If you have a wound under your foot, or the side of your foot or anywhere on the toes, you may need protection other than just normal shoes. The wounds may be due to blisters, cuts, pressure, diabetes and can take a while to heal.

Can you stay off your foot for week or 3? Most people will say not for 3 weeks.

A diabetic may say it's not painful, so nothing to see here. A main driver of a diabetic wound is pressure and forgetting the wound is there as it does not hurt.

If wounds are not offloaded, they will be slow to heal and the longer they stay open, the higher risk of infection.

People develop bunions which rub and require continual band-aids or a silicone cover can be utilised. People also have swollen feet and legs and may go up and down during the day. A lot of people wear compression garments but get sick of them and then leg and foot swells. Below are shoes that can help.