The Importance of Barefoot Shoes with Galahad Clark #13
Feel Better, Live More with Dr Rangan Chatterjee
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The Effects of Barefoot Shoes on Balance
You're getting so much information to your brain when you can feel your feet. And if you cut that off, then inevitably, vitality goes down. I tried something with my mother recently who is in her late 70s and a few balance issues. She's got about six pairs of barefoot shoes which she'll wear because once she puts on the cushioning they don't give as much protection. It's incredible how quickly their feet go from a natural state to something that starts to look more like a shoe after wearing traditional sandals again.
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