Holistic Health Roundup: Barefoot Edition

Updated set of links, May 19, 2010

Barefoot runners emerge injury-free in the long run Top News (UK), May 19, 2010

Why Barefoot Runners Have an Edge on Shoe-Wearing Rivals - Voxy, May 18, 2010

Walking Barefoot - a way to preserve your brain? - playwithyourmind.com, August 29, 2009

Doctor prescribes bare feet for happy, soleful experience, Oct. 12, 1976, Daytona Beach Morning Herald

ORIGINAL REPORT BELOW

March 2, 2010

Recent studies on the health benefits of barefoot running have made quite a splash lately, but it’s usually best to learn how to walk before you learn how to run. With that in mind, Golden State Touch presents five articles about the benefits of walking barefoot and five articles about the benefits of running barefoot.

Walk Softly & Happy Footsteps!

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Barefoot Walking Links:

Going Barefoot Good for Anyone’s Health, Syndicated “About Your Health” Column by Dr. William Brady, Milwaukee Journal, July 24, 1953

Barefoot Hiking: Naturally Strengthening the Feet with a Soleful Array of Tactile Treats, originally published in Common Ground Magazine, March 2006

Two new reflexology paths offer rocky stroll to well-being, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Oct. 26, 2006

Walking Barefoot Decreases Loading on the Lower Extremity Joints in Knee Osteoarthritis, Arthritis & Rheumatism Journal, Vol. 54, No. 9, September 2006

You Walk Wrong, New York Magazine, April 2008

Barefoot Running Links:

Barefoot Running: The best trainers money can’t buy, The Times (UK), March 2, 2010

Barefoot Running Laced With Health Benefits, WebMD, Jan. 27, 2010

The Effects of Running Shoes on Lower Extremity Joint Torques, The Journal of Injury, Function and Rehabilitation, Vol. I, Issue 12, December 2009

Barefoot Running, Sports Science, Vol. 5, No. 3, September-December 2001

A Thorn in Nike’s Side, McGill Reporter, Feb. 25, 1999