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(HealthNewsDigest.com) – Flip flops are getting a bad rap, according to Riley Hospital for Children pediatrician Michael McKenna, M.D., Indiana University School of Medicine assistant professor of clinical pediatrics, who says that wearing the popular summer shoe does not lead to joint pain, shin splints and twisted ankles any more than any other style of shoe. In fact, he notes, flip flops are better than high heels. “Flip flops are a fine choice in warm weather. What is important is protecting the foot. Flips flops are not the best choice for walking on very hot pavement, on rocky trails or, in spite of teen insistence to the contrary, in cold winter months.”