No more ugly shoes

pixy_stix · April 2010

Upon further advisement DH decided to take them back. Not because they're ugly :op but because he listened to one of the very wise women on this board.

andrealynn0707 · April 2010

I am glad to hear it, for both the ugly and the medical reasons :P

dieselmonkey · April 2010

i'd be interested in the medical reasons if the very wise woman (or proxy) would PM me. I have some employees who wear them...

papagena · April 2010

I want to know why in the world he bought them in the first place? Was it a desire to dress like Louis the XIV? Is he looking for other courtly dresses? Shall we send him a powdered wig? Honestly - WHY?!

Alex17 · April 2010

Yes

That picture was freakin priceless though.

pixy_stix · April 2010

papagena:
I want to know why in the world he bought them in the first place? Was it a desire to dress like Louis the XIV? Is he looking for other courtly dresses? Shall we send him a powdered wig? Honestly - WHY?!

bwahahahhahaa!

He has a new job where he'll be standing for quite a while. His knee surgeries have done a number on his knees, and he was talked into these shoes while looking for "a comfy pair of standing shoes." He said they felt really good while wearing them, so he bought them.

SapphyrEyes · April 2010

I'm curious as to the reasons these shoes are bad because I've seen a few of these in public. Glad he took them back.

papagena · April 2010

pixy_stix:
His knee surgeries have done a number on his knees, and he was talked into these shoes while looking for "a comfy pair of standing shoes." He said they felt really good while wearing them, so he bought them.

No offense, but I have a nice piece of real estate to sell your husband. It happens to be under a lake at the moment, but that's just a temporary thing...

MissyOlivePants · April 2010

I really want to know what the medical reasoning is (I realize he's had knee surgeries...but there must be more to it)

Glad....please share!

GladToBeMrs.SRS · April 2010

I will share, but my sharing will be very non-specific. I don't need a slander or malpractice case against me right now. lol

Joes_love · April 2010

if Glad doesn't share, my take on it is that the shoes are so hideous, people scream and throw things when they see you coming. objects being repeatedly tossed at you MUST be a medical concern.

papagena · April 2010

Joes_love:
if Glad doesn't share, my take on it is that the shoes are so hideous, people scream and throw things when they see you coming. objects being repeatedly tossed at you MUST be a medical concern.

Joes, Harvard SO should give you an honorary medical degree. *bows to Joes*

MrsGo4Hockeychick · April 2010

we have tons of nurses at work who SWEAR by these shoes.

They do make them with an enclosed sole too, so you can't see the goofy coil thingy. I've never heard anyone discount them as unsafe...and they seem to be most popular on our orthopedic floors...

GladToBeMrs.SRS · April 2010

MrsGo4Hockeychick:
we have tons of nurses at work who SWEAR by these shoes.

They do make them with an enclosed sole too, so you can't see the goofy coil thingy. I've never heard anyone discount them as unsafe...and they seem to be most popular on our orthopedic floors...

Very few orthopedic peeps are big on lower extremity biomechanics. Most of them are surgery oriented, ESPECIALLY in a hospital setting.

See my "increased heel height differential" post above.

MrsGo4Hockeychick · April 2010

GladToBeMrs.SRS:
MrsGo4Hockeychick:
we have tons of nurses at work who SWEAR by these shoes.

They do make them with an enclosed sole too, so you can't see the goofy coil thingy. I've never heard anyone discount them as unsafe...and they seem to be most popular on our orthopedic floors...
Very few orthopedic peeps are big on lower extremity biomechanics. Most of them are surgery oriented, ESPECIALLY in a hospital setting.
See my "increased heel height differential" post above.

I saw it To me, it seems as though that applies more to heels than those coil shoes though, KWIM?

I remember one the nurses saying something along the lines of the coil shoes not actually having that big of a difference between the heel and the rest of the foot, and the way the shoe was built was actually closer to our natural foot shape, because our toes are actually sitting slightly below our heels.

However, it was a couple years ago...and I was barely paying attention because I thought they were ugly. She just started going on and on about them when someone told her they were just that. LOL.

GladToBeMrs.SRS · April 2010

MrsGo4Hockeychick:
GladToBeMrs.SRS:
MrsGo4Hockeychick:
we have tons of nurses at work who SWEAR by these shoes.

They do make them with an enclosed sole too, so you can't see the goofy coil thingy. I've never heard anyone discount them as unsafe...and they seem to be most popular on our orthopedic floors...
Very few orthopedic peeps are big on lower extremity biomechanics. Most of them are surgery oriented, ESPECIALLY in a hospital setting.
See my "increased heel height differential" post above.
I saw it To me, it seems as though that applies more to heels than those coil shoes though, KWIM?
I remember one the nurses saying something along the lines of the coil shoes not actually having that big of a difference between the heel and the rest of the foot, and the way the shoe was built was actually closer to our natural foot shape, because our toes are actually sitting slightly below our heels.
However, it was a couple years ago...and I was barely paying attention because I thought they were ugly. She just started going on and on about them when someone told her they were just that. LOL.

They have a significantly higher heel and heel height differential than an average shoe.

They are also VERY well marketed, and heavily marketed to medical professionals.

aspade · April 2010

I am positively gleeful!

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