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Feet:-From-the-Ground-UpMar 13

March 13, 2020 By Irv Rubenstein

Feet: From the Ground Up

For a few years, while she was establishing herself as a neuromuscular expert on feet, Dr. Emily Splichal, a NYC podiatrist, was a source of highly technical yet superbly functional webinars (this is but one link on youtube) on the foot. I would strongly recommend them to anyone who works with athletes prone to footRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: barefoot, barefoot running, big toe, field of health or exercise science, reduce your risk of falling, short foot exercise, strength training, toe yoga

Feb 02, 2010

February 2, 2010 By Irv Rubenstein

Shoeless Running

last week i discussed the idea of running shoeless; today another article popped up about this that concludes shoes make us run differently than we would if barefoot. whereas the previous article suggested not to run on solid, hard surfaces, this one suggests barefoot would still soften the impact of foot strike as you’d beRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: balace, barefoot, jogging, running shoeless

Jan 29, 2010

January 29, 2010 By Irv Rubenstein

Shoeless Joe

Some of you may be old enough, or have seen the movie, “Field of Dreams”, to remember the name “shoeless” Joe. I’m old enough to know the name but not the reason he got this name.  However, for almost 20 yrs, the idea that mankind should not be wearing fancy expensive hi-tech shoes for runningRead More

Filed Under: Fitness Blog Tagged With: asciitis, barefoot, fasciitis, running, running shoes, shoeless

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