Toes Shoes???

If you know me, I have extrodinary taste in the shoes I put on my feet (Joe will testify to this).

Back in 2010, I bought my first pair of Vibram 5 fingers. Mainly, because they were weird.

I will admit I had no idea about the benefits to these oddly created shoes until I spent a couple of days in them. I felt that my posture started to get better because I was standing up much straighter and that my legs did not feel as tight or sore as usual. The reason for this that I had found, was because my feet were being feet.

Nobody I know was born with shoes on their feet. Cavemen did not wear shoes. We were made to be barefoot. Our feet are not suppose to be wrapped up and "supported" with thick foam, bumpy soles to "shape us up" and air pockets, they were meant to be free.

Unfortunately, in todays society and sanitary purposes we can not go walking around with no shoes or socks on.

So whats the next best thing? Toe shoes!

These "shoes" let your feet be feet. They let what we were born with work naturaly causing us to have less pain, avoid injury (compared to wearing big bulky shoes) and feel happy.

There are three point of the foot, the ball of the big toe, the ball of the little toe and the ball of your heel. Some shoes, more than less, do not let you use all three point properly or use one or two more than the other.

With 5 fingers, you are more likely to hit these three points because you now have a more natural foot.

Now I'm not saying that these are the only shoes out there that are benefical but, what I am saying is that we were made to be barefoot and if something isn't broke dont fix it. For some people 5 fingers are not for them due to their apperance or maybe they simply dont feel good on their feet. The purpose of this blog is to give you something to think about because, yes, they might look weird and they do, but to look past their apperance and help your feet, low back and spine.

They are by no means warm so once it is a tad bit nicer out you will see mine!

If you are curious, which i know you are now, go try a pair on and give them a chance! Who cares if someone says "Those are weird" simply reply, "My feet are happy!"

Thanks for reading,

Craig

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