Professional shoes

Professional shoes are a crucial element in the prevention of risks at work. In all risky professions, having good work shoes is an important factor. Currently, there are more and more models that combine effective safety and extreme comfort.

Why wear professional footwear?

Wearing professional shoes is essential to avoid the risk of accidents at work. Theseaccessories also ensure comfort for their wearers.

A professional shoe is an accessory designed to protect the feet against the risks present in the workplace. It is personal protective equipment (PPE) allowing its wearer to move around and work safely.

Professional kitchen shoe

Professional medical footwear

Hospital staff have to stand and/or run frequently and this causes wear and tear on the foot. Injuries such as tendinitis or fractures can be caused by poor foot posture in the shoe. However, these various pathologies can be reduced by wearing medical footwear because they adjust the position of the foot.

Maintenance of the safety shoe

A few reflexes are good to take for a safety shoe to last over time. Whether on construction sites, in the kitchen or in a warehouse, the safety shoe is exposed to greasy products, dust, puncturing debris, etc. Its original properties and level of protection can be impeded and degraded by these elements. The life of the equipment is increased with the help of a general check of the upper and soles as well as frequent maintenance.

Machine wash professional shoes

It is normal for feet to release moisture and sweat during long working days. That said, machine washing safety shoes is not very advisable. There are better ways to remove bad odors from safety shoes, such as using shoe deodorants.

Care for professional leather shoes

Leather shoes should be cared for regularly, right from the start, by applying a leather balm. This will make the leather suppleandresistant.

Choosing your work shoe

The main criterion when choosing a pair of safety shoes is foot protection. However, comfort should not be overlooked. Throughout the day, the worker must be comfortable doing his job. Several parameters must be taken into account when choosing your work shoes, ventilation, antibacterial treatment and morphology, etc.

Finding the right pro shoe size

Work in comfort and safety with the right shoe size and the right width of the shoe.

In order to find the right size, the principle is as follows: if the finger fits, it's the right one.

There are different steps to follow for this:

Choose your size (see our guide).

Put on your unlaced shoes and place your index finger in the heel of the shoe.

If you have enough space left in the shoe, lace it up and take a few test steps on clean ground.

Finding the right width

To find the right width, the principle is as follows: if the hand passes through the width, it is the right width!

The width of the shoe is also a big part of comfort. As a general rule, the width of the back of the hand determines whether you have a wide or narrow foot.

Women's professional shoe

It is quite late that professional shoes for women are appeared. Manufacturers designed safety shoes more suitable for men because the trades most exposed to the risk of crushing or puncturing the foot had very few women. You should know that the first safety shoes were not similar to those we know today. Often much heavier, they were not very comfortable to use.