Fitflop review

Here's an interesting FitFlop review from a woman who suffered from muscle injury:

"I'm from the UK and bought a pair in black, I was a little skeptical, but after a hip muscle injury, I thought they might be a comfortable pair of shoes to wear, whilst also doing pilates regularly and attending physio.

I can confirm that they do engage the gluteus maximus muscles on heel strike, they aid in keeping a better posture when walking and standing, and help to control pronation of the foot and internal rotation of the hip and knee. They help to keep the pelvis in a more neutral position, and this benefits you from the ankle to the shoulder. Take it from someone who has suffered severe muscular skeletal injuries and imbalances, that any shoe that engages the gluteus maximus with optimum effect on heel strike is definitely worth looking into."

So I'm finally getting over the fact that I caved and bought myself a pair of Crocs about 2 months ago, and now they've invented the FitFlop fitness shoe ...at this rate I'll be converting my spare bedroom into my own personal shoe shop.

Ever since Crocs became available on the market I thought they were highly overrated. I had just bought Teva Sandals, seriously, how can you possibly top Teva Sandals? Anyway about two months ago I was in an outdoor sports shop and thought to myself, feeling is believing (and I was determined no to believe), let's just quickly try on a pair of Crocs and prove everybody else wrong.

Fast forward to the present, I'm actually wearing my Crocs (the bright blue ones :)) while typing this. I still think they're hideous, but I don't have the tendency to look at my feet constantly (is that why I keep tripping all the time?).

It can't really be compared to my Teva Sandals, but boy oh boy, are they comfortable.

So if FitFlops are anything like Crocs, I'll soon be making a trip to the DIY store to buy some more shelves and stuff to give my spare bedroom a shoe-alistic makeover.