[header] How to prevent flip flops from hurting your feet [title] Wear them for short activities. [step] You can wear your flip flops for quick trips to the store, or to pick up your mail, and if you're meeting friends for a meal. As long as you won't be on your feet for a long time or doing something that risks injury, wearing flip flops is fine. 
[title] Wear them to the beach or the pool. [step] Flip flops were really designed as a convenient and easy-to-wear shoe that you can take to the beach or the pool.