Ep 4: Natural Footwear Transition...Free Your Feet

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In this Episode Chad and Nick recap modern day footwear and its impact on our normal foot function as well as discuss the steps to transitioning their patients and clients to natural footwear.

 

Criteria For Natural Footwear:

• Zero Drop - Flat 

• Wide Toe Box - Widest from tip of big toe to tip of little toe, not the bases of the toes like conventional shoes.

• Flexible Sole - Can be contorted in a variety of ways, not only bending in one spot - i.e break point.

• Thin Sole - 200,000 nerve endings in the foot, let them feel the ground and interact with the environment like they are supposed to!

 

Steps-By-Step Process To Transitioning To Natural Footwear:
 

Step #1: Figure out where you fall on the footwear spectrum
Step #2: Determine your barefoot ability
Step #3: Make small changes to footwear - Address one component at a time - Heel-to-toe drop first!
Step #4: Address other components of shoes if need be - some may stop at step #3 If appropriate.
Step #5: Reap the benefits, and have a variety of footwear options

 

Remember...Regaining a positive relationship with your feet requires a lifelong journey, so we need to start small. And have patience!

Let's Free Those Feet!

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