How To Measure Your Foot For The Correct Shoe Size

How To Measure Your Foot For The Correct Shoe Size

A step by step guide to measuring your feet for correct size, support and comfort.
It is essential to get the correct size for proper fit before you purchase your "brand new shoes". Think of your shoes as a new best friend and, walking in them daily, they will become your close friend. With proper fit they can become your favorite pair of shoes!
Your new shoes will take you all around town, or just feeling good when you kick back in your hammock.
Let's begin...so that we can get those new shoes on you.

For at home measurements:

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Step 1. First gather your supplies. Some tape, a piece of paper larger than your foot, a pencil, and a ruler or measuring tape. Taping the piece of paper, at the corners, to a flat, hard surface on floor. Now you're ready to measure.

Step 2. Trace the outline of your foot. Some people have feet that do swell especially in the evening after standing on them for long periods of time. Because of this we recommend measuring your foot in the evening to allow for comfort and ample room. Trace your feet without shoes, just with socks like you may be wearing with the shoes you will be buying. Place foot firmly on the floor with your leg slightly forward and your shin just in front of your ankle. Using your pencil, trace the outline of your foot on the paper. Hold your pencil straight up and down as you do this. Make sure the pencil is firmly against your foot as you trace around it. It can be helpful to have someone else do the tracing, but you can do this yourself.

Step 3. Marking the length and width of your foot. Using your pencil, draw a straight line from top to bottom of the outline of your foot. That is your length. Then from side to side at the widest part of the outline, draw another straight line for your width.

Step 4. Measuring the length of your foot. Using your measuring tape or ruler, measure from the bottom to the top of your outline. For inches use the closest 16th inch mark when measuring. Don't round up or down as this will affect the fit of new shoes. Write your length measurement at the top of the outline.

Step 5. Measuring the width of your foot. Some people will need a narrow shoe while others need wide shoe. Measure the width of your foot with your tape measure or ruler from left side to the right of the widest part of the outline. Find the mark that is to the closest 16th inch here as well. Write this number to the side of your foot outline.

Step 6. Finding your final shoe size. Repeat these steps for the other foot and go with the larger of the two. After your numbers are written down, you will want to subtract 2 tenths of an inch from each of the numbers to allow for the slight space between your actual foot and the line made when tracing your foot with the pencil. These final numbers are your actual foot measurements and can be converted to your appropriate size and width.

You are now on your way to getting a correct fitting, comfortable, quality pair of shoes!
Enjoy them! Take care of your new shoes and they can last you for many good years.

How To Measure Your Foot For The Correct Shoe Size

Gregg Hall is a consultant for online and offline businesses and lives in Navarre Florida. Get your brand name shoes at http://www.brandnameshoesplus.com

Shoes - How to Measure Your Shoe Size Correctly

Shoes - How to Measure Your Shoe Size Correctly

Most people go to a shoe shop and try on various shoes without really knowing what their correct shoe size actually is.

This is fine if a particular size is a perfect fit, but not so good if your feet fall between sizes, or if you have feet that are narrower or wider than the regular fitting.

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When either of these instances is the case, you need to know your correct shoe size and, if necessary, buy good quality shoes that offer width as well as length fittings. Failing to do this can endanger the health of your feet and your feet are the foundations on which the rest of your body relies.

How to measure your feet

Firstly, follow the procedure below for both feet as it is not uncommon for the left and right foot to be slightly different. If this turns out to be the case, there are many companies (often internet or mail order based) that can supply you with a matching pair of shoes of different sizes or widths.

The measuring process

1. Place a piece of paper (larger than your foot) on a level flat surface and then put your for on top of it. Make sure that you are weight bearing as your foot will be slightly larger when this is the case (and this is the measurement that you need). 2. With a pencil draw around the outline of your foot (or get someone else to do so). Do this as carefully as possible and try to keep the outline true to the shape of your foot, particularly at the heal and toe and at the points where the foot is at its widest. 3. Measure the length and width of your foot from your tracing (at the widest and longest points) in inches being as accurate as possible, i.e. 1/8 of an inch. These are the pair of measurements (done separately for each foot) that you will use to determine your exact shoe size. 4. To obtain the measurement from which your shoe size will be derived, subtract a figure (no more than ¼ inch) from both width and length measurements to take account for the over-tracing around the foot. 5. Use a man's or women's foot "size chart" (see details below) to determine your correct shoe size. This will be variable depending upon where in the world you live and the size charts that are used in your location.
Shoe size charts

Foot/shoe sizing charts allow you to take the measurements derived from the procedure above and to convert them into "actual" shoe sizes that you can use to try-on, or to order shoes.

Shoes - How to Measure Your Shoe Size Correctly

To see shoe size charts for both men and women, go to http://www.orthopedic-shoes.net/shoe-size.html where you will find a link for each gender with charts for size and width in US (and international conversion) measurement tables.

Always buy shoes that are the correct fit and, when possible, measure your feet after you have done some light walking or weight bearing. For more about comfort fit and orthopedic shoes, take a look at http://www.orthopedic-shoes.net, your information guide to selecting well fitting shoes.