Are you wearing crocs at home or outdoors? you might not know that there are already health risks associated with the use of crocs slippers to your health. Most users of this rubber clogs are not informed about the dangers that can be caused by this thing to your feet that can gradually affect your health when you use it in the long term. You will soon realize that there will be problems that you don't seem to know that is linked with the use of rubber clogs without your knowledge about it.

Rubber clogs are presumably comfortable because it is one of the most preferred clogs worn by individuals at home or going outdoors. Most users find this rubber clogs to be less stressful footwear as compared from other slippers or footwear accessories in the market. You just have to slip your feet inside these rubber clogs, which makes your feet secured and protected from any barriers from the outside environment.
Pink colored crocs
Rubber clogs are a closed type of slippers that are usually sold in various retail outlets scattered around the markets. They can be specifically found at the malls, marketplaces, and street shops where they sell the product to the public. There are numerous varieties of this product that can be made for children and adults. You can choose the color of your choice that suits your interest such as blue, red, pink, brown, black, yellow, and green.

Crocs are termed for rubber clogs because it was manufactured and produced by the company in 2002. Since then, there were numerous companies who are inspired copying and replicating similar designs to the public. There are at least 300 million that were sold by Crocs company alone. However, due to the demand of the general population around the world, the total number of production more than tripled.

Rubber clogs similar with the crocs are now making another round of health concerns to the public. Health officials are now informing the public with regards to the consequences of using rubber clogs to the public. There are articles and media outlets who are now trying to increase awareness about the health effects of using this particular product to the body. This is because most users are not yet informed of the consequences of rubber clogs to the body that is considered a significant health threat when worn on a regular basis.

10 Health facts why wearing rubber clogs is bad for your health

1. It destroys your posture: When we stand without using rubber clogs, we can maximize our postures that can make our skeletal system use its proper way of maintaining our balance. However, when using rubber clogs, our posture might change. This is because it could change the balance of our body due to the adaptation of our bones to the rubber clogs when used in the long-term.

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2. Prone to developing athlete's foot: Rubber clogs are closed clogs, which minimizes the amount of air flow that is passing inside the clog. The atmosphere inside the clog is always warm or sometimes hot, making our feet to occasionally sweat due to the high temperature inside the clogs. When our feet is always soaked in a moist environment, it attracts bacterial growth that is responsible for causing an odorous smell.

3. Sole blisters: In addition to athlete's foot, the sole of our foot will also be affected by wearing rubber clogs in the long-term. Developing small blisters will be an inevitable scenario that we can experience when wearing this footwear. These blisters are extremely itchy, causing you to scratch it until it bleeds. These blisters can heal for at least a week, depending on the length of exposure to moisture when using rubber clogs.

4. Tendinitis: When the heel of the foot becomes unstable, the foot starts to use the toes in order to grab the rubber clogs at the tip. When having a prolonged grip of the toes to the end of the clogs will cause the tendons to develop swelling and irritation. Tendonitis will cause a discomfort to your feet, keeping it uneasy to walk because the tendons around your toes are inflamed for at least more than a week.

5. Toe deformities: Prolonged tendonitis causes the toes to start deforming. If toes will be deformed, you will be at risk for having limitations of wearing a limited number of footwear that is only compatible with their inflamed toes. Deformed toes can cause discomforts because your toes will be destroying the normal formation and the structure of your feet.

6. Developing nail fungus: Aside from athlete's foot, your nail starts to develop a fungus, which is a disease that is characterized by the development of fungi inside the nail beds of your toes. The fungus responsible for causing an odorous smell climbs through the nail beds of the toes. Nails will be slowly consumed by the fungi, causing the size of the nailbeds to shrink.

7. Corns and calluses: These are skin conditions that are characterized by having a flattened area usually around the joints of the toes. The skin of the affected area develops hypertrophy due to the proliferation of skin cells. It is usually triggered in a part where there is a regular sheer pressure, causing the skin to develop a natural adaptation to prevent injuries on the inner part of the toes.

8. Ingrown nails: When your toes are usually grabbing the end of the slippers, which is the riskiest part is that your nails start to become pressured, allowing the nails to penetrate the skin beneath its endings on a gradual basis. From time to time, you will notice that the nailbeds will start to interfere with the skin edges of your toes. If there are visible signs of ingrown, you will start to experience pain over the affected area.

9. Difficulty walking: Wearing crocs on a regular basis will affect both the heels of the feet and the nails of the toes. When these symptoms occur at the same time, your walking capability starts to degenerate. The degree of pain that is collaborated by the heel and the nail causes you to delay your activities of daily living because you are always thinking more about the comfort measures that you should prioritize to your foot.

10. The risk of developing bunions: Bunions is a condition wherein the joints starts to swell in your toes. This is often associated by the frequent grabbing of the toes at the edge of the rubber clogs associated with unstable heels. If your feet develop bunions, you will be limited wearing a specific type of footwears that will only provide comfort to your foot. You will no longer be allowed wearing tight shoes due to the risk of tenderness or pain to the affected area.

*It is important to wear clogs or slippers that support your posture to prevent these complications when regularly wearing rubber clogs.




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