I love barefootedness...however i wear my socks as i hate toes!!! Footwear is necessary but theres nothing like kicking your shoes off and stretchiing your feet!Not sure where to post this but here seems as good as any. Is there any other barefooters out there? I was born and brought up in Rhodeisa now zimbabwe and l dont do shoes. I wear them if l have to like going to work, and in some shops l put them on but often don't. Yes l walk around the streets barefoot. And l drive barefoot.... and no it isnt illegal. Crocks are a lifesaver before them my feet suffered even more in shoes when l had to wear them even for short times.
In winter l sometimes use socks but still walk barefoot even shot distances but as the top of my feet get cold l do tend to put my crocks on... not always socks though.
I mentioned it to the DN at my first visit along with the info hell will freeze over before l start shoes... her reply with a huge smile "they are going to love you then, they like lace up shoes.
The problem is my feet are used to fresh air and suffer badly in shoes, l have a feeling it is going to be a bit like the nhs treat the VLCD as the brits have a pathological fear of barefeet, l am no longer polite to people who make comments to me in the street.
Anyone any hints about what l will face at the podiatrist and or are you barefooters yourselves. Ok if l end up with a problem l will look at shoes but till then l am not going to cause a different problem by following their rules to stop one problem.
Crocs look dreadful but they are so comfortable, plenty of room to wiggle the toes and no need for socks. i resisted them for years but would not be without mine now.
Crocs look dreadful but they are so comfortable, plenty of room to wiggle the toes and no need for socks. i resisted them for years but would not be without mine now.
I don't think crocs look bad, - I borrowed my then nine year old nephews crocs wellies to wear in a mud bath eisteddfod field last year and the kids in their flowery wellies wanted to know where I got them.
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Absolutely, we have a pseudo acacia shading the terrace and their thorns are wicked. I've had more than one go straight through Crocs and into my foot. I've got good feeling, good circulation and good glucose levels so I feel it but at the moment, not a great risk. If any one of those wasn't normal then I would have to give up wearing Crocs in the garden.I go bare foot when ever possible just using common sense as to when and where
For example I wear shoes in my garden as I have pyrocantha, rose, hawthorn, holly and bramble there
Crocs are no protection against thorns
get a lancet, jab the toes, heel and sole, any areas that feel pressure and not sharp...you need to wear shoes.....feel sharp all over, you don't need shoes
it's amazing what dr's pull out of diabetic feet that the owner had no idea they even stepped on it