If you have heel spurs in both heels and you are virtually impossible to set foot ashore on waking, then this is the ideal shoe to relieve you provisionally until a cure or an improvement in your evil. The pain disappears as soon as one is shod which is useful even miraculous. Then you can easily walk on flat ground or slightly hilly and also down the stairs without problems or climbing in the first use of these shoes. In case of illness or Morton's syndrome, the pain does not appear when walking. Which is great too ... Last hallux valgus well prominent and painful is comfortable even while we could blame this miraculous pair? These shoes well carve; no need to take larger or smaller. A simple pair of thin socks is sufficient because the shoe to the foot holds well and is even warm enough for winter and altitude. It does not slip on wet or smooth floors. Additional positives ... In summary I am surprised by the performance of this shoe that is not heavy or uncomfortable, compared to other brand models sold four times more expensive ... It is pretty nice and quite in the style of a athletic shoe. I would say she's pretty ... I suggest this pair to people who still hesitate, but said that I have not tried these shoes for hiking because I prefer in this case other more suitable models that is most common for walking, because my pain are less debilitating when I walk on uneven terrain, because my feet take a different position than on a flat hard floor.