Current Pedorthics | September-October 2014 | Vol.46, Issue 5 | Page 39

A ll of us know the standard definition of what a shoe is; a shoe is an item of footwear that is utilized to protect, comfort and cover the foot as an article of clothing. Just like the clothing that covers our bodies, there are wide variations of design, and materials in footwear. From my viewpoint, footwear is any covering of the foot including the unlikely coverings of tattoos, toe rings and nail polishes. The foot is an amazing soft, flexible adaptor that becomes rigid on ‘toe off’ when we begin to walk. The f