SOLE Platinum Sandals - SOLE Sport Flips
..... SOLE mouldable footbeds, with a strap!
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| Mens Sole Sport Flip Red/Grey |
Mens Sole Sport Flip Black |
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| Womens Sole Sport Flip Blue/Grey |
Womens Sole Sport Flip Green/White |
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So, you've been fitted with orthotics, they seem to be helping but the summer arrives, and .... where to put them? At Ten-Point we've seen some creativity in the past, gluing and velcro'ing orthotics to summer sandals, but it's never a good look - or comfortable. We've found the solution for you. The New, and Tested, SOLE Platinum Sandals - otherwise known as SOLE Sport Flips, or the Mouldable Footbed with a Strap. Very clever, very comfortable and very wearable - and for something with the name 'orthopedic' attached to it, that's an achievement.
Developed in Canada, and derived from their highly successful heat mouldable SOLE Footbeds (worn extensively across the NFL and NBA teams, as well as the world champion Adventure Racing teams of Nike (yes, Nike!), Sole and Merrell), the SOLE Platinum Sandals or Sole Sport Flips incorporate a 'wear mouldable' orthopedic top layer of EVA with a deep heel cup to stabilise the sub-talar joint. By not allowing the sub-talar joint to over-extend, the foot finds it almost impossible to over-pronate (we have a great skeleton at Ten-Point which demonstrates this perfectly!). This allows the arch to do its own job of supporting the weight of your body, by being active and flexible rather than being flattened (over-pronation) or wedged (incompatible arch support).
The dual action of the SOLE deep heel cup stabilising the sub-talar joint, the SOLE 'wear mouldable' footbed contouring your unique foot shape and the SOLE ergonomic strap shape wrapping around your foot results in your feet being able to function as the tools they are meant to be - relaxed carriers of your body weight plus gravity. No more, no less. Toes are balancing digits, not forces of power. Big toes come into their own when you are pivoting sideways or when you are engaged in plyometric activity (jumping up!), but generally speaking, you want to leave the job of driving your body forward to the big boys - the hamstrings and buttocks. A more relaxed foot, with soft toes leads to correctly aligned ankle, knee and hip joints. Correctly aligned joints reduce injury risk and accelerate recovery from injury. Under a soft and relaxed foot, there are no pressure points. Try walking for a short distance barefoot across paved/concreted ground - you instantly feel yourself walk differently, more gently with no heel strike pressure and no toe-off pressure, and much less contact with the arch of your foot and the ground. Relaxed feet aren't painful.
So who needs SOLE Platinum Sandals, SOLE Sport Flips? Well, in truth, probably most of us. 'Regular' shoes (and none of these are sold at Ten-Point of course!) with all their cushioning and support and wedging, interfere with the natural function of the arches, render the toes too active and the postural muscles not active enough. As we regularly say here at Ten-Point, barefoot is best, but it simply isn't practical. Certainly, many common foot related problems can be helped the instant you use technology that encourages the natural function of the foot. Thousands of SOLE users have experienced reduced pain with conditions such as plantar fasciitis, weak ankles, joint pain, back and neck pain, shin splints, over-pronation (eg. flat feet) and over-supination (eg. walking with leg bowed outwards). In addition, by encouraging a more relaxed foot and a stable or neutral sub-talar joint, the SOLE technology improves balance and co-ordination, minimises foot fatigue, lessens injury risk and enhances performance.
SOLE Platinum Sandals or SOLE Sport Flips - they are new, they work and they are here at Ten-Point!
