Letters to the Editor
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what about ballet slippers?
Not the "ballet flats" Target sells, not pointe shoes, but the flat leather sock-like things ballet dancers wear? I have a pair of these and do occasionally wear them to work. They're probably the closest thing to walking barefoot in the city I'd do (I have to cross Bourbon St. for God's sake--NO WAY am I doing that barefoot).
I walk a mile each way to and from work, and don't have any sort of heel pain--probably because I almost never wear high heels.
They do make you walk different, though. My hips and knees naturally have a lot of turn-out, so I tend to walk on the outsides of my heels. It's only when I'm wearing shoes that won't let me do that--ie, wearing narrow-heeled shoes, that I get pain in my heels, knees, and hips.
As for sandals, Saltwaters are WAY more comfortable than flip-flops. You don't have to use your toes to grip that little thing--they're strapped onto your feet!