Dr. Howard Green, president of the B.C. Podiatric Medical Association, told CTVNews.ca that the increase in foot pain he has seen in patients has come from a variety of sources, including not wearing prescriptive insoles or custom orthotics.
"Without the support of the shoe, then people can develop pains in their arches, heels, ankles, knees back, hips, and what normally would routinely seem like an easy task to do, now all of a sudden they have pain and discomfort with it," Green said. "Bumps, bruises and even the incidence of fractures have been noted to be on the rise due to more people than usual stubbing unprotected toes," he added.
"Some slippers have an actual sole to them that would give you an element of protection, as well as warmth and comfort. So there is a benefit to wearing slippers and then if someone has a prescription insole or orthotic, whether a slipper can accommodate it or not again depends on the style," Green said.
"This might include injuries like breaking a toe on a table or chair leg, stepping on a foreign body like a carpet tack, catching the foot on the edge of a tile or step, or tripping in tight spaces," Schumacher told CTVNews.ca in an email on Friday."With many physicians not working or working through telemedicine, injuries are getting missed or under treated," he said.
Some doctors are calling it a hoax like my husbands doctor.
Your Trump bashing was funnier than this crap.
Yup I am noticing this personally
Ok, less exercise maybe but other than that, working from home is just fine.
That explains a lot!
we really ARE becoming a bubble wrap society
And this is newsworthy? Who would employ reporters to search for information about this shit? Only those managers or editors that have smashed their bare feet into table legs. How about providing information that is important to the masses, not the knuckleheads in the newsroom
I can attest to that. I absolutely need to where good supportive shoes at home all the time now.
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