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Are comfort shoes always more healthful? Not necessarily, according to some foot doctors. Buying shoes from a store specializing
Are comfort shoes always more healthful? Not necessarily, according to some foot doctors. Buying shoes from a store specializing
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2017-04-20
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Are comfort shoes always more healthful? Not necessarily, according to some foot doctors. Buying shoes from a store specializing in comfort shoes doesn’t guarantee that they will be comfortable or good for you.
What makes a shoe a "comfort shoe"? Generally speaking, it means cushioning under the foot and supportive features such as arch support. Birkenstock sandals, another comfort line, have a molded foot bed with an indented heel cup and a bump under the forefoot—the metatarsal pad, which deflects pressure away from the ball of the foot. "They’re a really comfortable choice for many people," says Erika Schwartz, a foot specialist with DC Foot and Ankle. But for others, not so much. You know what they say about if the shoe fits—well, not all comfort shoes are comfortable or healthy for every foot. A small study of people with knee problems found that walking in clogs and so-called stability shoes was harder on the knees than walking barefoot or in flip-flops. This suggests that certain supportive shoes can alter your manner of walking in a way that’s unhealthy for joints above the ankle, at least temporarily and in people with arthritis.
"What are the best shoes to wear? I hear this question 20 times a day," says Selene Parekh, a surgeon at Duke University Health System. Parekh says to look for a shoe that’s supportive and comfortable for you. That may not mean spending nearly $200 on a pair of loafers marketed to fit what one shoemaker calls the "anatomical footbed." If you are having foot problems, the best thing to do is figure out the type of foot you have and how you walk. Do you pronate—rotate your foot so that the inner edge of the sole bears the bulk of your weight? How high or how flat are your arches? When a patient comes in with foot pain, Parekh looks at the wear pattern on her shoes. If the inner part of the sole is worn, he’ll look for flat feet overloading that area. Outer-sole wear may indicate high arches. More wear on the heel or under the ball of the foot can show whether a person is a heel-striker or a forefoot-striker when he walks. These wear patterns are not problems in and of themselves. "If you don’t have pain, your walking pattern is fine," Parekh says. If you do have pain, a foot expert—either a foot and ankle orthopedic surgeon or a foot expert—can help you understand shoe features to look for and to avoid. For example, if you have painful swellings, you want to look for a more box-shaped toe, Parekh says, "to not compress that part of the foot."
What about minimalist shoes, designed to honor the form and function of the foot? They are the contrary of the comfort shoe: Advocates say that cushioned supportive shoes encourage runners to land on their heels, which can lead to bad form and chronic injury. However, minimalist shoes are not right for everyone. "We’ve seen enough patients with Achilles tendon issues and stress fractures from running in these," Schwartz says. And whether the purported benefits hold true for walking and standing has not been nearly as well studied.
People with high arches are more likely than flat-foot types to roll an ankle in clogs, Schwartz says. That’s because arch height can affect which part of your foot bears the most weight as you walk. Properly aligned ankles sit directly over the heels. Feet are pronated when the heels tilt out from the body and the ankles roll in—picture young children on ice skates—a characteristic that is often linked to flat feet. When heels tilt in and the ankles roll out, the feet are supinated; this often occurs with very high arches.
An orthotic insert that raise the outer edge of the foot can help stabilize a supinated foot within the clog, Schwartz says. Orthotic inserts, whether purchased at the drugstore or custom-made, are designed to correct the alignment of the foot and ankle, which helps maintain proper positioning of the knees and hips and even the lower back. Clinical studies of orthotics demonstrate their usefulness in many serious foot problems, such as diabetic neuropathy. For the rest of us, with more everyday aches and pains of life on our feet, there’s less applicable research. A 2008 review of research on easing foot pain found one small study in which custom orthotics helped people with high-arch, supinated feet. For other conditions, such as swellings, the evidence was equivocal. Foot experts recommend shopping at shoe stores with experienced staff who take the time to do a good fitting. Schwartz sends her patients to high-end running shoe stores with a description of what to look for and what to avoid.
Which of the following statements contains an exaggeration?
选项
A、You know what they say about if the shoe fits...
B、I hear this question 20 times a day...
C、However, minimalist shoes are not right for everyone.
D、...picture young children on ice skates...
答案
B
解析
修辞题。第三段开头引用巴力医生的话,说这个问题他每天都能听到20遍,这里的20遍是虚指,主要是突出人们对“什么样的鞋子才是最好的鞋子”这个问题感到十分困惑,20遍这一数字有夸张的成分,因此[B]为正确答案。第二段倒数第三句说“你知道如果鞋子合脚他们会怎么说”,这里是说人们总是用舒适来形容鞋子合脚,但文章开头就说了舒服的鞋子不一定合脚,这里没有使用修辞手法,故排除[A];第四段第三句说“简约款的鞋子并不适合每个人”,其中用“minimalist”(极简主义者)来修饰鞋子,意为“简约款”,这里采用了借代的修辞手法,而不是夸张,故排除[C];第五段第四句提到“想象一下小孩子们滑冰时的样子”,这里用孩子们滑冰时的状态来类比脚踝内卷的样子,使用的是类比的修辞手法,不是夸张,故排除[D]。
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