An evolutionary medical perspective on shoes | Daniel Lieberman | ISEMPH

[@10AntsTapDancing]

I have plantar fasciitis and was told not to go barefoot by a podiatrist but to wear shoes with arch support. I ignored his advice as I couldn't afford the shoes but it was coming into summer so I went barefoot nearly all the time because I hate wearing shoes. Over the summer my PF went away and although it persists slightly in one foot mostly it's gone away. I did lose 14 kg and that helped a lot. I found that people are more interested in selling you stuff than actually telling you what you really need to do to fix yourself.

[@lubasulpovar5081]

Thanks Dr Lieberman for Great 📚 and today's presentation 👍. I have a Q---How is about suffering Plantar Fasciitis? I can't walk 2 steps barefoot 😱

[@HanneLoreundHerrBert]

Stretching, Stretching, Stretching. The toes and the Foot

[@Rainkit]

One thing I'd be interested in seeing is a history of shoes. I have a weak ankle from twisting it too many times so I need ankle support when I run or play sports. I imagine ancient people had to face the same problem. I've noticed that shoes from native Americans and the Romans do have ankle support. They have leather bindings that run up the bottom part of your leg around your ankle. No idea if we have earlier examples.

[@noname-bt9ky]

No you need opposite! I had weak ankle too and those ankle support shoes are only making it worse! You need to start training your ankle

[@KenBobSaxton]

@@noname-bt9ky If you want to strengthen parts of your body, they need to be allowed to work (flex). Support will allow ankles to become weak. On the other hand, shoes with a wide flange-like sole, presents more twisting torque against the ankle, making twisted ankles more likely while wearing shoes with a wide flange-like sole. Many running shoes have wide flange-like soles that probably increase ankle injury on uneven terrain.

[@noname-bt9ky]

@@KenBobSaxton just wear barefoot shoes

[@KenBobSaxton]

@@noname-bt9ky No such thing. It's one of those stupid marketing terms.

[@noname-bt9ky]

@@KenBobSaxton ummm yes? Just search it?

[@jeetparte9102]

14:45 According to Dr. Kelly Starrett, bunions are caused by walking with the feet turned out: "When you walk with your feet turned out, you roll over your big toe, creating an oblique, off-axis force across your first metatarsal. To put it in simpler terms, your big toe deviates inward toward your other toes. So your big toe is not bending straight up and down; it’s bending off to the side, creating a train wreck around your big toe and foot. This oblique, off-axis force is brutal and can take out even the toughest among us." Starrett, Kelly. Deskbound: Standing Up to a Sitting World (Kindle Locations 1583-1586). Victory Belt Publishing. Kindle Edition.

[@tommyharris5817]

Kelly Starrett is a piece of crap who doesn't understand different anatomical variations

[@Tate525]

But what is causing feet to be turned out in first place 😂?

[@Onlylove994]

There are times if scientists WHO NEVER DID EXPERIENCE THE FOOT FUNCTION.

[@plano11texas]

I noticed that the people in the photos running in Kenya and Mexico are running on dirt and grass. Much easier for a barefoot and/or minimal shoe approach. Running barefoot on concrete is not easy.

[@roobookaroo]

By far the best is on the wet sand of a beach at low tide, just at the edge of the breaking waves. Heaven for barefoot running. I did that every week-end and vacations for years on the famous Coopers' beach in L.I. from Southampton to Shinnecock jetty.

[@Onlylove994]

I do run asphalt barefoot and in the sandals. It is not important the hardness of the surface, it is important how you do land and use your foot. Try to land with your toes spread as much as you can, on the forefoot. You will see how your foot is wonderfully working🎉

[@EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV]

During lokdowns everyone was at home barefoot most of the time, I wonder if that impacted reported foot injuries etc? Full time workers may have been regrowing their foot muscles..... :)

[@jeetparte9102]

8:28 "...why minimal shoes should never be called barefoot shoes".

[@Onlylove994]

5:09 heel cushion is NOT EFFECTIVE while walking barefoot. Only this makes me really sad, the wrong idea of foot functionality and no use in walking the shock absorption function of the forefoot. Mr Lieberman, pls go more further and find the right waking gate on the hard surfaces. Which is not a heel strike!

[@adrianhepton9362]

What about the difference in foot shape between people and how this affects the biomechanics of barefoot walking or running? I'm particularly thinking about people who have have pes carvis high arch feet which are not as good at absorbing shock are they better off in shoes than barefoot for this reason?

[@forbi70]

2:04 I wonder what could be so dangerous behind the desk to need to protect the soles with shoes? I would appreciate his work much more if he lived as he preaches 😜

[@noname-bt9ky]

You are smart and funny man I can say that

[@buffywhatever1093]

Trail running barefoot on frozen uneven ground, nope, no thanks, I’m good in my shoes.