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Barefoot shoes are a miracle, and I want everybody to know about them \ud83d\ude00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I hope we will soon look at \u2018normal\u2019 shoes as the unhealthy and uncomfortable fashionable accessories that they are in my opinion, and I wish that barefoot shoes be sold as normal in all shops because this is what our feet, knees, hips, spine, muscular system, joints and ligaments need. And our souls, too \u2013 not only our soles \ud83d\ude00.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I had always had problems with shoes. My feet would always be unhappy, and while I thought it was just my \u2018stupid\u2019 hypersensitivity, it turns out that my body was in fact right. (When isn\u2019t it, actually? We just don\u2019t like listening to it when it goes against our existing standards.) I used to size up as a teenager, high heels never worked for me, I have never in my life broken shoes in (they did break me<\/em> in on occasion, though\u2026), and after I started running at the age of 45, in a few years I developed a bad plantar fasciitis<\/strong> and found myself unable to even walk to work, let alone run or dance, despite wearing custom made orthotics. It was a real crisis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yes, I had not reacted when it had started, I continued running as long as I could stand the pain, I did not listen to my body, I had all kinds of useless thoughts about the why-s and how-s, and I did not want to see doctors\u2026 Alas, in the end I was forced to. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

But doctors didn\u2019t help<\/strong>, and neither did expensive private treatments. Chiropractors did, but only in the short run, and I was becoming desperate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And then one day I read about barefoot shoes. It ticked immediately, it was a true aha-moment, and I soon became the happy owner of a pair of\u00a0Merrell Vapor Glove 4\u00a0<\/strong>(thank you, Commepiedsnus barefoot shop in Paris). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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It was unbelievable. I felt immediate relief, and jumped into the transition head to toes, although this is not adviseable to do. Now, looking back at it and knowing more, I suggest that if you are new to barefoot, transition carefully, and always listen to your body\u2019s feedback. We are all different, our deformations and problems are different, and so are our solutions. A fast transition worked for me, but it may not be the same for you. Just listen \u2013 your body will know! My feet hurt less in barefoot shoes than in regular ones, so I wore my Merrells more and more, and anything else less and less. A bit later I also bought\u00a0Xero Z-Trails<\/strong>, which also worked perfectly, even for easy hiking on slippery, dusty hill slopes. My feet found their balance again, by themselves, simply because there was no influence coming from the shoes. So much so that I stopped wearing orthotics, and in 4 months\u2019 time my chronic heel-pain was gone. Even strong massage didn\u2019t hurt any more around my heels and ankles, where it used to be super painful even under a light touch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

If you don\u2019t know what makes a shoe \u2018barefoot\u2019<\/strong>:<\/p>\n\n\n\n