Podiatrist demolishes barefoot running 'movement'
No doubt, the most devastating argument against our practice. I am still reeling from the nuanced arguments. Time to put my shoes back on, the illusion is over. Goodbye everybody.
http://newsok.com/oklahoma-podiatrist-opposes-barefoot-running/article/3490013
so is he actually saying we are all mutants born with foot deformaties and therefore unable to run barefoot?
I feel as if my feet are doing pretty good without shoes.. If anything, years of wearing shoes deformed my feet and they are now slowly becoming normalized.
Nice knowing you guys. Hopefully there's still room left in the Shod Runners Society.
Well...once again my fine state (Oklahoma) is on the leading edge of "backward". You kind of get used to it around here. :-\
I just lost a few IQ points there.
Foot deformities caused by genetics? And we understand genetics so well we can find a correlation to so called foot deformities how?
Well, it was nice knowing all of you. Guess I may see you over at the S h o e Forum. <shudder>
I was born as perfect as a human can be, very much in the normal category for the species. I am biomechanically incorrect now because of the crappy ass shoes I chose to wear when society dictated I put something on my feet. I am now stuck with a painful condition caused directly by those shoes, Morton's Neuroma. Yea, thanks Doctor! You are so right. I need to get back into those shoes. That will solve all of my problems.
We are to believe that God created a perfect species that functions properly in every "other" way, but somehow he fell short with our feet?
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We are to believe that God created a perfect species that functions properly in every "other" way, but somehow he fell short with our feet?
Or for the Darwinian among us...feet have been around for millions upon millions of years, and every other animal's foot seems to function fine without shoes. How can evolution have gotten ours wrong?
Exactly, SP. I agree.
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It frightens me that someone who went through medical school and is entrusted to care for patients can develop a warped perspective so detached from reality.
Foot deformities caused by genetics? And we understand genetics so well we can find a correlation to so called foot deformities how?
This guy is blowing more smoke than a forest fire. Apparently, weak muscles caused by wearing shoes are a deformity that cannot be remedied. LOL.
Ah yes, the elusive "perfect biomechanics". Good thing I still have my Nikes in my closet.
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