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Fitting children with shoes can be really difficult and is often unpleasant for all involved. That includes brothers, sisters and fathers hanging around nearby! This means that the responsibility for getting the correct usually lies with Mum. The trauma increases due to the fact that in South Africa, there are virtually no shops who know how to measure children's feet and fit the correct size of shoe.
Children's feet need special care and attention and nothing is more important than selecting and fitting children's shoes.
Oh yes, Happy New Year! The year is racing along already with Christmas holidays a fading memory. At present summer in Johannesburg also feels like a fading memory thanks to all the rain. With January came the start of a new school year and being too distracted with moving the practice I missed a great opportunity for 'back to school tips', but it's never too late to review some of the basics. Especially as children grow so quickly and usually don't tell you about short shoes because they get used to squeezed toes, or they hate the look of their prescribed school shoes. (Remember how long they stay as soft cartilage).Look at the page on Children's Feet.
I've just come across an article I wrote a while ago for the South African Journal of Natural Medicine and thought it might be useful as a reminder as we embark on another year.
Bunions are among the most common and frequently most painful of conditions affecting the foot.
Remembering that your feet carry ALL of your weight ALL of the time that you are standing or walking then it is not surprising that the complex structure of your feet sometimes suffers re-alignment as they strive to accommodate our lives and activities. Sometimes we do not help matters by forcing our feet into unsuitable or badly fitting shoes.
