[Anastasia916]

I dress casual most the time, I only wear heels when going somewhere nice, so I have no clue about long term with this, but I have high arches and I can't wear completely flat shoes for long, like say flip flops. I have to wear shoes with some type of arch in them. It sounds to me like you trained your feet to be use to the higher arch in heels. What I wear most the time are wedged heels, when I worked in the states and did sales, I wore dress type shoes that resembled mens dress shoes except mine had a chunky heel. As far as flats go I make sure they have arch support in them, if they don't I buy arch support inserts if I really like the shoe and it doesn't have the arch support. That might also be a good alternative for you. When I wear flats without arch support, say flip flops... after an hour or so of standing or walking in them... my ankles, lower legs, etc. will hurt sooo bad that I can't even walk! So it sounds to me like you need arch support in your flats like I do. Around here, I jog alot for exercise, I wear tennis shoes with arch support, normally I find certain style of sketcher brand shoes to have the best support for my arches, but also I've had a few good pair of Adidas, Reebok, Nike, and K-Swiss, you just need to put your hand inside the shoe when looking for shoes, feel where your natural arch in your foot would go and select shoes that have the bump there inside, try them on. The first time you buy sport type shoes with arch support, it will take a bit to get use to them, I'd say a week of walking in them, but once you are use to them, you won't want to wear any other kind lol. You will be able to walk, run, jog, etc. everywhere without pain. And yes I agree that wearing heels non-stop everyday is probably damaging your foot, it's okay to wear them say half the time, but change it up everyday and give your feet time to rest in between so they don't get stuck in one position. It's like if you crossed your eyes all day everyday, your eyes would eventually get stuck that way, same thing. Hope this helps and I don't think it's a silly question.