Shoe Technology Takes a Hit, Going Shoeless Better for Your Back
It turns out that the Thetan aliens who created and put us on earth might have been onto something when they designed our feet. An article in New York Magazine makes some interesting points regarding the relationship between shoes and physiological problems. The basic argument is that you walk and run in a way that puts less stress on your heels and joints when you aren’t using heavily padded shoes, so a better alternative to triple-fat Nike Shox might be a pair of these Vibram FiveFingers. The FiveFingers provide protection from hypodermic needles on the sidewalk and offer a little protection if you have to kick in a basement window, but they don’t provide any of the support of normal shoes. Too bad they also make you look like an alternate waiter sitting in the green room for the animatronic robots at Show Biz pizza.
via Boing Boing
By Rocky Thompson- rockythompson
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April 25th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Looks like something that would happen if you didn’t wash your feet.
April 28th, 2008 at 1:06 pm
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