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Spring Greetings
from HealthyFeetStore.com
Spring is finally here! The month that came in like a lion can finally go out like a lamb, leaving us the gift of longer days and warmer temperatures. Here at HealthyFeetStore.com, with spring comes sandal season and the gentle kiss of the sun on your toes. HealthyFeetStore.com shoppers who visit our orthopedic and therapeutic sandals page will finder a larger selection of women's and men's sandals and thongs than ever before and what you see now is just the beginning. Keep checking back in the coming months as we get closer to summer and you're likely to find an even larger variety of sandals to choose from. For the avid golfers among us, the new spring buds on the trees have a different significance. Time to dust off the clubs and get out on the fairway! Play the most luxuriously comfortable round of your life our new Finn Comfort golf shoes. |
| Shopping For The Perfect Sandal Fit |
 The first day of spring is less than a week away and summer won't be far behind it. Now is the time to think about sandal shopping.
Shopping for a comfortable sandal can be very different than shopping for a properly fitting shoe because sandals are constructed using entirely distinct principles. In a shoe, the vamp (top part of the shoe) fully covers and constricts the motion of the foot. To ensure comfort and prevent foot injury, special attention must be paid to the size of the toe box and the shoe's overall depth. In a sandal, particularly an open-toe sandal, the attention shifts to the footbed and outsole because that is where the majority of your foot's support will come from.
Another thing to remember when shopping for sandals is that sandals tend to come in whole sizes. In most cases that means that you will need to go a half size larger if you usually wear a half size, for example if you wear a size 7 ½ in shoes you would wear a size 8 in sandals.
Here are a few other things to think about when looking for a sandal that will fit comfortably.
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