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Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

Help, my feet are being strangled.

Socks these days are so small. I guess with fairly much everything made in China the manufactures measure their feet and say that's how big a sock should be. Also less materials go into making a tiny sock.

Even the locally made socks are small. Probably copying the Chinese made ones. I've seen comfort fit and circulation socks, but these strangle my feet too.

I feel that if your socks are too tight you aren't going to get that good easy blood flow down your legs and through your feet that you need for good health.

Or am I going mad over thinking this.

Actually, tight socks are not a bad thing. Our resident foot guy, Tobra, recommends support socks for folks that sit all day or are on their feet all day. Support socks are tight and are supposed to help with circulation. I think the deal is that if you stand all day or you are relatively inactive all day, it can be tough for fluids to come back up, and the tight support socks help with that.

I will say that I HATE if my toes feel like they are in bondage. The support socks are tight around your calves, but not around your toes.

I also tend to buy shoes with wide, roomy toe boxes. I want to be able to wiggle my toes while wearing shoes.