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The interesting thing about the body is, when you damage one area, lots of times another area feels the pain. When you support yourself day in and day out with
by TGJ 16y ago
The interesting thing about the body is, when you damage one area, lots of times another area feels the pain.
When you support yourself day in and day out with the wrong shoe, your back has to work harder to pick up the slack. The average person is a heel striker which sends up vibrations to the knees and back. Since the knees work harder than normal, the muscles in your legs work hard and develop. From there, the average person does little to no exercise to stretch out the muscles, especially the hamstrings which when developed and tight pull on the back.
Then there's the simple fact that we have five toes which normally would be spread apart and help with balance and agility. We then shove them into badly fitting shoes and we squeeze our toes together practically forming one giant toe. This of course due to the fact that humans as a race decided walking on concrete and asphalt was much better than grass and dirt.
- joshkaufman 16y agoVery good point. I had lower back pain until I switched to being mostly barefoot or wearing barefoot shoes. After a few weeks of not heal striking, my back pain disappeared. Sample size of one, so take that for what it's worth. It's not a stretch to think that adding new elements to a complex system that's developed over millions of years may introduce problems. Eliminate the new element, and you may eliminate the problem.
- fondue 16y agoFunny, I had nearly an identical experience and this was before learning about the vibrams or this 'issue'.