The Importance of Proper Foot Bone Alignment

Podiatrist Doctor Ray McClanahan demonstrates in the video below how most shoes may induce our feet to over-pronate. It’s yet another argument that having properly-aligned toes is key to proper foot alignment and health.

My Take on Minimalist Footwear

From left to right: Hand-made Huaraches, Vibram FiveFingers Sprint, Vivo Barefoot Runners.

In recent years, there has been quite a bit of development of the so-called “minimalist footwear”. While the definition of minimalist footwear tends to vary from user to user and from manufacturer to manufacturer, basically, any type of footwear that is designed to simulate, as close as possible, the experience of going barefooted by still providing an acceptable amount of insulation and protection from the environment (at least part, usually the soles) can fall into the category of “minimalist”.

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A great message for kids of all ages!

Set Your Piggies Free!

Shoddies simply don’t care…

I recently had a very interesting, and somewhat disturbing exchange with a friend of my partner’s, who happens to be a nurse and has also been training for a running competition. While I have always known this person has never been supportive of my barefooting lifestyle, I never thought she would be so closed to new information.

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National Barefoot Week – is it, really?

June 1-7 has been, once again, declared “National Barefoot Week” by Soles4Souls, a Nashville-based charity that collects new and used shoes to be donated to people in need around the world. The week-long event is a yearly highlight the charity uses to encourage people to get involved in donating any type of footwear to be re-distributed in the US and other places where people might need it.

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Foot Notes
Study: Humans Were Born To Run Barefoot
by Christopher Joyce - PNR.org, January 27, 2010
Anthropologist Dan Lieberman, one of the proponents of the "human runner" school, concludes that we do it better without shoes.
Going almost barefoot in Bolivia
by Robert Brodey - The Toronto Star, April 17, 2010
Minimalist shoe allows for maximum ground contact as writer runs, hikes in salt flats
Is Barefoot Running Really Better For You?
by Steve Kamb - Nerd Fitness, November 4, 2009
Great, in-depth, objective analysis on barefoot running.
Sick of shoes? Back pain? Try living the barefoot life
by Rachel Maclean - Cochrane Eagle, July 29, 2009
Eperience recount with barefooters Al Gaultier and Tina Dubois from British Columbia, Canada
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