Embrace Your Human Nature
Reconnect your feet with the ground, and move in the ways that nature intended.
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Enhance your natural foot movement, strengthen your foot muscles, and improve your overall balance while enjoying a more grounded and responsive walking experience.
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Shoes Cause Foot Problems
Changes in software (the way we move) and hardware (the shape of our bodies and feet) are evident when comparing habitually shod populations to habitually barefoot populations. The habitually shod foot has weaker intrinsic muscles and ligaments with less plantar fascia. When the arch collapses, the muscles and tendons provide less elastic recoil – possibly leading to injuries.Â
Common problems in shod populations are Morton’s Foot (where the big toe has receded behind the second toe) and Bunions (where the big toe joint is deformed). 30% of people are born with Morton’s Foot, many will develop it through their life because of poor shoe design. Â
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Barefoot shoes offer several key benefits by promoting natural foot movement.
They help strengthen foot muscles, improve balance, and enhance posture by allowing your feet to move naturally. The thin soles improve ground feel, reducing the risk of injuries like plantar fasciitis and shin splints.
With a wider toe box, they also increase flexibility and mobility.
Barefoot shoes can help with a wide range of conditions by promoting natural foot movement and strengthening the muscles in your feet.
Barefoot shoes can be a beneficial tool in managing these conditions by encouraging healthier foot mechanics and overall movement patterns. However, it’s important to transition gradually to barefoot shoes to allow your feet and body to adapt.
Do you suffer with?
Some common conditions that may benefit from wearing barefoot shoes include…
1. Plantar Fasciitis
By strengthening the foot’s muscles and promoting a more natural gait, barefoot shoes can alleviate the stress on the plantar fascia, reducing pain and discomfort.
2. Flat Feet (Fallen Arches)
Barefoot shoes encourage the natural arch of the foot to engage and strengthen, which can help improve arch support over time and reduce the symptoms associated with flat feet.
3. Bunions
The wide toe box in many barefoot shoes allows your toes to spread naturally, which can help reduce pressure on bunions and prevent them from worsening.
4. Back Pain
Improved posture and alignment from wearing barefoot shoes can reduce the strain on your lower back, helping to alleviate chronic back pain.
5. Knee Pain
By promoting proper alignment and reducing the impact on your joints, barefoot shoes can help reduce knee pain related to improper gait or posture.
Barefoot shoes can be a beneficial tool in managing these conditions by encouraging healthier foot mechanics and overall movement patterns. However, it’s important to transition gradually to barefoot shoes to allow your feet and body to adapt.
Modern shoes protect us from cuts and cold – that’s it!
Modern shoes try to manipulate the natural foot and movement techniques with variations of two main “technologies”; Motion Control and Shock Absorption.
Trying to use your feet in an unnatural way will logically lead to injuries which is exactly what modern shoes do.
It is also why, even after 60 years, there is no evidence that underfoot technologies reduce injuries at all. In fact, there is little understanding of these injuries. We are more than likely to injure ourselves on soft surfaces than hard surfaces – whatever type of shoe you are wearing. Soft surfaces reduce elastic recoil and create excesive muscle activity, which is the major source of injuries.
A baby needs to learn how to sit before they can crawl, stand walk and ultimately run. It is the same with re-learning natural movement: walk before you can run! Skilful running as Vivobarefoot guides is fundamentally based on 3 things:
– Posture (upright)
– Rhythm (very quick leg cadence, around 170 to 185 steps per minute)
– Relaxation (movement is a subconscious skill that should be in your animal brain – relax and enjoy!)Â
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