Foot Health
Why Feet Ache More on Hard Floors Than on Soft Ground
The surface does not absorb anything, so something else has to. Understanding what changes the way you think about a twelve hour shift.
Markus Berger writes about comfort and footwear for Health Insight Blog. He has spent nine years testing the products people stand in all day.
Articles by Markus Berger
Foot Health
What the Arch Actually Does, and What Fallen Arches Really Means
The arch is not one structure and it is not simply a shape. It is a mechanism that changes stiffness during every single step.
Foot Health
One of Your Feet Is Bigger. Here Is Why That Matters for Fit.
Most people have a measurable difference between their two feet, and most people buy shoes as though they do not.
Life on Your Feet
What Work Shoes for a Twelve Hour Shift Actually Need
Most footwear advice is written for walking or for looks. Standing for twelve hours on a hard floor is a different specification.
Pain & Recovery
Stretching or Strengthening for Feet: They Are Not the Same Job
Most people who stand all day are given stretches. The muscles inside the foot are a strength question, and the distinction matters.
Buying Guides
How to Read the Specifications on an Insole
The features listed on the packet describe four different jobs. Knowing which is which tells you whether a given insole is built for your problem.
Buying Guides
Firm or Cushioned Support: The Trade Off Nobody Explains
Soft feels better in the shop. Firm feels better at hour ten. The reason is a property of the material rather than a matter of preference.
Buying Guides
Trim to Fit: What to Check Before You Cut
It is a one way operation, and most of the mistakes happen before the scissors come out.
Workplace Wellbeing
What Employers Can Actually Change About Prolonged Standing
Most of the meaningful interventions are not available to the person doing the standing. It is worth knowing which ones exist.
Buying Guides
The Best Compression Socks for Long Shifts: Four Worth Your Money
Graduated compression is a simple idea done well or badly. Four that do it well, at four very different price points, and the group who should ask a GP first.
Buying Guides
Shoes and Clogs for Twelve Hour Shifts: Four That Hold Up
Footwear is the single biggest lever anyone standing all day can pull, and the right answer depends on whether you walk miles or stand in one place.