Is Being Barefoot Better for your Feet than Shoes?
The muscles and nerves deep within the foot improve in strength best with increased barefoot activity but progressively dengerates with routine use of thick cushioned running shoes.
Articles by Bretta Riches
Forefoot Running Prevents IT Band Injury
Forefoot running is better for IT band injury prevention because it was found to naturally engage safer mechanics that was found to relieve excessive vertical impacts, tensile stress, bending strain and higher rates of loading off IT band than heel strike running.
Is Barefoot Running Good or Bad?
Barefoot running does the most good for reversing the damgaing mechanical impairments caused by cushioned running shoes.
Why Barefoot Running is Better on the Feet
Barefoot running switches on a range of nerve, reflexive and mechanical responses that prevent underfoot pressure from rising to damaging levels which reduces the risk of severe foot injuries vs thickly cushioned running shoes.
Why Do Running Shoes Cause Injuries?
Stability running shoes actually cause injuries because there’s more scientific conclusiveness showing that these shoes either cause overpronation or restricts the natural pronatory movements of the foot in ways that pushes the kinetic chain up the leg away from the natural order. Conversely, running barefoot or in barefoot-like footwear is one of the best ways to get immediate improvements in pronation control.