Dr. Mog
Researcher at moggerdom and zoomerology
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You are literally walking wrong, barefoot shoes fix that.
This is what your feet were like when you were born, look at the distance between the phalanxes, this is what your feet is supposed to look like. Now compare this to your feet rn, toes are squished, constricted and narrowed. This would in turn lead to cutting off the blood supply from the plantar artery leading to Plantar fasciitis, an inflammatory condition of your foot’s fascia. Also bunions and much more foot anatomical deformities.
Solution?
Start transitioning to barefoot shoes. These shoes will allow wiggle room in the toe box ensuring usage of different layers muscles of your natural feet anatomy. These layered muscles in the evolutionary POV are soon to be extinct as generations of squished feet sneakerhead walkers arise.
It’s been a week I’ve got one for myself for gym use and the initial 2 days some muscles near the tibia and the achilis were sore (or you can call it feeling funny) cause they are now being used and activated. My squat PR and form has improved too.
Extremes of this barefoot cult include barefoot shoes marathon running which I don’t recommend yet. Another useful tool is the usage of toe spacers - a rubber/plastic material meant to create the space between your toes. (Caution - do not use this 24/7, your foot has a lot of tendons and ligaments, these light tissues would break if distance between the toes are forced, transition slowly.)
This is what your feet were like when you were born, look at the distance between the phalanxes, this is what your feet is supposed to look like. Now compare this to your feet rn, toes are squished, constricted and narrowed. This would in turn lead to cutting off the blood supply from the plantar artery leading to Plantar fasciitis, an inflammatory condition of your foot’s fascia. Also bunions and much more foot anatomical deformities.
Solution?
Start transitioning to barefoot shoes. These shoes will allow wiggle room in the toe box ensuring usage of different layers muscles of your natural feet anatomy. These layered muscles in the evolutionary POV are soon to be extinct as generations of squished feet sneakerhead walkers arise.
It’s been a week I’ve got one for myself for gym use and the initial 2 days some muscles near the tibia and the achilis were sore (or you can call it feeling funny) cause they are now being used and activated. My squat PR and form has improved too.
Extremes of this barefoot cult include barefoot shoes marathon running which I don’t recommend yet. Another useful tool is the usage of toe spacers - a rubber/plastic material meant to create the space between your toes. (Caution - do not use this 24/7, your foot has a lot of tendons and ligaments, these light tissues would break if distance between the toes are forced, transition slowly.)
