Comments on: Is Exercise the Answer to Foot Problems? http://www.americaspodiatrist.com/2009/12/is-exercise-the-answer-to-foot-problems/ Fri, 09 Jul 2010 17:42:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Dr. Nirenberg http://www.americaspodiatrist.com/2009/12/is-exercise-the-answer-to-foot-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-286 Dr. Nirenberg Sat, 16 Jan 2010 11:43:55 +0000 http://www.americaspodiatrist.com/?p=1315#comment-286 Thanks for the note, Darren. I had not heard of barefoot parks, but maybe they are something we need more of! Please double check the link about Britian's Park. Thanks! Thanks for the note, Darren. I had not heard of barefoot parks, but maybe they are something we need more of! Please double check the link about Britian’s Park. Thanks!

]]> By: Golden State Touch http://www.americaspodiatrist.com/2009/12/is-exercise-the-answer-to-foot-problems/comment-page-1/#comment-284 Golden State Touch Sat, 16 Jan 2010 08:42:30 +0000 http://www.americaspodiatrist.com/?p=1315#comment-284 This is an excellent report and gets right to the essence of the barefoot-or-shoe debate. We are always hearing encouragement to exercise, but to a large degree, most shoes act as cast-like structures and inhibit the natural movement of the feet. It seems fairly obvious that feet, just like any other part of the body, need exercise. And even though shoes rank right up there with the wheel in terms of important inventions, no one is advocating driving to every destination. Sometimes, it does a body good to walk. I'm fairly sure that the consensus opinion that will eventually emerge is that sometimes, maybe even more often than not, is that it does a body's soles good to walk barefoot. Barefoot parks for just that purpose are gaining in popularity across Europe. Germany has more than 40, and the first one recently opened in Great Britain. See: Britain’s First Barefoot Park http://tinyurl.com/barefootparkUK Thanks for this site and keep up the good work! This is an excellent report and gets right to the essence of the barefoot-or-shoe debate. We are always hearing encouragement to exercise, but to a large degree, most shoes act as cast-like structures and inhibit the natural movement of the feet.

It seems fairly obvious that feet, just like any other part of the body, need exercise. And even though shoes rank right up there with the wheel in terms of important inventions, no one is advocating driving to every destination. Sometimes, it does a body good to walk. I’m fairly sure that the consensus opinion that will eventually emerge is that sometimes, maybe even more often than not, is that it does a body’s soles good to walk barefoot.

Barefoot parks for just that purpose are gaining in popularity across Europe. Germany has more than 40, and the first one recently opened in Great Britain.

See: Britain’s First Barefoot Park
http://tinyurl.com/barefootparkUK

Thanks for this site and keep up the good work!

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