Are Toe Spreaders Worth Your While?

[@escapethefate79]

Just wanted to add my 2 cents. Toe spreaders changed my life. From 18-24 I suffered from horrible plantar fasciitis (inflammation of the tissue on the bottom of the foot). I went to many different podiatrists and they all prescribed me expensive treatments like orthotics and cortisone shots. Turns out my toes were just slightly squished together from years of wearing narrow shoes. The squished toes cut off circulation to certain areas of my feet which prevented my body from healing the inflamed tissue. Its quite simple actually, modern footwear isn't in the shape of human feet.

[@4kdefinition70]

It makes 100% sense most people have been walking around in toe squishing shoes for decades. sure your can go to bare foot free shoes but how to reverse the years of compression, you figured it out and it helped you.

[@gummy5862]

You can pretty much look at your feet and know whether or not you need toe spacers right? It doesn’t sound like you should be using these tools if you don’t have any problems to begin with.

[@CJ_Figy]

What shoes do you wear now?

[@areichental]

There is a French climber who climbs barefoot and I believe he climbed the v15 or a v16 which is super elite. When it comes to toe dexterity, that might be a guy to talk to.

[@marko-182]

Hello. What is name of his channel on yt?

[@WeHaveSomuchHeart]

Charles Albert. Dudes a freak

[@jaguarwarrior271]

I personally only use them as a recovery tool for only about 30 minutes whenever I feel I need to. They're great for relieving tension/soreness, especially as someone who does alot of long distance running. Also, if you work a laborious job where you're on your feet the entire time they work wonders lol

[@seattletyler]

"i've never actually used them" - goes on to speak for 5min about the title.. c'mon guys..

[@TriVoxel]

Toe spacers worked for me for a while, but it's always been more comfortable just putting my fingers between my toes to spread them out. Then, I can add more pressure as I go. If you really want your toes to stay spread out, you won't get there with toe spacers alone. You need to recognize that they are in the position they are in due to an uneven length/tightness and weakness of the muscles and tendons. When you live in tight shoes, your toes are unevenly aligned, and weak because they can't move or work out. The best way to strengthen and stretch out your toes is by using principles from yoga and physical therapy. You want to slowly stretch your toe tendons in every direction, right up to where it's uncomfortable, tense and relax your toe muscles, and try to counteract your fingers. You want to do this daily, and just keep pushing your toes barely past where it feels comfortable, to really target the tendons and muscles to lengthen, strengthen, and remove tension. You will feel a burn, and just hold it there, fire your toe muscles, and then let off. Do this enough, and you will see improvement where your toes will eventually be spread out nicely, and they will feel amazing, being in a more correct anatomical alignment. That said, toe spacers are still great to wear in your shoes maybe, or in bed, so that you can keep coaxing your toes to splay, but only wear them to bed if you can wear them a long time without pain.

[@jgg204]

there are certain toe spreads where you can change the position of them so it spreads the toes out more or less, depending on what you are looking for. i find myself spreading them the most, for the maximum stretch. 30 mins at lunch time and 1 hr before bed.

[@lg_believe333]

I have the same toe spreaders you are advertising in your thumbnail. I can’t wear either of those for a long time without causing some discomfort. They aren’t designed to wear with wide toe box shoes, but they’re okay when your sitting down watching tv. Correct toe spacers are brilliant, they help to splay my toes while wearing toe socks and wide toe box shoes with zero drop. Yes I agree, toe spacers won’t solve foot problems if you aren’t massaging your feet, ankles and calf muscles to increase blood flow and circulation and flexibility. Strengthening our feet, ankles, calf muscles and glutes are necessary as well. Neither solution on its own will solve your foot problems but rather a combination of things to help. Earth runners has some good accessories to help strengthen and mobilise foot, ankle and calf muscles but it requires daily effort.

[@guilhermesampaio5318]

I was trying to buy vivo here from brazil, but the conversion makes it cost more then one thousand reais (R$). As I don't get paid in dollars it's almost the same as being charged one thousand dollars for you guys. Even worse then that is the taxes that could make the shoes cost me like 1350 reais. But luckily there is a brazilian brand that is making barefoot shoes. They are called FOT - Feet of Tomorrow. And they cost between 260-400 reais with taxes. Still not cheap, but I think it's worthy the price.

[@ht8083]

Long term investment like a good mattress that’s how I see it! Would love to visit Brazil one day

[@guilhermesampaio5318]

@@ht8083 hey dude, I just bought the FOT shoes and they feel awesome. My feet are already stronger and my toes wider.

[@ht8083]

@@guilhermesampaio5318 glad to hear man!

[@guilhermesampaio5318]

@@ht8083 thanks, buddy!!!

[@3x4architecture77]

Bought some cheap ones, after a minute of wearing them I forgot why I bought them, or why I am even supposed to use them. I just added them to my cart after seeing some insta post. A ddg search of "ATG toe spreaders" brought me here. Sub'd.

[@kamuishortsgamer3728]

The opinion is partially correct. You shouldn't wear them for hours on end immediately, you should take time and build your toes back to their normal spread out ways. But where he's wrong is 1. Any beneficial spacer site literally tells you to do that. 30 minutes a day for starters or less. 2. "If your feet look like that, they are like that" no they're not.

[@zacharyjoseph7032]

What are these toe exercises? gotta explain, or where to find em.

