Medical professionals stand on their feet for long and wearying hours, deserve and may need more assistance from their shoes than NBA players. It was determined that while the average NBA player runs 2.5 miles in one game, the average nurse walks from 4 to 5 miles during a regular 12-hour shift. For this reason, shoe giant Nike has designed new sneakers specifically for the nurses, doctors and home healthcare workers.
As Nike itself advertises, “the Nike Air Zoom Pulse is a shoe for everyday heroes: nurses, doctors, home health providers and others who work tirelessly to support patients.”
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Nike designed Air Zoom Pulse sneakers specifically for medical professionals
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Nike created the new shoes after doing a study with medical professionals at OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon to design the ideal ones for their needs.
“It feels like a soft, snug hug”
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Nike says that the new design faces various “medical-worker-specific” challenges. They wanted to make a shoe that would be both comfortable for long periods of standing and adaptable enough to support the “hurried movements required in emergency situations.” Therefore, they designed Air Zoom Pulse with “a heel fit so secure, it feels like a soft, snug hug.”
The coated toe box protects against spills
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The new sneakers were also designed with a coated toe box that protects the shoe of any kind of spill, having in mind that medical professionals must endure countless of them during their shift. In addition to this, the sneakers have no laces to absorb any kind of moisture or spill.
And they slip on and off easily
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The new Nikes slip on and off quickly as they are made with an flexible strap, while the rubber soles have extra traction on slippery floors.
100% of the profits from the sneakers will go to OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland
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The Nike Air Zoom Pulse pattern comes in seven different colorways – six of them were produced by patients and were released at the starting of this December. In addition to this, all of the proceeds from these shoes will be donated directly to OHSU Doernbecher Children’s Hospital in Portland, Oregon.
