VIVOBAREFOOT SCIENCE

SHOES THAT LET YOUR FEET DO THEIR NATURAL THING

 

HEIGHTENED SENSES

THIN

Thin, puncture-resistant soles allow the 200,000 nerves in each foot to provide your brain with the sensory feedback you need to move with skill.

Thick cushioned soles don’t allow your feet to feel the ground, reducing sensory feedback to the brain resulting in clumsy, unskillful movement.

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SENSORY FEEDBACK

Skillful movement is based on the sensorimotor loop and the fact that there are many more sensory nerves entering the brain than motor nerves exiting the brain reflects the importance of sensory feedback in developing walking and running skill. Cushioned or ‘padded’ shoes dramatically reduce the sensory feedback from the feet during walking and running which can lead to over striding and increase the risk of injury such as runners knee, shin splints, pelvic and lower back pain etc.

At VIVOBAREFOOT we are INSPIRED by 'Mother Nature' but CONVINCED by scientific evidence:

Click on below NCBI links to read in more detail the per reviewed studies.

THIN V'S CUSIONED

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/14968274 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12231276

NATURAL STABILITY

WIDE

Wide shoes allow your toes, crucially your big toes, to provide a stable base of support.

Tapered narrow shoes give you shoe-shaped feet, reducing stability and restricting the natural splay and recoil of toes weakening the muscles and foot function.

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At VIVOBAREFOOT we are INSPIRED by 'Mother Nature' but CONVINCED by scientific evidence:

Click on below NCBI link to read in more detail the per reviewed studies.

WIDE V'S NARROW

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23468936 
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18932241

UNINHIBITED MOVEMENT

FLEXIBLE

A flexible shoe allows your muscles and tendons to load, splay and recoil putting a natural spring in your step.

Supportive rigid shoes, cramp your feet and restrict the natural range of movement, weakening the muscles and the foot.

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FLEXIBLE FEET

The human plantar fascia and achilles tendon form one, continuous anatomical structure and create the ‘human spring’ required for efficient walking, running and jumping. The elasticity of the ‘human spring’ is compromised by rigid-supportive shoes that restrict range of movement and reduce natural loading forces. Encasing the foot in a rigid-supportive shoes is the equivalent of encasing the arm in a rigid-supportive cast. 

At VIVOBAREFOOT we are INSPIRED by 'Mother Nature' but CONVINCED by scientific evidence:
Click on below NCBI link to read in more detail the per reviewed studies.

FLEXIBLE V'S RIDGED

http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17353125  
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/24659509 

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