This is my first-ever pair of any name-brand athletic shoe and I am in love! I am difficult to fit and lately find any lace-up shoe almost unbearably painful due to fused toe joints.

These are fabulous! The design of the sole is not only good for exercising leg muscles -- its stated purpose -- but makes walking with my "handicap" so comfortable that I am in a prolonged state of epiphany.

As I've told friends, I may even wear (these) shoes at times that societal demands and health codes don't play a part in my decision!

And to think that I wouldn't have experienced such bliss were it not for a major sale here on Amazon...