loves to wear, for mainly for aesthetics, the [ancient] flip-flop. Wearing flip-flops is becoming more common in today’s world; a women’s lacrosse team wore them in the Oval Office under the Bush Administration (Stevens 688). While Stevens finds them acceptable to wear round pools, at the beach, short trips outside, and at the gym, there are a safety problem in other places, like the airport, subway, and offices. Flip-flops have a thin sole and no support which does not give one’s foot the protection that it needs. The joints in the foot become worn because the thin sole of flip-flops do not provide enough cushion of a foot walking on a hard surface. They also do not offer protection from stepping in common items in today’s street: gum, nails, glass, and oil. The lack of support because of no back or front in the design of flip-flops also contributes to less maneuverability. Jeff Gray, a pedorthist, claims that the lack of maneuverability while wearing flip-flops adds to the probability of a fall or other serious injury (Stevens
loves to wear, for mainly for aesthetics, the [ancient] flip-flop. Wearing flip-flops is becoming more common in today’s world; a women’s lacrosse team wore them in the Oval Office under the Bush Administration (Stevens 688). While Stevens finds them acceptable to wear round pools, at the beach, short trips outside, and at the gym, there are a safety problem in other places, like the airport, subway, and offices. Flip-flops have a thin sole and no support which does not give one’s foot the protection that it needs. The joints in the foot become worn because the thin sole of flip-flops do not provide enough cushion of a foot walking on a hard surface. They also do not offer protection from stepping in common items in today’s street: gum, nails, glass, and oil. The lack of support because of no back or front in the design of flip-flops also contributes to less maneuverability. Jeff Gray, a pedorthist, claims that the lack of maneuverability while wearing flip-flops adds to the probability of a fall or other serious injury (Stevens