[Tam I am]

Originally Posted by Coda

If you like them, more power to you -- wear them for comfort! -- but it should be noted that the supposed health-benefit claims that the manufacturer makes have been shown to not hold water, and that a shoe with a proper arch and ankle support and heel padding is better for your feet, ankles, knees, and back.

Yeah, shoes with all those support things hurt like *bad word deleted*. They make my feet go to sleep right up to my butt. lol I am health benefited by five fingers shoes, and by hideous old uggs. Like Den, I wish I could find waterproof and lightly insulated five fingers, because they are more comfortable than the uggs are for me. I also wish that I could find the dress shoe styles. But there are even fewer of those shoes that reach Canada than ever reach the States. Greedy Italian peeps keep them all for themselves.