Originally Posted by
unterhausen
in my case, I think it's the opposite, I develop issues if I ride with platforms too long because I'm sloppy about how I put my feet on the pedals and then pain slowly develops. I'm sure if I rode platforms all the time I would eventually become more cognizant of my foot position
Ah, then you should be ok - but when people are forced into poor foot placement (rather than "choose" it) then there's often a problem either seat position or the crank arms.