You walk 115,000 miles in your lifetime
Do it in comfortable footwear. You need supportive, durable safety footwear that’s fit for purpose.
Protective Footwear Prevents Injuries
Your foot contains 26 bones, 33 joints, 107 ligaments and 19 muscles. It makes sense to protect them. Common injuries are easily avoidable with the correct footwear.
We recommend a stable and hard-working safety boot that prevents complaints, claims and fines by cushioning and protecting the sole, ankle and toes. Comfortable footwear improves staff wellbeing and productivity, from reducing common sprains to preventing leg, pelvis and upper body trauma.
Protect your feet with well-made and regulated safety boots that do their job.
Foot & Ankle Injuries
Plantar Fasciitis
Plantar fasciitis is the most common cause of heel pain. It is the inflammation caused by excessive stretching of the plantar fascia, the broad band of fibrous tissue with runs along the bottom surface of the foot, attaching at the bottom of the heel bone and extending to the forefoot. When the plantar fascia is excessively stretched, this can cause plantar fasciitis, which can also lead to heel pain, arch pain, and heel spurs.
With Plantar Fasciitis, the bottom of your foot usually hurts near the inside, where the heel and arch meet. The pain is often acute either firs thing in the morning or after a long rest, because while resting the plantar fascia contracts back to its original shape. The pain often subsides as the day progresses and the plantar fascia continues to be stretched.
The KEY to support this issue it to wear more appropriate footwear, especially if you are going to be on your feet for long periods of time. Slater Safety have a bespoke FootStopServces that allows us to see your pressure points and arches in your feet to provide you / your staff with the perfect footwear for their feet. By firmly securing the foot, not over tight, this helps to reduce the overstretching of the plantar fascia.
Heel Spurs
The heel bones is the largest bone in the foot and absorbs the most about of shock and pressure. A heel spurs is an abnormal growth of the heel bones. Bone spurs form when the plantar fascia pulls away from the heel area, causing a bony protrusion, or heel spur to develop. While most people assume the heel spur itself is the cause of pain, it's not. The plantar fascia tissue pulling away from the heel bone is the actual cause of pain, especially while standing or walking.
Footwear with double density sole until means there are 2 layers within the sole unit. A hard outer layer of PU or rubber is used with a softer, thicker layer of PU used as a second layer. By having this second layer it aids additional comfort and reduces the impact on the heel of the foot when walking, relieving pain and pressure.