In a study published March 24, 2020 in the Journal of the American Medical Association, the National Institute on Aging, a division of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, found that higher daily step counts were associated with lower mortality risk from all causes.Along with the National Cancer …

Plantar Fasciitis often happens with people who have flat feet, high arches, are overweight, or who are on their feet a lot. While it may feel like inflammation, it is associated with a degenerative problem involving the tissue that connects your toes to your heel bone.Rest: It's important to keep …

StartStanding.org has written an interesting article about how your shoes may be one of the culprits causing your back pain and advocate wearing shoes with wider toe-boxes, like Pedors, that allow your feet to splay out naturally when progressing through your stride.  It's a quick and interesti …

Thank You For Sharing Your Pedors Stories!Some of you will have been contacted by me recently to share your "Pedors Story". We get so many wonderful reviews of our products (which we really appreciate) that I wanted to see if I could get the personal stories behind the reviews. I am delighted to sa …

What are good shoes for Nursing Home Residents?A simple enough question with surprisingly, a simple enough answer.Residents of Nursing Homes have some fairly common requirements when it comes to footwear. Shoes need to be stable, be easy to get on and off, be able to accept custom orthotics (if r …

What are hammertoes?A hammertoe is essentially a painful deformity that causes the middle of a toe to bend upwards, thus resulting in a "hammer".A hammertoe can occur when the muscles in your toe no longer work together and they get out of balance so to speak.  This imbalance causes a lot of pr …