腳丫兒，你快樂嗎？

今年雨水特別多，今年大家特別看重健康，今年也特別Crocs。一年多前Rico還想不明白為什么那么“丑”的洞洞鞋會有人穿著滿街跑，今年卻戀上洞洞，還給鞋子戴花花。一雙能讓人一穿上就不愿意再脫下的好鞋，除了要時尚好看，更重要的是健康舒適哦！你是否問過這個問題——腳丫兒，你快樂嗎？

Maybe you’ve had pain in your heels when you first put your bare feet on the floor first thing in the morning. If so， could be the beginnings of a common

condition. It’s known as 1)plantar fasciitis. The

problem could point to your shoes. Allison Aubrey

reports on the kinds of shoes that 2)contribute to this problem and exercises that can help prevent it.

Elizabeth Kinkle has never had heel pain or heard much about plantar fasciitis. She’s a 24-year-old architect living in Washington. And this time of year， she likes to walk to work in her “flip-flops，” which she was happily doing the other day when we

3)approached her along with a foot doctor named Steve Pribut， who is not a fan of “flip-flops.”

Kinkle: They’re pretty comfortable， keep your feet cool， so it’s nice.

Aubrey: And do you wear them all day long or do you just sort of wear them when you’re 4)commuting?

Kinkle: I just wear them walking back and forth to work and then put on the heels once I get into the

office， so…

Pribut: I notice a band-aid on that foot. Is that from a heel?

Kinkle: Uhm， yeah， it actually is from…well， they’re actually really cute 5)wedge sandals， but they kinda dig in ’cause they’re new.

Kneeling down for a quick examination， Pribut

explains that both of Elizabeth’s work day shoe

choices – the “flip-flops” and the backless sandals –6)pose the same potential problem that could lead to plantar fasciitis. He says， when your heel does not stay attached to your shoe， there’s a lot of extra

motion in the foot.

Pribut: Wearing an open-back shoe， when the heel lifts off the ground， there’s a lot of tension that

develops in the 7)plantar fascia， and it increases the angle that the whole foot makes with the ground， and the toes bend up further， and that just stretches the plantar fascia more.

The plantar fascia is a band of 8)connective

tissue in the foot， similar in 9)texture to a 10)ligament. It runs all the way from the heel， up through the ball of the foot， and strands wrap around each toe. It’s 11)vulnerable to injury， especially as we age. But your choice in shoes can make a difference. To prevent

injury， people don’t have to 12)toss out “flip-flops” or high heels entirely， but when you’re walking a lot， 13)presumably on hard sidewalks， Dr. Pribut says it’s

better to wear shoes with some support. Back at his office， he picks up a pair of Asics jogging shoes that he says are ideal. They’re light weight， don’t have too much heavy 14)cushion， and， most importantly， they do not bend in the middle.

Pribut: When I take this shoe and press it down， it bends just at the ball of the foot， where the toes attach to the foot. That’s right where the shoe should bend.

When shoes have too much bend in the middle， Pribut says it puts tension on the plantar fascia. One of the biggest 15)offenders among fashionable shoes today is the ballet slipper or very thin “flats.” Out on the street， outside Pribut’s office， we see lots of women wearing them. Dominique Arvanitis says she likes them because they’re 16)comfy.

Arvanitis: I walk around a lot， so the flats are good for me.

Perhaps， compared to heels. But Pribut says 17)swapping them out for Crocs or sandals with a little support and a strap around the back would be a big improvement.

Pribut: The ballet slippers scare me just about as much as the flip-flops do.

If you’re now wondering whether there are any fashionable dress shoes that may actually be good for your feet， it might be time to ask a different question. That is: what can you do to strengthen or stretch your feet when you’re not wearing shoes? That’s where foot doctor Colleen Schwartz comes in. She’s 18)merged 19)podiatry with 20)Pilates for a more preventive approach.

Schwartz: We ask a lot of our feet. There are so many bones. There are 26 bones there， 33 joints， 100 muscles and ligaments and 21)tendons. And， in order to give them the attention they deserve， spending a little bit of time every day can be so beneficial.

A little time means just 3 or 4 minutes of stretching and 22)toning， and Schwartz says the best time to do it is first thing in the morning. Before even getting out of bed， she starts with an 23)Achilles tendon stretch. Here’s how you do it. You take a towel or a strap and grab each end. You wrap the middle of it behind the ball of your foot and then stretch your foot towards your shin by pulling the towel.

Schwartz: Getting an increased plantar fascia stretch at the same time is drawing the toes even further up.

Meaning 24)flexing the toes as much as possible. The idea behind this stretch is that the fibres of the Achilles

tendon go all the way to the heel， so there’s a strong

connection between a 25)limber Achilles and a healthy plantar fascia. Schwartz says all the foot exercises she does at home， she does barefoot. It’s also fun to go barefoot

on the beach or in the grass. But when she goes about her daily life outside home， she does 26)advocate shoes， as does 27)podiatrist Steve Pribut.

Pribut: Well， I think barefoot is good for some things; shoes are good for others.

Pribut says the “barefoot movement注” may be gaining

a little attention for its 28)novelty. And the idea that

thousands of years ago shoeless civilisations had healthier feet could be true. But， Pribut says， back then the 29)average

life expectancy was about 30， and cave woman didn’t have to contend with glass， nails， hard 30)concrete or fashion.

一大早，當你赤著腳接觸到地板的第一下，你也許已經覺得腳后隱隱作痛。如果出現這種情況，這有可能就是一種常見病的前兆——這種癥狀被稱為“足底腱膜炎”。問題的起因源自你的鞋子。艾麗森·奧布利將為我們講述引發問題的鞋子類型，并介紹預防此癥的保健運動。

伊麗莎白·金科從不曾腳后跟疼痛，也從未聽說過“足底腱膜炎”這種病癥。她是一位建筑師，今年24歲，住在華盛頓州。每年一到這個時節，她就喜歡穿著夾腳拖鞋去上班。這天我們和一位名叫史蒂夫·普利比特的足科醫生走近她時，她正穿著夾腳拖鞋高興地行走著，而普利比特醫生則不太支持人們穿夾腳

拖鞋。

金科：它們穿起來很舒服，能保持雙腳涼爽，所以（我覺得）它們很棒。

奧布利：你是一整天都穿著它們走路，還是只在上下班時才穿上呢？

金科：我只是穿著它們上下班，一旦去到辦公室就會換上高跟鞋，所以……

普利比特：我看到你那只腳上有塊止血貼。是高跟鞋（刮腳）弄的嗎？

金科：呃，是的，它實際上是來自……呃，那實際上是對非常可愛的坡跟拖鞋，但因為它們是新鞋子，所以有點刮腳。

普利比特蹲下來快速地對伊麗莎白的腳進行檢查，他說伊麗莎白這兩種上班用鞋選擇——夾腳拖鞋和無后幫拖鞋——均有導致足底腱膜炎的潛在危險。