Do you have a foot length difference? Many people have a foot length difference, and if you are one of them, there are a variety of resources to help you to find the best footwear to help your feet to feel their best. The first thing to do is to determine if you have a difference in the length of your feet. Believe it or not but an estimated 60% of people have feet of different sizes either in width, length, or both. In order to know for certain if your feet are two different sizes, you need to measure them. This is easily done either at your home or the shoe store. Either ask the salesperson at the shoe store to measure both of your feet, or you could trace your feet at home. Then from your home tracings, take a ruler to record both the length and the width.

You need to measure both of your feet every time you purchase a new pair of shoes. This is because your feet change size and shape over your lifespan. Whenever you take your measurements, you should do it at the end of the day, after you have been on your feet. The longer you stand, the more your feet swell. If you have a job that requires you to stand all day, you will need to be certain to not measure your feet before work or at your lunch break. If you do, the pair of shoes you get will be too tight on your feet at the end of the day.

If you find from your measurements that you have a foot length difference there is no problem. The majority of people are in a similar situation. If you have a difference in size less than one whole size, you can still wear your favorite matching pair of shoes with little discomfort, but if one of your feet is more than a whole size larger than the other, you should get a pair of mismatched shoes, one in each size for the best fit.