[pct-l] shoe sizing

[Tortoise]

I am not a long-distance thru-hiker type. But I do hike and walk.

After reading many posts over the years I started buying _all_ my shoes too 
large. That is too large by the usual standards. Result:  lots less foot pain.

A year ago I bought a new pair of house slippers. They had cushy soft 
insoles. I sent them back. The cushy insoles were detrimental to my 
balance. I'm used to tactile feedback from the surface on which I'm walking 
and the cushyness interfered. I'm still wearing an old pair of slippers 
from which I've removed the padded midsole.

So try walking in shoes that are "too big" and with little or no "support" 
or control. Let your feet work the way they evolved over eons.

-- 
Tortoise

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable
President John F Kennedy,  1962

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