Barefoot Shoes 101
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Barefoot shoes, also known as minimalist shoes, are designed to closely mimic the experience of walking barefoot while still providing some level of protection for the feet. These shoes typically feature a design that allows for natural foot movement, supporting the foot’s natural biomechanics. This type of footwear en...
How Your Feet Affect Overall Health
It’s easy to forget about your feet, but it’s incredibly difficult to avoid our feet. They’re literally stuck to us and follow us everywhere we go, whether we use them (or appreciate what they do for us) or not. Maintaining proper foot health and function can be a fickle game, but the days of assuming that your feet ha...
How Did Society Get Shoes So Wrong?
We ponder that question almost daily. How did society get shoes so wrong? The human foot looks a certain way…so just make something like it and call it a day. It should have been simple, but people are going to people, making decisions that snowball until you get the above catastrophe. So let’s peel back this odorous o...
Does Training Barefoot Make You Stronger?
Sometimes it bums us out to correct an issue we were essentially forced into. We look around at peoples’ feet and see these shoes that resemble a mannequin more than an actual foot. We don’t blame the big shoe companies, though. They did their best. People have said their feet hurt, and the shoemakers gave them an abun...