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Are flip-flops damaging your career and your health?

According to Meghan Cleary, style commentator and author of the book 'The Perfect Fit: What Your Shoes Say about You', flip-flops send out the wrong signals in the work environment. She explained "Shoes convey the mood of a woman. Wearing flip-flops conveys the mood that you are relaxed and on vacation. Thats not a good message"

Doctors also seem to think that the damage extends beyond your career. According to Physicians at the American College of Foot and Ankle surgeons they see a link between flip-flops and the growing number of heel problems among teens and young adults. Spokesman Marybeth Crane said in a recent statement "We're seeing more heel pain than ever in patients 15 to 25 years old, a group that usually doesn't have this problem".

Why is it that everything that is so good always turns out to be so bad? Oh well, you won't see me parting with either my flip-flops or my heels any time soon, talk about suffering for fashion!

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So just what exactly ARE we supposed to wear on our feet?!! Doctors tell us not to wear heels excessively as they're bad for your knees, back, balls of the feet, and now they say flip flops are damaging too! Seems we can't win girls!!!

Posted by: Fi | July 11, 2006 2:12 PM

I get heel pain from wearing ballet flats, can't win can we =[

Posted by: Julia | July 11, 2006 4:23 PM

Personally, I think more women should invest in a palanquin (A type of sedan chair, set on 2-4 poles; for more detail see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palanquin ) and a couple of hunky blokes to carry us about.

That way, we could wear our most gorgeous shoes, for all the world to see, with minimal pain (and think how much you'll save, not having to re-heel or re-sole your favourite shoes all the time!!).

It might be a slow-moving mode of transport, but well worth the sacrifice of speed. You could think of yourself as a modern-day Cleopatra, in all your opulence, being toted about town on display! Sure beats a limo!

Let the revolution start here!!!

Posted by: Erin | July 11, 2006 4:52 PM

i am a big heel fan myself and i actually think i should wear more flat shoes as i am a bit worried about my heel tendon becoming too short. overdoing anything is bad for your health, the best thing is to find the inbetween...

Posted by: kris | July 11, 2006 6:28 PM

Due to my excessively flat feet (curse you, genetics), I practically live my life in flats and flip flops are my usual shoe of choice. I mean essentially it's almost as if you are walking barefoot right? How could that be bad?

Posted by: Aliya | July 11, 2006 9:56 PM

The problem with "essentially walking barefoot" in flipflops is that the human foot evolved to walk barefoot on dirt and loose rocks, not hard pavement. The heel problems are because you get excessive stress placed on the heel and foot muscles.

I really dislike flip-flops myself - I have short, stubby toes on wide feet, and the straps and toe thing are hardly ever comfortably placed for me.

Posted by: oliviacw | July 12, 2006 6:16 AM

I am a heel wearer - every day - and find that on those days when I quickly toss on a pair of flip-flops, I get terrible foot cramps and heel pain. I will be buried in 4-inch Loubatin heels! Forget forever in blue jeans, it's forever in 4-inch heels for me!

Posted by: Sheila | July 14, 2006 2:20 PM

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