I bought these shoes for my daughter who has a tendency to walk on her tiptoes .We tried several different brands and these are light have lots of support and are well made. She was diagnosed 3 years ago with RA and her doctors want her to walk all she can to keep her joints loose ,with her other shoes her feet would be swollen after a 1\2 mile walk .As soon as she received her shoes in the mail she took off in them and came back very happy that her feet wasn't hurting and these aren't even broken in yet.