Women’s Foot Problems - Toronto Podiatrist<br />Sheldon Nadal Doctor of Podiatric Medicine discusses the Women's Foot Health<br />http://www.footcare.net<br />The best shoe for women's feet is a walking shoe with laces (not a slip-on), a composition sole, and a relatively wider heel with a rigid and padded heel counter, no more than three-quarters of an inch in height.<br />Some women inflict punishment on their feet from improper footwear that can bring about unnecessary foot problems. Some of the problems result from high-heeled shoes (generally defined as pumps with heels of more than two inches).<br /><br />A study conducted by the American Orthopaedic Foot and Ankle Society found that:<br />• Nine out of 10 women wear shoes that are too small for their feet.<br />• Eight out of 10 women say their shoes are painful.<br />• More than 7 out of 10 women have developed a bunion, hammertoe, or other painful foot deformity.<br />• Women are nine times more likely to develop a foot problem because of improper
