Vibrams are great, but if you want a shoe that looks a little more traditional, the Nike Free is a great brand to try.
These shoes are minimalist in that they are very light and flexible. They allow your feet to move more naturally, which strengthens the feet and lower body.
As Nike puts it, the Nike Free is “a revolutionary shoe that lets your feet move naturally. A shoe that awakens the foot’s sensors. Feet become stringer, more flexible. And ultimately perform better.”
According to Dr. William Rossi in an article from Podiatry Management, “It took 4 million years to develop our unique human foot and our consequent distinctive form of walk, a remarkable feat of bioengineering. Yet, in only a few thousand years, and with one carelessly designed instrument, our shoes, we have warped the pure anatomical form of human walk, obstructing its engineering efficiency, afflicting it with strains and stresses and denying it its natural grace of form and ease of movement head to foot.”
The Nike Free is a great shoe that stays true to the proper anatomical form of the human gait, and protects the foot from the hazards of the environment.
- Strengthens Muscles in foot and lower body.
- Improves flexibility and range in motion in ankle, foot, and toes.
- Improves balance and and body awareness.
- Helps alleviate problems related to the impact of running on the knee
- Extremely light and comfortable.
