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Anyone with flat feet able to wear zero drop shoes and walk barefoot?

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Anyone with flat feet able to wear zero drop shoes and walk barefoot? If so, any advice? Thank you

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Community comment#1

Not in 10 years

Community comment#2

No but I have no foot pad so its painful to walk withought shoes on

Community comment#3

I have flat feet and started wearing kuru sandals around the house and they are incredibly comfortable. The tennis shoes should be delivered today and I’m testing them out

Community comment#4

Yes but lots of work building feet up first (using the isometrics protocol that cured my plantar fasciitis). And I also moved quickly to no cushion too because I think that doesn’t help us either.

Community comment#5

I cant walk bare

Community comment#6

After a year in birkenstocks, i am able to walk in barefoot shoes and barefoot again. Zero drop is all i use

Community comment#7

No. I also have Achilles tendonopathy so I need shoes with some drop. I have lessened the arch support though.

Community comment#8

Anyone found Hoka slides helpful?

Community comment#9

I do so for limited time ( in house, in garden) zero drop is good

Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#18

here’s a summary… Professor Keith Barr of University of California is the leading edge of this research. And all top sports teams and athletes rehab their sports stars like this (ie where the money is). We do 30 second isometric holds around the connective tissue (NOT stretches) The 30 second hold is very important to overcome Stress Shielding (it is why standard eg calf raises don’t fix the injury itself they just make the surrounding area stronger) So the beginner one I show (pinned on my profile) is sitting on the floor with feet against the wall and push the wall away with the toes for 30 seconds for 4 reps with a couple of minutes rest. Twice per day, 6 hours apart. Doing this consistently got me pain free within 7 weeks of starting it (13 weeks after injury). Any questions let me know, good luck 🤞 Here is a video of one of the basic exercises from my profile...

Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#20

ah yes, I was using those initially too. The loading for 30-45 seconds per rep is huge because it overcomes Stress Shielding and forces collagen synthesis to occur in the actual damaged tissue.

Community reply · In reply to an earlier comment#22

birks are zero drop. Prior to the PF, i had issues with shin splints when walking, running and exercising. I began using Altras for athletic shoes. When i went to my ortho for custom inserts, he asked if i was a sandal girl. He said Birks would be my sandal. He was right. Within 2 weeks, my feet felt better, my ankle, knee, hip and spine were realigned. I went from walking with a rolator on spring vacay in 2024 to walking all over downtown Boston in Dec 2024. I started with Arizona soft bed

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