These shoes are for walking when you have a fascitis (heel pain). It is effective to not feel pain, but the foot arch is very pronounced and corrects the problems of pronation, except that after a while it is no longer tolerable. I do the dishes so that for a stroll, a hike, to avoid having sore heel, but after two or three hours, I take them. I have less pain in the heel, even when I do not have them, since I door from time to time.