Good news, Baby Boomers – you don’t need to give up your flip-flops! We grew up with these inexpensive, easy-on, easy-off “shoes” and millions of us still love them. Most of us were told by our parents, doctors and “science” that anything that flimsy and cheap could not possibly be good for us.
I’ve been told they are bad for my feet, bad for my legs, etc. As we grow older, many of us are developing osteoarthritis in our knees (and, perhaps, in a few other joints, as well). Some of us have been told to wear all kinds of shoes to reduce the pain in our knees.
Here’s the good news:
Researchers at Rush University in Chicago studies some adults with osteoarthritis and found that the flexibility of flip-flops are good for our knees, as is walking barefoot (which many of us also enjoy) or wearing flat walking shoes. Click here to read the whole article in the Los Angeles Times. The article also has links to the study, the abstract of the study and to the Arthritis Foundation. Then start thinking about comfort, and flop on!
