18 Apr 2019

Expensive sneaker disease

From The Panel, 4:44 pm on 18 April 2019

Expensive trainers look good and they can have the "right" brands on them but they are stuffing up your feet. Podiatrists are seeing an increase in so-called "expensive sneaker disease", the phenomenon of people suffering foot injuries and problems from wearing inappropriate footwear for the activities they wish to perform. Matt Carroll of AUT's Department of Podiatry warns about not wearing the right shoes for the right activity.