10 Mistakes to Avoid When Choosing Summer Shoes

As always at this time of year, store shelves are spoiling us with an abundant choice of summer shoes for every taste — be it in terms of form, color, or price. But, aspiring to look beautiful, one should also remember about health, convenience, and foot hygiene. Here are the 10 common mistakes people make when choosing shoes for warm weather.

10 Mistakes to Avoid When Choosing Summer Shoes

– Wearing shoes whose soles are too narrow for your feet creates an unsightly impression. In addition, this can contribute to the deformation of the leg joints and lead to the appearance of bunions on the big toes.

– When the fit is wrong, the curve of the foot and the curve of the shoe sole don’t match. As a result, your foot isn’t resting on the entire shoe surface but on its two outermost points only: the one under the heel and the one under the ball of the foot.

– Excessively long soles are a common feature of flip flops and sandals, the kind that has a strap passing between the toes. With such shoes, the distance between the tips of the toes and the forward edge of the sole is usually too wide for comfort.

– With sandals, when the sole is too short you have to constantly support the shoes with your toes so they don’t fall off. This means that the muscles remain tensed all the time, with the load on the foot distributed unevenly.

– When your shoes fit too loosely, pretty much the only thing that keeps them from falling off is your toes. Consequently, the leg muscles get overworked, which can give you an unsightly shuffling gait.

– Shoes whose size is too large are just as harmful as those that fit too tightly and are most likely to cause corns.

– Wearing fake leather shoes in warm weather can be hazardous to your health, since high temperatures cause the various chemical components to interact with the skin.

– During the hottest time of the year, it’s best to refrain from wearing patent leather shoes on a daily basis. Such shoes don’t have a good track record when it comes to air circulation and moisture absorption.

– In the summer, wearing closed shoes (such as moccasins and loafers) barefoot leads to heavy sweating and coarsens the skin on the heels. It is advisable to wear such shoes with socks.

– Wearing flat-soled shoes for more than 1-2 hours a day can harm your health. Such footwear is not designed to soften the impact of the heel against the walking surface, which means your skeleton receives a micro trauma with every step.