Your Flip-Flops Are Silently Destroying Your Heels—Here’s Why

Your Flip-Flops Are Silently Destroying Your Heels—Here's Why

Every step in flip-flops triggers an invisible muscular reflex: your toes grip to keep the shoe from sliding off. Repeated thousands of times, this tiny action strains your plantar fascia and concentrates damage at your heel—often resulting in painful plantar fasciitis that strikes hardest each morning.