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I bought a pair of their Flow shoes and they really seem to work well. I'm barefoot as much as possible anyway, and these give me as close to that experience as

by lux 17y ago

I bought a pair of their Flow shoes and they really seem to work well. I'm barefoot as much as possible anyway, and these give me as close to that experience as I can have when I'm out and could be faced with a "no shirt, no shoes, no service" scenario. Unfortunately, I only bought one pair of the toe socks for use with them and going barefoot in them makes for a sweaty experience. So I ordered another 6 pairs of socks so I could use them all the time, but UPS wants $48 for customs into Canada (but mostly for their brokerage fee) which is ludicrous so I refused the shipment. Now I'm waiting to reorder them but this time using the USPS which seemed to work fine the last time when I ordered the shoes themselves. Once that's sorted out, I'll be wearing these things until it's just too cold to do so up here!

lux 17y ago
The back-story to me buying these was that I developed really bad shin splints a few years back and had to stop running, tennis, basketball, ultimate, or pretty much anything with an impact on my feet/legs. I was able to keep mountain biking and kickboxing, but I wanted to get into running and couldn't. Doctors and shoe specialists all told me I needed better support. The supports and insoles only ever made it MUCH MUCH worse. I have one flat foot, so that was the focal point of all their recommendations... But the only thing that seemed to help, which was a fluke discovery and not recommended by any "professional", was being barefoot. In these shoes, I can run around and play any sport I want with zero problems so far.
- oconnor0 17y ago
  Was it just shin splints that you had issues with? Have you had any feet,knee,or ankle problems since going barefoot?
  - lux 17y ago
    Technically because of my one flat foot, I believe I still have a bit of metatarsal stress in that foot. People often complain that it feels worse without support (ie. barefoot) but I find it to be the opposite in my case, although after walking for an hour or more either way I do start to feel it pretty good. What I'm hoping and seems to be working a bit is that walking barefoot more helps strengthen my arch and other less-used muscles in my foot and that helps eliminate this too. But I expect that's not a 100% solution and long-term I'll probably need some sort of treatment to correct the underlying cause, which is the fallen arch. The shin splints were really painful though, and those are completely gone. If I put any downward pressure on my legs (sharp stops/turns, jump shots, etc) it used to feel like my legs could snap in half. Not fun :)

by lux 17y ago

lux 17y ago

The back-story to me buying these was that I developed really bad shin splints a few years back and had to stop running, tennis, basketball, ultimate, or pretty much anything with an impact on my feet/legs. I was able to keep mountain biking and kickboxing, but I wanted to get into running and couldn't. Doctors and shoe specialists all told me I needed better support. The supports and insoles only ever made it MUCH MUCH worse. I have one flat foot, so that was the focal point of all their recommendations... But the only thing that seemed to help, which was a fluke discovery and not recommended by any "professional", was being barefoot. In these shoes, I can run around and play any sport I want with zero problems so far.

oconnor0 17y ago
Was it just shin splints that you had issues with? Have you had any feet,knee,or ankle problems since going barefoot?
- lux 17y ago
  Technically because of my one flat foot, I believe I still have a bit of metatarsal stress in that foot. People often complain that it feels worse without support (ie. barefoot) but I find it to be the opposite in my case, although after walking for an hour or more either way I do start to feel it pretty good. What I'm hoping and seems to be working a bit is that walking barefoot more helps strengthen my arch and other less-used muscles in my foot and that helps eliminate this too. But I expect that's not a 100% solution and long-term I'll probably need some sort of treatment to correct the underlying cause, which is the fallen arch. The shin splints were really painful though, and those are completely gone. If I put any downward pressure on my legs (sharp stops/turns, jump shots, etc) it used to feel like my legs could snap in half. Not fun :)