Experience the health benefits of barefoot living. This practice promotes enhanced posture and balance, alleviates common foot ailments, and provides natural pain relief. Transitioning should be gradual and mindful for safety and comfort. Embrace barefoot living for body wellness.
Learn how to mobilize, coordinate and strengthen your feet to regain their proper functionality.
Shoes as they are made in the market today are essentially casts. They limit range of motion in various ways while locking our foot into a compromised position. Here are some of the main issues that shoes present to our feet:
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Achilles tendon:J. Gordon Betts, Kelly A. Young, James A. Wise, Eddie Johnson, Brandon Poe, Dean H. Kruse, Oksana Korol, Jody E. Johnson, Mark Womble, Peter DeSaix, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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collagen:Laboratoires Servier, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
soft tissues:Cancer Research UK, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
windlass effect:Public Domain
hammer toes:National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse / National Institutes of Health, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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plantar fascia:InjuryMap, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
overuse injuries:InjuryMap, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
heel drop:HLHJ, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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erector spinae muscles:Henry Vandyke Carter, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
quadriceps:colorized by Michael Gasperl, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
hamstrings:Paul Hermans, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
calf muscles:InjuryMap, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
ankle stabilizers: OpenStax, CC BY 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
passive insufficiency:Mr. Yoga, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
active insufficiency:petechons, CC BY-SA 2.5 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5, via Wikimedia Commons
muscles:Laboratoires Servier, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
lordosis:Laboratoires Servier, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
kyphosis:InjuryMap, CC BY-SA 4.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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bunions:Angela Simon, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
hallux valgus:Jmarchn from Hellerhoff work, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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bones:Mikael Häggström, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
ankle:OpenStax College, CC BY 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
ligament:Laboratoires Servier, CC BY-SA 3.0 <https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0, via Wikimedia Commons