Episode 83: What Makes a Harvard Doctor Start a Shoe Company?

What Makes a Harvard Doctor Start a Shoe Company?

– The MOVEMENT Movement with Steven Sashen Episode Dr. Casey Kerrigan

Dr. Casey Kerrigan is co-founder of OESH Shoes. She is a Harvard M.D., an N.I.H. supported biomechanist, and a lifelong runner since her track star days in high school and college. After publishing numerous medical research studies linking traditional women’s shoes to serious long-term health problems and disability, she gave up her coveted position as the first woman tenured professor and chair in the school of medicine at the University of Virginia, to develop truly healthy shoes for women. Shunned by the shoe industry for her research, she built her own factory and company, OESH Shoes, where she develops not only the shoes but also the machinery, processes, and materials to make them.

OESH is the only shoe company to be recognized by the National Science Foundation for its sustainable zero-waste 3D printing and 3D knitting processes. Making and selling its first batch of shoes in 2011, OESH has a community of now thousands of women who believe that fashion should be dictated, first and foremost, by health. 

Listen to this informative The MOVEMENT Movement episode with Dr. Casey Kerrigan about what makes a Harvard Doctor start a shoe company.

Here are some of the beneficial topics covered on this week’s show:

- How many people don’t understand the basic mechanics of walking and running.

- Why reducing someone’s joint torque reduces arthritic pain.

- How even the most expensive running shoes increase joint torques.

- How even the smallest amount of arch support increases joint torques.

- Why many big shoe companies are so threatened by natural movement.

Connect with Casey:

Links Mentioned: oeshshoes.com Guest Contact Info: Twitter @oeshshoes Instagram @oeshshoes Facebook facebook.com/OESHshoes

Connect with Steven:

Website xeroshoes.com jointhemovementmovement.com

Twitter  @XeroShoes

Instagram  @xeroshoes

Facebook  facebook.com/xeroshoes