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BTW, today I discovered that what caused my October accident resulting in a sprained ankle, hairline malleolus fracture and reactivation of a 2010 5th metatarsal stress fracture was…a shoe malfunction (yet again). Fourth out of five injuries (clog falling off my foot ascending my stairs caused a wrist tear in 2018, then gum sole of my shoe sticking to a terrazzo hospital lobby floor led to a scaphoid fracture two months later, and in 2023 another gum sole sticking to a marble tile dept. store floor when I tried to pivot caused an elbow fracture). The Oct. 2024 near-fall happened so fast I'd always assumed I'd tripped on a cat toy or a wrinkle in the large area rug in my rental house. But today, I was wearing the same shoes as on that day last October: a pair of python-print OOFOS rubber slides, size 8/39. Exactly the same thing happened today: got up from the sofa, L leg & foot a bit numb from sitting. Took a few steps forward, and the toe edge of the too-long forefoot sole caught the carpet and bent under, causing me to lose my balance (and wrench a toe or two in the process) before grabbing the stair rail finial and avoiding a fall. That pair of OOFOS is going to be donated, in favor of the less-chic size 7/38 red ones I have. A too-small shoe can cause discomfort, even pain; but who knew a too-big shoe would be dangerous?