Stretch Your Shoes

Did you know that your feet get longer as you get older? Your foot is shaped like an arch and over time that arch slowly collapses making your feet longer. Not by much, but it doesn't take much for your shoes not to fit anymore.

When dealing with US shoe sizes there is a 1/6 of an inch between each half size. So a size 6 is only 1/6 of an inch longer than a 5½. Many people do not realize this and will try to purchase a size 6 when they're 40 because they wore a size 6 when they were 20.

How to fix this? You have a few options:

• Get your feet re-measured every 5 years or so.
• Get insoles with arch support. These will lift your arches back up.
• Stretch your shoes.

What about your old shoes? You can stretch your shoes to make them larger. A shoe stretcher can make your shoes half to a full size larger. Any larger than that and you risk damaging the shoes.
 

To stretch your shoes you need two products Shoe Stretch and a Shoe Stretcher. The Shoe Stretch will soften the material to help it stretch and hold its shape once stretched and the Shoe Stretcher will, well, stretch the shoes.
 

Get more life out of your shoes at Cedar Shoe Tree.