in Utah and wear mine almost all year with no issues.

MEN who wear them look like F@GS!

I think that there is a difference between the flat cheap flip flops with the rubber sole of less than an inch and other sandals in the style of the flip flops. Flip flops have evolved since the so-called beach/locker room days and now most pairs over $10 do provide arch support.

Indexcard- And shoes are bad for your feet too. They jam your toes together. They cause your feet to sweat, which promotes fungus growth, and foot odors. And there are millions of people in other parts of the world who wear flip-flops without having problems. The reason people like swienke, can't keep the flip-flops on their feet, is because they're too dumb to adjust,to wearing them, having grown-up wearing shoes all their lives.

Oh gee, because ONE person on a message board has conflicting evidence, IT'S ALL FALSE!

Anecdotal evidence means diddly squad, so shut up. The majority of people haven't lived their entire lives with flip flops anyway, so for the majority of people, this study does apply. Just because it doesn't apply to a single case doesn't mean it's some evil lie or a grand conspiracy, mmkay?

Well, dawebnerd, you're one lucky person. Although flip-flops may not affect your feet much, trust me when I say that most people eventually do suffer because of them. As for the flip-flops rarely falling off, I've found that to be completely untrue. I never wear them because they generally fall off within 20 to 30 strides, but that may just be because I'm flat-footed and I walk a little bit differently from most people. But hey, if they work for you then all the power to you!

What a bunch of bull. Having lived in Hawaii all my life (50+ years), I have always worn flip-flops, or as we call them here, slippers or slippahs. Even when I was going to college on the mainland, I'd wear slippers in the snow. I have never suffered the problems you've mentioned. If you look at my feet, you'll see nice wide toes, that aren't impacted, like you would get from jamming your toes into a shoe.. The reason that people try to grip the thong with their toes, is due to the fact that they have not use to properly wear their flip-flops. They have a fear that the flip-flops will fly off their feet, but that rarely happens. People here play pick-up games of basketball or flag football. However, wearing slippahs, have given me very good strength to grip things with my big and second toes. I can pick dropped items like rubber bands using my toes, or in the morning when I go outside to get my morning paper, which is inside a plastic bag, I can grasp the paper with toes and flip it in the air to catch it. Why don't you look at people who have grown up wearing slippers, instead of people who are more use to wearing shoes.

Well Duh! Of course flip flops every freakin day are bad for your feet. Any podiatrist worth their salt will tell you it's also not really the best idea to wear the exact same shoe day in & day out either, for exactly the same reasons listed above - the muscles in your feet/legs that help coordinate your gait need a different "challenge" at least every 2 days. Different muscles are engaged & others get to relax when you mix it up a bit. You don't use your body in the exact same movements day in & day out, so why would you think your feet should be any different? There's no sole support. What amazes me is why so many people would want to wear shoes that your feet have to try7 hold on to with every step. 5 min in a pair of too "flappy" shoes & my feet are killing me. Too much work...I just wanna walk, not worry about if my shoe is gonna fall off or worse, fall apart if someone accidentally steps on the back, with every step. LOL...imagine what would happenin an emergency situation if you needed to climb up on or over something - you'd be *** outta luck cause you aren't wearing real shoes!