6 Good Reasons Not To Wear High Heel Shoes

My assistant, Linda recently went shopping for a new pair of shoes and discovered HIGH high heel shoes are back in fashion. She felt like a kid in a candy store admiring the exotic colors and outrageous designs; Peter Max and Salvador Dali sculptures for the feet. Too bad these works of art sit on [...]

Barefoot Shoes And Rocker Bottoms – Do They Eliminate Pain?

You probably already know this, but it's worth repeating: Shoe manufacturers are not in the business of creating good health, but of coming up with ornamental shoe wear, which they hope will make them lots of money.  Having said that, why do people buy strange footwear such as barefoot shoes and rocker bottom shoes?   Is [...]

Skechers Shape-Ups and the Rothbarts Foot: An Ankle Injury Waiting To Happen

Recently Skechers Shape Ups rocker bottom shoes have been in the news. Skechers is facing a federal class action lawsuit over allegedly exaggerating the health benefits of their Skechers Shape Up shoes and reaping millions of dollars of profit through misleading marketing claims.    One such claim for Skechers Shape Ups is that because they automatically [...]