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Adam Sternbergh of New York Magazine looked at why we walk wrong and what we can do about it. Sternbergh cited researchers at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa, in study titled, “Shod Versus Unshod: The Emergence of Forefoot Pathology in Modern Humans” published in the podiatry journal The Foot. The scientists compared humans from three different population groups, as well as to the feet of 2,000-year-old skeletons. The researchers concluded that prior to the invention of shoes, people had healthier feet. The study also mentions four types of shoes from the Vibrams which represent the nearest to barefoot to the Masai barefoot technology whose sole mimics soft, unstable ground. Click here to read the article.
