Steel toe overshoes provide both safety and relief to diabetics

Steel toe overshoes are becoming extremely popular with people who have diabetes. Diabetics, as most people are aware, very often have severe foot problems and discomfort, making it almost impossible for them to wear steel toe boots to work. This discomfort and the effects of the illness couple with the necessity of wearing unsuitable or uncomfortable protective footwear in the workplace can sometimes then lead to the necessity to amputate toes or other parts of the foot. When that happens, the 'work' problem becomes horribly magnified, requiring the affected workers to learn new skills, be re-assigned to lighter duty, reduce their work week to part-time, all of which may then lead to a loss of income for them. Add to this the fact that our working population is aging, and that with age comes not only wisdom but also more health issues, and you have the basis for a crisis in the workplace. Fortunately, oshatoes.com seem to be helping, if only in a small way, many of these people suffering from this dreaded diabetes disease.


The people with diabetes that call in from around the country can be very interesting and informative. Most who call do so because they have the need to wear steel toe protection, yet suffer horribly when wearing steel toe boots. The boots cramp their toes and restrict blood flow, a very serious condition for a diabetic. With that comes the pain, so devastating to most sufferers that they simply cannot work an entire day, even when they so dearly need to for the income. And, some say, the quality of the work that they can do suffers as well because their minds are so overwrought with the pain that they have trouble concentrating on the task at hand.

OSHATOES, which are an over the shoe steel toe alternative, seem to be helping thousands of diabetics overcome their pain and allow them to work full days and be more productive. The covers are a very simple product and idea. Wear the steel toecap to protect your feet over the shoe instead of inside the shoe. This way, workers wear their own comfortable shoes, and yet still be protected by the rated steel toecap that is molded into the over the shoe rubbers.

And, OSHATOES are also much lighter on the feet, being only about 12 ounces per foot compared to 2+ pounds for most boots. This causes less physical drain on the workers after a full day at work, making them not only less tired at the end of the day, but also less prone to accidents resulting from carelessness caused by being overtired.

The product is interchangeable for men or for women; either/or can wear them and achieve the same benefits.

Many of the customers call a day or two after receiving their order thanking us for solving their safety footwear problem. It is really quite gratifying to be able to solve this steel toe boot alternative that makes life so much easier for all those people with foot problems. We all have to work, and it is a lot easier to work when you're comfortable and not in foot-agony

Find out more information about OSHATOES Safety Shoes at www.oshatoes.com