Importance of Using the Right Shoe

Are you using the Right Shoe?

Do you know what you need to look out for in choosing the right shoes for yourself? Besides just the length of your feet, you also need to take into consideration the width of your feet. Shoes are not made customised to our individual feet, therefore, you need to know what to measure in order for you to have a comfortable shoe.

Many shoe manufacturers tend to get their data from western countries, and it might not fit us Asian feet as our feet are different compared to western feet. Similar to the way we look, our look varies from one another, just like how our feet vary from one another.  

First of all, Asian feet are generally much smaller compared to the western feet, which makes our feet much shorter. Our feet are also much wider, therefore, we need shoes with a wider base and toe-box area for your toes to have some wiggle space. The correct length and width of the shoe will highly influence our comfort while wearing them.

What shoes should you wear?

Shoes may differ depending on what type of shoe it is. It is ideal to always measure our feet’ length and also the width when you are choosing a shoe. Here are some tips you can keep in mind when choosing the right shoe:

• Measure your barefoot feet while standing by using a measuring tape or feet measuring device.
• The best timing to measure your width is in the afternoon or evening as you tend to move about more during the day making your feet increase in size due to the increased blood flow to your feet.
• Balance your body fairly between both legs while standing to get an exact measurement of both legs, this is to refrain from the wrong measurement due to uneven body weight distribution while you are standing.
• Place the measuring tape or feet measuring device around the widest area of the ball of your feet to get a more accurate measurement.

Ideally, it is best to support your shoes and footwear with our orthotic custom made insoles. With Happy Walker custom made insoles, you will be able to improve your body alignment and posture. It will also help in solving any pronation issues you might have, our custom made insoles will help correct it and generally help relieve any foot pain and problems.

Why Happy Walker is the Right Solution for You

Our customers have benefited from our over 14 years of foot care solution experience and you will too! We focused on research and product development in order to provide the right solution for all our customers. With many years of experience, we’ve analysed over 100,000 scanning data to design and develop the most suitable solution for your foot pain-needs.

We have many outlets around Singapore, and you can conveniently come by to any of our outlets near you, or you can also make an appointment with us for a home service option if you can’t come by our outlets. Our foot expert will come by your place to find the right solution to your foot problems if you make an appointment for our home service. Our well-trained footcare consultants are always ready to provide the best solution for you if you come by any of our outlets.

We have a wide variety of orthotics shoes and footwear for you to choose from and our orthotic custom made insoles are the most advanced, designed through ergonomic principles where each shoe bends in the right place to relieve your foot pain and problems. Check out our products in-store or on our website and read our great reviews on our Facebook page. Let Happy Walker help you find the right solution for your foot pain and problems!