[@jgg204]

toe spreaders and merrell vapor gloves completely changed my foot health. doctors said i needed 2 surgeries to correct issues. i self-corrected the problems with the toe spreaders and barefoot shoes. the podiatrist said he's never seen anything like this before. how can the medical community still be in denial about the benefits of barefoot walking and using various orthotics like toe spreaders or bunion splints? they always want to jump to cortisone injections and surgery. toe spreads and barefoot shoes have literally saved my life and allowed me to be mobile again, and get back in shape and lose weight

[@brijor6ff7]

Because keeping people unhealthy is the most profitable scam of all time.

[@rebeccashifflet8843]

Love the podcast guys! Such a wealth of information! Thank you for the hard work and spreading the knowledge. Your advice has helped my training soo much thank you!! 🙏🏻

[@mikehenkes]

If you are prone to bunions a toe spreader can be beneficial.

[@anotherhairlessapewithanop7455]

so this can help fix a bunion?

[@mikehenkes]

@@anotherhairlessapewithanop7455 yes but only at the very beginning.

[@johnjohnny29]

Mark, almost 5 minutes of silent. Mark heard about moisturizing lotion : "That's what she said..."

[@skulldon9]

Dudes gotta talk a bit more clearly on a podcast that’s primarily meant to be listened to

[@bobthemadmonkey]

For real dude sounds like he's nervous on Adderall or doesn't know what he's talkingabout

[@andrewcourtney4620]

It’s called Passion. He had it, you can feel it

[@KingRockets]

He slurs his words a bit and sometimes loses his train of thought - it's definitely a nervous thing. But it can easily be overcome with practice. He will improve the more he does these sort of things.

[@ryanleedham7391]

I watched the entire 3hr pod and I didn't have any issue understanding him🤷‍♂️

[@skulldon9]

@@ryanleedham7391 that’s great Ryan, unfortunately not everyone is a native English speaker

[@drbonesshow1]

Dr. Juan Hung Lowe recommends a ball-spacer for his patients.

[@jf1341]

this guy needs to be a little bit less all over the place

[@ArjunKs1000]

Yeah

[@TroyBlyden]

Thank you guys

[@joebotz1243]

Made a huge difference for me just don't order that set from Amazon I have it and it sucks go with toe spacers or Yoga Toes

[@kenminleong]

Love the topic! I got toe spreaders about a month ago because I saw how insanely cheap the unbranded ones were, and I put em on during my (barefoot) workouts and they make such a difference! I feel a stronger base and I could connect to my toes like never before Definitely appreciate the input by Graham too, my new course of action will probably be toe spreaders during workouts + manual intentional foot exercises other times

[@ihussain1011]

On point convo. I had them for a while now.

[@TomasKorbacek1]

If your feet look like that, it's because they are like that.. what? It's developed with years wearing wrong shoes, feet should be wide, not with arrow shape..

[@TerriTerriHotSauce]

People who don't know about barefoot shoes shame.

[@b_740]

Just because you're concerned with how your toes look doesn't mean that's why other people would wear them 😑

[@grimmjohn4367]

Great info shared every time 👍

[@yingghit97]

Work on the Hyperarch mechanism

[@StephenGeorge]

Less than $3 on eBay. I'm gonna give e them a shot.

[@sujes87]

I swear u sound like ben pakulski

[@LOLEliSays]

Oh my god dude talking first didn’t finish 1 sentence he’s all over the place. Makes it hard to follow

[@BrandNameLess]

defitinitely need to build up the toe flexibility and even then, prolly not wear them more than 6-8 hrs

[@FirstLast-gk6lg]

So the answer is maybe

[@liambowers5560]

Mark lookin sus once he brought out the lotion 💀

[@lew-e]

My toes are fucked. Jacked up big time from high school football and then a decade of competing in track and field. I'll do anything to make them feel better lol

[@Jimminityjabooboo]

I used to think dudes who did this enjoyed wearing them while getting pegged but the science is breaking these stigmas and it’s apparently true there may be benefits to this type of shit

[@femio.3506]

🤦🏾‍♂️🤦🏾‍♂️ Whyyy?!? Just why man. “Getting pegged?” Really? 😅😅 you lil dork lol

[@FirstLast-gk6lg]

lol

[@seanmkelley60]

This is officially the dumbest thing I've read today

[@Blacknight200]

😂😂😂😂😂 🍆, skip the lube this time…😮😮😮

[@ethanstump]

What's wrong with getting pegged? Hell, a couple decades ago being a lesbian was like a death sentence.

[@neilkerou2203]

If you suffer from plantar fasciitis get yourself some toe spreaders

[@sanchezproductions4297]

3 minute long sentence, respectfully

[@hoodietheentertainer884]

Yeah but waste your time and use your hands to spread them just buy the product

[@bensmith2692]

Obligatory comment!!!

[@lexshpil8232]

10 minute walks rule Mr Smelly Belly. Jelly Belly. Hahaha 🏄 🏄 🏄 🏄

[@lexshpil8232]

You rock Mark and all your boys are super Kool. Can't wait to stop in the Super Training Gym 🙌... Thank You for being you buddy ❤️ ❤️ 🌻🌻🌻🌻💋💋💋 kiss a flower save a Beaver 🦫 😘 💖

[@Hadsallhouf]

💪 Mark Check out Wes Watson he be good to have on your podcast

[@RustyRick]

The roid rage ex con? Dude can't handle his gear lol. At least he's taking it out on the camera and not his wife anymore.

[@tavo2422]

I just unsubscribed. Too many weird feet talk going on.

[@brentkinley9230]

That’s the point here

[@azngangster2002]

I’ll try not to miss you

[@NsimaInyang]

Bye 🤗

[@scottcauley6862]

This isn't an airport. You don't have to announce your departure.

[@benmitchell0036]

It's just a body part? lmao nothing weird about talking about feet, everyone has em and they're essential.