Respect Your Feet

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Respect Your Feet

• Get the Most out of your Safety Shoes
• Dan Ogier
• Hy-Test Safety Footwear

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Are You an Accident Waiting to Happen?
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Size does matter

• when it comes to Safety Shoes!

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Different Brands Can

• Fit You in Different Ways

• Mean a Different Size Fits Best! 

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Todays Agenda

• Buy a Fit and Not a Size
• What is a Last
• How that Last Effects the Shoes Fit
• How the Foot Measuring Thingy Helps Find Your
  Proper Fit!
• Trace Your Foot to
• Find Your Correct Fit!

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Have You Ever

• Had Back Pain?
• Had Leg Pain?
• Had Foot Pain?
• Wondered Why do my feet hurt when I wear my
  Safety Shoes?
• Come Home, Glad to Put Your Feet Up?
• Kicked Off your Safety Shoes to Put On your
  Comfortable Sneakers?

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Why Buy a Fit and not a Size?

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When we reduce our
Back Pain

Leg Pain
Foot Pain
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...we have fewer accidents!
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First Things First The Last

• The Last is a pattern for the design of a shoe
• Its shape determines if that style shoe will fit
  the shape of your foot!
• It is based on the distance from the ball of the
  foot to the end of the toes!
• If the Last does not represent the size and
  shape of your foot, the shoe will not be
  comfortable for you!
• Why, then, pick fashion over comfort?

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Shoe Lasts are (Patterns) to design the Shoe!

• The shoes fit depends on the design, shape, and
  volume of the Last.
• The Last must represent the anatomy of your foot,
  and must give the finished shoe a pleasing and
  fashionable appearance and at the same time fit
  the shape of your foot!
• Select what feels comfortable on your feet!
• Choose the style that is closest shape of your
  foot!

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3 Very Different Shoes Made from the Same Last
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That Foot Measuring Thingy

• Everyones seen it, but do you know the correct
  technical name of this tool?

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• In 1925, a man named Charles F. Brannock invented
  this device for measuring feet. He patented it in
  1928.
• Prior to the Brannock Device, the shoe industry
  measured feet length with a yard stick. Getting a
  good fit was a real puzzle.
• The Brannock Device made it possible for people
  to buy ready made shoes to fit their feet in both
  width and length,

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Its Time to Measure Your Feet (did everyone wear
clean socks???)

• Pair up With the Person Next to You
• Take off Your Shoes
• Get the Paper Brannock Device
• Follow the Instructions
• What Size are You?

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Brannock Exercise Results

• Did everyone finish?
• What did you find?
• Any surprises?
• Any other factors to think about?
• Of course, to get the best fit you will need to
  pick a style to match the shape of your foot, and
  then try them on.

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What is a Size?

• It Is Simply a Number in the Lining of Your Shoes
  or a Tag on Your Shirt.
• Notice That This Shoe has 4 Sizes!

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What Is a Fit?

• Measured From the Second Joint on Your Big Toe to
  Your Heel.
• Uses the Brannock Device to Determine the Best
  Educated Guess to Start With a Size.
• The fit may be longer or wider, depending on how
  your foot feels in the shoe.
• Shoes must give you enough room to wiggle your
  toes, and so that they are not cramped.
• Choose a pattern that looks to be the same shape
  as your feet.

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Measuring Your Fit
Not Your Toe Length
Measure From Heel to Ball
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Fit From The Start

• A shoe should feel good when it is put on your
  foot!
• It should have a very little break in period!

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My Heel Slips!

• Your heels might slip up and down at first, but
  should not slip more than a quarter of an inch.
  More than that, and the shoe is too big. Try a
  different size or width!
• You might find that your heels slip up and down
  in your shoes after a few months. Tighten the
  laces closest to the ball of your foot, then lace
  the rest of them so you are comfortable!

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Wrong Sized Shoes Cost

• Do you have shoes (money) sitting in your closet
  or locker because they dont fit right??
• What would happen if
• your shoes fit badly?
• Would you work more slowly?
• Would you make mistakes?
• Would your back, legs, or feet ache?
• Would you hurt yourself or a co-worker because
  youre in pain and not focused?

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So, What Have We Learned?

• Choose Your Shoes by Fit, Not by Size!
• The Last Determines Whether Your Shoe Will Fit!
• Shoe Sizes Fit Differently, So Measure Heel to
  Ball
• Try on the Shoe to Be Sure of the Correct Fit
• You Want Your Shoe to Be Flexible at the Ball of
  Your Foot, and in Tune With Your Foot

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any questions
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Where Can You Get More Information?
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Thank You for Your Attention!!