The Psychological Importance of Shoes

Shoes contribute a great deal to our human experience.

In the 1994 movie, The Sandlot, an autographed baseball signed by Babe Ruth is knocked into a neighboring backyard that is home to a perceived vicious dog. From there, a group of young boys develop intricate plans to stealthily obtain the highly-valued baseball. All of their attempts failed, except for one that included one of the boys who hopped the fence wearing a brand new pair of P.F. Flyers that were perceived by the group to make you run faster and jump higher. Through the P.F. Flyers, the boy’s confidence to take the feat head on increased because of his perception of the superhuman-like abilities wearing the shoes provided him.

This type of perception is quite common and can not only boost the performance of a skill but can also provide benefits to the personality development of adolescents. There is this perceived magical transformation to turn someone from ordinary to a superstar or model.

Through perception, shoes hold value that is unique to the wearer and their environment. For example, an expensive cowboy boot with quality leather and a rugged look can invoke a perception that the wearer has a strong personality type that is independent and alienated from civilization. While shoes have a basic functional purpose with many benefits, there are also beliefs and intrinsic values that accompany them. While the lack of shoes cannot strip one of individuality nor can the lack of shoes keep a person from traveling, life is a lot easier when shoes are present. Shoes allow us to travel farther, be more expressive, improve our performance and aid in overall health.

From our soles to our souls, shoes contribute a great deal to our human experience.

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Safety All you need!

Foot injuries can be quite painful… and costly. They can sideline a worker or a team and add tremendous cost to your bottom line. Of the 12 million work-related injuries that happen on average each year, the Indian Department of Labor reports that 10% of those injuries are to the feet and ankles.

These injuries cost businesses an average of five lost work days and a combined $600 million paid in workers’ compensation and lost production.

According to the National Safety Council, we have progressed over the past few years on use of safety footwear for the workforce. However the quality of safety shoes must be as per the usage in the work field. This unawareness about the requirement of safety shoes as per the usage leads to these critical circumstances. That’s surprising considering the advancement of safety footwear in both appearance and function over the past few years.

Safety. All you need!

We need to figure out the requirement of safety shoes for our workforce and then procure them with the additional requirements which will keep your worker safe that will help reduce workplace injuries, downtime and lost workdays.