Clogs or sneakers?

The only thing that works for me is rotating my shoes. I wear several different types of runners and clogs. I basically wear a different pair of shoes for each shift in my set.........I dont know why this works for me???????

Again, Crocs, they have been a godsend, feel my posture is much better and I have no leg pain, so long as I wear the heel strap in the right position, and not tucked round the front where I'm pushing forward like you do in a mule. Tried my Nikes again the other day, and had sore legs by the end of the shift.

I dont know about the US but in canada you cant wear shoes with a heel strap. If you have any sort of on the job injury they can deny you insurance due to inproper footwear.

So whats the deal with no heel strap? With the crocs, they dont slip if they fit right and the heel strap is in place. Why dont facilities allow a heel strap shoe? We are not allowed open toed or indeed the holed crocs, other than that, if your shoes are safe, then go with them. Just wondering??

I prefer clogs hands down. They help keep the feet from sweating and my feet don't hurt when I wear them.

Most of my comfortable clogs are Sanita and Wallstrom.

as a student i find the clogs are the shoe to wear being over fifty my feet love em!

As I read the posts, I kept on remembering all the movies and TV programs that I have seen that deal with hospital situations.. Have you seen how many "nurses" are wearing shoes that if we tried wearing them in real life for work, we'ed get 3 weeks of sick pay for a bad back or broken bones. I especially loved one series where the "nurse" wore high heeled pumps/!!:paw:

i totally relate........how about the mothers of the 60-70 era wearing heels and dresses cleaning and mopping and taking care of babies......i saw dresses but more like housecoats then dress up dresses........my family and i used to always get a kick of the portrayals of many female/women roles......so cold here below zero...i believe age just wont let you sleep all night ....lol

I was a total Dansko groupie, I own 3 pair, and I wear my 'not work' ones with my jeans. I recently graduated from nursing school. (was a tech before) I discovered that in ICU as the nurse instead of the tech, I stand in one position more than I used to. I had to retire my dansko's for New Balance running shoes. My feet and back were screaming! Now I feel better. I hope to go back to the Dansko's eventually, but right now they are totally painful. They were great for 'long distance walking' floor nursing though. I wore a pair all through clinicals and senior preceptorship without a single twinge.