Fantastic for a bad back (FitFlops)

Member Name: dougalboo

Product:	FitFlops
Date:	22/10/08 (629 review reads)
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Advantages: improved posture, therefore impacted on and reduced pain

Disadvantages: pricey... but so worth it

I was a fit flop sceptic for a long, long time. How on earth could a shoe (and a flimsy looking flip flop type one at that) hel you get fit?

It was not untill I read a review where the writer talked of how they helped posture, that I became more interested. Then a forum that i go on had a member who had bought a pair at a bargain price and had posted the web address (they were selling cheaper new on here than used on ebay at the time!). So i decided to take the plunge, knowing at least if they were rubbish I could eay them without losing lots of money!

I actually bought them, not for fitness reasons but because of the posture claims. I suffer from arthritus in my spine and consequently chronic back pain, so anyhting hat would improve my posture had to be tried to hopefully help my back!

When my fit flops arrived i tried them on immediately and was suprised at how comfortable they were ... i normally don't like the feeling of shoes and sandles with toe posts, but the leather on these was so soft that it did not bother me at all.

To start with, they felt a little odd. Like walking with a firm bouncy sponge underfoot! But I soon got used to this and started to wear them, at first around the home, then on the school run ( 3 miles walk per day) and then everywhere. I lived in them for the entire summer!

It was a few weeks in before I noticed that strange thing had occurred... my back had stopped hurting and i was sleeping much better. It was such a gradual thing that I didn't actually notice to start! I felt so much more agile and my husband noticed how much faster I was walking in them!

I can't claim that they made me fitter, I did not loose any noticeable weight and I did not drop a dress size. What I did get though was so much better than any of that!

Summary: Didn't make me superfit but the lack of pain meant so much more!