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Dangers of flip flops

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    Doctor's warning about this comfortable warm weather shoe

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We love our flip flops they're easy to put on comfortable cool and foot surgeon doctor Gary Stewart with her surgeons orthopedic says if you can't stand the thought of summer without your flip flops that's okay.

People know where she's -- -- one where just a matter of -- anywhere because well most flip flops offer total freedom they offer zero foot support.

-- -- are usually just -- of robber -- cushioning no shock absorption no stability.

The doctor Stuart says -- you flip flops for when you're chilling out this summer.

So it's.

Basically something that you should Wear you know when is he kinda hanging out kind of lounge and it's not it's not altering -- does you know put on here.

Here's here's leakage from that.

You have to squeeze your -- to -- flip flops in place and even and they sometimes slip that you can -- -- twisted ankle.

So if you're going to be on your feet a lot walking on uneven surfaces or -- prone to falls doctor Stuart says eat your flip -- at home.

But it is -- and I won't say that I never Wear flip flops.

Tonight is -- only -- around the pool won't -- -- -- for a long period of time.

And what about those wedges that women where they're basically a flip flop with a stacked -- Apparently they are much better.

And people I think that those wedges wedges and you know kind of are -- -- Well they're not in fact you're more likely to slip because you don't have the support and he -- again twist your ankle stuff.

But I've heard -- best called the -- fashion.