You Walk Wrong – How Shoes Are Ruining Your Feet
New York Magazine has an interesting and extensive article on how humans are ruining their feet with modern shoes. Cultures where shoes are not worn have the healthiest feet, where cultures with near constant shoe use (read: Americans) have the least healthiest feet. The article chronicles how shoe makers continue to pad and coddle your feet to the point where your feet aren’t working the way they should, and worse yet it changes your gait for the worse. Efforts are being made to make shoes that more closely mimic barefoot walking while still providing your feet protection from the cold and sharp objects, but I think the bottom-line is people need to spend more time barefoot.
Try your next treadmill workout without wearing shoes - and you may realize you have been neglecting your feet.
[New York Magazine – How We're Wrecking Our Feet With Every Step We Take]