Posted: 8/13/2004 4:15:06 AM EDT
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I stand on my feet at my hospital clinical site 8 hours a day, and do a bit of walking around too. I need some idea of some good tennis/athletic/walking type shoe that would be comfortable for long stretches of time. I notice now that after a while the base of my toes and metatarsals (the metatarsophalangeal joints) are getting really sore and if I bend them they shoot fire throughout that area. - very painful. Any recommendations on good shoes for extended standing? Do those gel inserts help at all? These shoes need to be preferably leather (easier to clean up blood, puke, and stuff off them). Thanks! |
+1 ...as soon as I wore through my last pair of Ecco shoes, I immediately went out and bought another pair exactly like them...kept the old ones to have them repaired when I get a chance. |
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I'll leave the brand names to those with hard set opinions. I would however like to point out a couple obvious things. The two most important things for a shoe for being on your feet all day is arch support and heal impact absorbance. Duty boots/low quarters like used in the MIL or LEOs for example provide both. You'll find shoes designed for waitresses and nurses to be of similar design which is a leather upper and thick rubber sole. Tennis shoes are excellent walking shoes or running however standing in one place for extended periods I can think of no shoe worse but then I have never worn high heals.  Tj |
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Birkenstock makes very nice shoes...I wear the Footprints-Lawrence it looks great as a casual or dress shoe... LINK ...you can replace the foot-bed or have them rebuilt so they last many years. A shoe should be the shape of your foot... MT |