> On Thu, May 17, 2012 at 4:18 AM, Nick J <nick.je...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > When you walk barefooted pay attention to where the pressure of your
> > foot plant is.  Find a way barefoot that you can walk comfortably and
> > then try and recreate this in shoes.  My n=1 experience is that I need
> > to concentrate on not "slouching" on my arches (does that make any
> > sense?) when I walk I concentrate on keeping my arches up with my
> > muscles and not making any ground contact (as if I was in an invisible
> > pair of orthotics I guess) this has helped strengthen my arches and I
> > believe its why I've transitioned quite well to minimal running from
> > being an orthotics wearer.

> > Like I said that's an n=1 and we all different, finding your own way
> > is often part of this thing, listen to what your body is saying, I'm a
> > great believer in this - if it feels good to stretch out the foot then
> > stretch a bit, if it feels good to massage the foot then massage a bit
> > - at the end of the day we are all individual cases.

> > On 17 mai, 01:04, Mark Brown <mtbiker1...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Thanks for the advice!  Gives me a few more options to look at and
> > > consider.  I also haven't been doing ant other strength type training for
> > > my feet so I'll try that.
> > > On May 16, 2012 11:24 AM, "Tuck" <tuck...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > > > "My Plantar Facitis has gotten alot better, but other parts of my foot
> > and
> > > > ankles hurt even more now."

> > > > That's pretty typical, actually.  When you go minimalist you're
> > engaging
> > > > muscles that haven't been used much in shoes.  You've got to pace
> > > > yourself... I'll also note that the Trail Gloves don't have much
> > cushion,
> > > > but they do have some.  That alone may be bothering you.  If you find
> > you
> > > > do better barefoot, then do more barefoot miles (bring your TGs along
> > as a
> > > > fall-back).  In fairly short order you'll find your feet are strong
> > enough
> > > > to handle even un-minimalist shoes, although you won't enjoy them.

> > > > This is a video of my 5th hike in Vibram Sprints, along with a podcast
> > you
> > > > might enjoy (about two sisters who hiked ~4200 miles in their bare
> > feet):

> > > >http://yelling-stop.blogspot.com/2011/03/barefoot-sisters-podcast-int.
> > ..

> > > > On Wed, May 16, 2012 at 10:59 AM, mtbiker <mtbiker1...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:

> > > >> Good Morning Everyone,
> > > >>   I've been lurking here for a few weeks and have found and learned
> > alot
> > > >> of good info from you all.  Thanks!

> > > >> I've been suffering from Plantar Facitis (Sp) and other types of
> > footwear
> > > >> for years.  (I am overwieght so that probably leads to some of it,
> > but I'm
> > > >> loosing weight and would like to start running again.)  Whats weird
> > about
> > > >> my footpain is that once i wear a pair of shoe's out, that's about
> > the time
> > > >> my foot pain goes away.  As soon as I buy a new pair of shoes, it
> > comes
> > > >> back.  I've gotten to where I will wear a pair of shoes until there
> > are
> > > >> holes in the soles and completely falling apart before I get a new
> > pair.

> > > >> When I started walking and trying to run in an effort to get healthy,
> > of
> > > >> course my feet hurt even more.  That's when a friend of mine at work
> > that
> > > >> runs marathons recommended reading Born to Run.  After reading that
> > book it
> > > >> made complete sense, barefoot/minimalist is the way to go.  God
> > designed
> > > >> our feet to work a certain way and shoe's impede that, so I started
> > > >> researching how to make the move.

> > > >> About 5 weeks ago I started walking around barefooted as much as
> > > >> possible, bought me some Merrell Trail Gloves to wear at work for
> > shoes and
> > > >> for hiking, and all is well, right?

> > > >> Well no, I'm assuming i'm going about this wrong.  My Plantar Facitis
> > has
> > > >> gotten alot better, but other parts of my foot and ankles hurt even
> > more
> > > >> now.  Mind you, i'm not running, just walking and hiking.   The last
> > few
> > > >> hikes or longer walks (hour to hour and a half) I've done my feet
> > feel like
> > > >> they are going to break off.  The bones on the top of my feet on both
> > feet
> > > >> feel like the need to "pop" really badly, but they never will.  Simply
> > > >> twisting my foot makes it feel like it's going to "pop"  Then the
> > front of
> > > >> my ankles hurt really bad as well, like they are super tight but I
> > can't
> > > >> every seem to get them stretched out enough.  Then my right foot
> > starts
> > > >> hurting thru the arch up into the top of my foot to where I can't
> > hardly
> > > >> stand or walk on it flat, I have to walk or stand on the outside edge
> > of my
> > > >> foot.

> > > >> I've found that if I walk around much past about 30 to 45 minutes in a
> > > >> row, it starts hurting, and what's scaring me is that it seems like
> > the
> > > >> amount of time before my feet hurt is getting shorter now.  When I 1st
> > > >> started walking barefoot, it was all good, I didn't have any of these
> > > >> problems, they just started in the last few weeks.

> > > >> So, I wanted to throw this all out to you all for your advice.  I'm
> > > >> assuming that this pain will go aways as my feet reinvent themselves
> > and
> > > >> get used to my new way of walking?  Or maybe the pain is from doing
> > to much
> > > >> to fast?  If that's the case I would have assumed that it would be
> > getting
> > > >> better by now.

> > > >> I'm open to any advice you all might have.

> > > >> Thanks!

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