Blogs
Levi, the author of a Second Wind Reviews the Primal Origin.
Salt Lake City, UT- Michael Sandler, author of Barefoot Running Book, interviews the creator of STEM Footwear.
"(These shoes) are for everyone who wants to get back to their roots and feel the ground again. We have weakened our feet over time with traditional shoes and thus losing touch with one of our vital senses – proprioception, the outsole-to-insole-to brain sensory feedback system. STEM believes that by strengthening the muscles in your feet, you are inadvertently strengthening your entire body."
Wow. Our first OR Show was an incredible trip and an overwhelming success we will never forget.
"Like you, I suffered from a host of injuries; heel bursitis, plantar fasciitis, posterior tibias tendonitis, patella tendonitis, and the worst of all for me: compartment syndrome. I saw a number of orthopedists and other doctors and none of them had answers (some suggested it was in my head!). Needless to say, I was very frustrated...I finally quit athletics all together because I grew to hate running so much as it was very painful. This year I started out running completely barefoot, and it has been wonderful so far...I don’t know why I didn’t realize this earlier."
The Great Toe, otherwise know as the Big Toe, is the centerpiece in so many foot functions. Simply correcting the positioning of the Great Toe and giving the other toes space to splay can cure pain from plantar fasciitis to bunions, and neuropathology (numbness).
A life of joint and spine pain all because parents want their children to wear the “best shoes.” A word to all the parents out there: When shoes are necessary, put the least amount of a shoe on your children’s feet.