Viewing post #2761801 by Weedwhacker

RpR said: Wearing flip flops too often, or long term, can cause bunions or hammer toes to develop. Hammer toes occur when the joints contract, causing your toe to bend abnormally. Flip-flops also cause a shorter stride in walking, leading to possible tightness of the Achilles, which may result in Achilles tendinitis.

Apparently NOT wearing them also causes bunions and hammer toes - I have both of those issues, along with a couple of toes that got rammed into table legs a time or two too often and are otherwise messed up. And then there was the time that I opened a door and it didn't quite clear my toe that was in the way and ripped the nail halfway off my big toe

Geez, when I write it down like that it makes me wonder how I can walk at all!