A word to the wise:

[conuly]

Healthy feet don't smell. Feet smell because they're kept in dark, damp, enclosed spaces. Your hands would smell too if you kept them in gloves all the time!

Healthy feet don't hurt either. Feet only hurt when there is something wrong - often the result of being kept in tight enclosed spaces with no ability to move.

With a small number of exceptions, it is safe to say that bare feet = healthy feet.

Comments

[ladytabitha.livejournal.com]

http://www.barefooters.org/

[cumaeansibyl.livejournal.com]

At the same time, bare feet aren't really designed to put up with heavy impact on man-made surfaces (tile floors, concrete, etc), but who goes jogging in bare feet?

[katschakai.livejournal.com]

Going barefoot is the shiznits!

[beccak1961.livejournal.com]

When my children were small I refused to encase their poor little feet in the cast iron shoes that passed for baby shoes. They went barefoot. I heard that their ankles would be weak and their feet would be wide (so?) and my kids have super healthy feet. I love to go barefoot myself, or wear comfy shoes. I save heels for "dress ups" of very short duration. No corns, no hammer toes, nothing here lol

[appadil.livejournal.com]

Hmm.... why not split the difference and wear sandals/thongs? Your feet can breathe like they were meant to, and you don't have to worry about stepping on broken glass, 4-sided dice, loose nails, and other horribly pointy things.

[theshiversbaby.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm...modern surfaces such as asphalt and concrete were not designed to accomodate bare feet. If one were spending most of one's time on natural surfaces, I would agree completely. Hard surfaces hurt my feet after awhile, and yes, while sidewalks aren't strewn with debris it can at time be a worry. Furthermore, I'd much rather be free to look around than be forced to constantly check the ground to make sure my bare feet could make it safely. True, I do look down from time to time even in shoes to avoid tripping hazards, gum, random debris, etc., but I'd have to do it much more often in bare feet.

I'm a sandals-wearer whenever possible (i.e., as soon as it hits 60 degrees, if I can even wait that long). True, sandals don't allow your feet to move "naturally," but asphalt, cobblestones (common wear I live), and concrete aren't exactly "natural" surfaces, either. I think it's a good compromise, and there are many sandals that let your feet be as close to the ground as possible. Plus, the more you wear them, the more the soles wear out!

Finally, I think shoes = bad moreso than bare feet = good, if that makes sense at all. High heels with poor support = fallen arches, aching backs, weak ankles. And that's just one example, albeit a big one.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

But what if there's glass?!?!








I am totally just kidding. =D

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

I like barefeet at home.
I wear my splints(& therefore shoes) when I go out because 1. a lot of walking without splints is hard on my back and I walk more oddly on artificial surfaces for some reason.

If I didn't have a talipes foot and the associated problems I'd go barefoot even more than I do now.

this is so funny

[railantiasalymn.livejournal.com]

I came upon this post by reading the comments left on my friends page cry_me_a_road -- sporks5000 left a comment saying that on a friend of his friends page it had this post above hers.

I go barefoot all of the time. I am currently behind a desk at work with my shoes slipped off - and I'm not wearing socks. As long as it isn't too cold out; as soon as I step outside after class or work I'll take my shoes off. I also take them off to drive whenever I can. I often pump my gas shoeless. One day I heard the woman in the car next to me whisper to herself "...no shoes..." while washing my windows.

red

[wodhaund.livejournal.com]

It's funny. I have all kinds of callouses and things on my feet because I've always gone barefoot as much as I can. It's toughened the skin on my feet incredibly. I don't worry about getting a cut on my foot like many people do because the skin there is so resistant to damage.

(I can't tell you how many bits of broken glass and pottery and rocks I've stepped on, and it doesn't bother me a bit.)

I hate wearing shoes.

(And my feet don't smell! :D

[ladytabitha.livejournal.com]

http://www.barefooters.org/

[cumaeansibyl.livejournal.com]

At the same time, bare feet aren't really designed to put up with heavy impact on man-made surfaces (tile floors, concrete, etc), but who goes jogging in bare feet?

[katschakai.livejournal.com]

Going barefoot is the shiznits!

[beccak1961.livejournal.com]

When my children were small I refused to encase their poor little feet in the cast iron shoes that passed for baby shoes. They went barefoot. I heard that their ankles would be weak and their feet would be wide (so?) and my kids have super healthy feet. I love to go barefoot myself, or wear comfy shoes. I save heels for "dress ups" of very short duration. No corns, no hammer toes, nothing here lol

[appadil.livejournal.com]

Hmm.... why not split the difference and wear sandals/thongs? Your feet can breathe like they were meant to, and you don't have to worry about stepping on broken glass, 4-sided dice, loose nails, and other horribly pointy things.

[theshiversbaby.livejournal.com]

Hmmmm...modern surfaces such as asphalt and concrete were not designed to accomodate bare feet. If one were spending most of one's time on natural surfaces, I would agree completely. Hard surfaces hurt my feet after awhile, and yes, while sidewalks aren't strewn with debris it can at time be a worry. Furthermore, I'd much rather be free to look around than be forced to constantly check the ground to make sure my bare feet could make it safely. True, I do look down from time to time even in shoes to avoid tripping hazards, gum, random debris, etc., but I'd have to do it much more often in bare feet.

I'm a sandals-wearer whenever possible (i.e., as soon as it hits 60 degrees, if I can even wait that long). True, sandals don't allow your feet to move "naturally," but asphalt, cobblestones (common wear I live), and concrete aren't exactly "natural" surfaces, either. I think it's a good compromise, and there are many sandals that let your feet be as close to the ground as possible. Plus, the more you wear them, the more the soles wear out!

Finally, I think shoes = bad moreso than bare feet = good, if that makes sense at all. High heels with poor support = fallen arches, aching backs, weak ankles. And that's just one example, albeit a big one.

[ladytalon.livejournal.com]

But what if there's glass?!?!








I am totally just kidding. =D

[ser-kai.livejournal.com]

I like barefeet at home.
I wear my splints(& therefore shoes) when I go out because 1. a lot of walking without splints is hard on my back and I walk more oddly on artificial surfaces for some reason.

If I didn't have a talipes foot and the associated problems I'd go barefoot even more than I do now.

this is so funny

[railantiasalymn.livejournal.com]

I came upon this post by reading the comments left on my friends page cry_me_a_road -- sporks5000 left a comment saying that on a friend of his friends page it had this post above hers.

I go barefoot all of the time. I am currently behind a desk at work with my shoes slipped off - and I'm not wearing socks. As long as it isn't too cold out; as soon as I step outside after class or work I'll take my shoes off. I also take them off to drive whenever I can. I often pump my gas shoeless. One day I heard the woman in the car next to me whisper to herself "...no shoes..." while washing my windows.

red

[wodhaund.livejournal.com]

It's funny. I have all kinds of callouses and things on my feet because I've always gone barefoot as much as I can. It's toughened the skin on my feet incredibly. I don't worry about getting a cut on my foot like many people do because the skin there is so resistant to damage.

(I can't tell you how many bits of broken glass and pottery and rocks I've stepped on, and it doesn't bother me a bit.)

I hate wearing shoes.

(And my feet don't smell! :D