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may have put this somewhere else, but the health blog seems a good place to at least repeat it.
I have walking pain due to arthritus in the leg joints, and seem to have found a  smart solution.

normally I can only walk a few yards before it gets difficult,  but noticed that my country and western boots, made a difference, which are a bit facy for every day use, but you can get what they call practice line dancing shoes, that have the western boot special shock absorbant heel and are a smart lace up that goes with pretty well everything ( you need a size larger like a boot) which allows me to walk about for several hours before it gets too uncomfortable.
you only seem to be able to get them on the net, type in western boot and there are several British firms that do them