On Wednesday 30 March 2005 04.06, Doug Lloyd wrote: > 2005-03-30 04.06 > > Chuck posted (snip): > >My favourite portage "shoe" is the Teva sandal. It doesn't meet your > >requirement for ankle support, but I'm not convinced that so-called > >anklesupport has any benefit for normally healthy, strong ankles. < > > Not sure how true this is, but a friend of mine who has paddled for years > with Tevas, claims they contribute to fallen arches. The eternal debate if arch support is good for your feet or not. A natural effect of aging is that the arches fall, slowly but surely. But if you normally use no arch support, and you haven't been born with fallen arches, like yours truely, the muscles and tendons in the feet are used to function without support, thus a shoe with arch support can be dangerous, as then the muscles will relax! On the other hand, if they get support normally, using a shoe with no, or little arch support, can lead to damage. So, my advise is to use similar shoes, if possible! > Doug Lloyd (who just adopted a rescue Jack Russell cross yesterday, so > can't go gnarly storm paddling tonight) Here's a shoulder is misbehaving, so no paddling under any circumstances :-(! Tord *************************************************************************** PaddleWise Paddling Mailing List - Any opinions or suggestions expressed here are solely those of the writer(s). You must assume the entire responsibility for reliance upon them. All postings copyright the author. Submissions: PaddleWise_at_PaddleWise.net Subscriptions: PaddleWise-request_at_PaddleWise.net Website: http://www.paddlewise.net/ ***************************************************************************Received on Wed Mar 30 2005 - 03:46:45 PST
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