Vibram Five Fingers
Posted in Ramblings on March 24th, 2010 by Chris – Be the first to commentBack in early November I had a visit with my podiatrist. I was complaining about some foot pain. He took a few x-rays and diagnosed me with plantar fasciitis. Basically he felt that my shoes were not providing sufficient support so the excessive flexing of my foot was calcifying my tendon. He suggested getting custom orthotics. He also mentioned that walking barefoot would make things worse.
Something didn’t sit well with me about the barefoot part. I like walking around the house barefoot. That’s one of the reasons we have wall to wall carpet. I did some searching and found some information about barefoot running and how many people were no longer experiencing shin splints. That prompted me to look further and found these new shoes from Vibram.