Barefoot Running Gaining Ground

Updated: Monday, 05 Oct 2009, 8:49 PM CDT
Published : Monday, 05 Oct 2009, 8:43 PM CDT

• By LILY FU

(MYFOX NATIONAL) - If you're an avid runner who suffers from shin splints, knee injuries and other foot problems, it may not be new shoes that you need to get -- you might just need to lose the shoes, period.

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Vivo Barefoots

These are a newer model of the shoes I've been wearing most of the year. Extremely comfortable.

I haven't started running much barefoot, but I have been walking barefoot as much as I can since the beginning of the year and I really believe it has improved my posture and it has definitely helped relieve leg and hip pain. I don't really want callouses think enough to protect me from rocks so I also purchased a pair of Vivo Barefoots and have been thrilled with them. Since switching I haven't rolled an ankle either which I seem to do quite often with regular shoes.

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