2014年10月26日星期日

Study says flip-flops may ease knee arthritis pain

Shakoor, a rheumatologist at Rush University Medical Center, discovered that flat, flexible shoes, like sneakers and flip-flops, may be easier on the knees than the kinds of shoes arthritis sufferers usually wear.





The idea is a lot of force is bad for the knees. "So, if we reduce the loads, we think arthritis will progress less and people will have less pain," said Shakoor, an associate professor at Rush Medical College. But that doesn't mean you should go out and ask your doctor to prescribe a pair of flip-flops, Shakoor said. Flip-flops put people at risk for falls and all sorts of foot problems.Shakoor worked on a study a few years ago that found when people walk barefoot, the load is lowest on the knee. The amount of force relates to how fast the arthritis will progress and how much pain there will be, she said.

Shakoor and her team at Rush measured the stress on the knees of 31 osteoarthritis patients while they were wearing four different kinds of shoes — flexible-soled sneakers, flip-flops, clogs and a stability shoe — as well as while they were barefoot.There was no real difference between the sneakers, flip-flops and bare feet. Shakoor is now working on a long-term study that is looking at the impact of a shoe she designed on knee loads.

She intuitively think that supportive, cushioned shoes are great, like shock absorbers for the feet.But when people put on supportive thick-soled shoes, they lose the natural movement of the feet. Shakoor's theory is interesting, but said it's still too early to say that everyone with arthritis of the knees should wear soft-soled shoes. It makes a certain amount of sense. As flip flops being used most time of our life, why not try to design your own flip flops?Come to SnapMade and custom flip flops right now.

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