Podiatrist, Lisa Hinchcliff told Seven Sharp 75 per cent of kids’ ankle and knee problems are shoe-related. "So, if a child can wear the right shoe, it slows down all sorts of foot problems later-on”.
Gary:
Groan! Here we go again; just where do they get these experts from?
If you value your child's feet, please ignore the advice in the video and article, which is misinformation intended to sell ever more expensive footwear which is over-engineered and guaranteed to weaken and damage your child's feet for life.
If your child must don footwear, make it as close to being light and flexible mocassins as possible: A healthy child needs nothing more for foot protection.
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