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			The plate shoes have helped avoid a bruise maybe 3 times in the past 3 years.  I think you can live without them if you go into it knowing you'll probably take 1 or 2 off the top of your foot sometime this year.  It hurts, but you'll live. 
 
I do know someone that broke a bone on top of his foot once - but it was Div 2 NCAA.
		 
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
		
	
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