Meet....
The Natural Alternative....
Why is it that taking your shoes off, almost any shoe other than a slipper, feels so good? Besides the opportunity for the more than 200 000 sensory receptors, that you probably didn't even know exist on each foot, to feel the earth and your natural environment, like grass and just clean un-stiffled air, as well as the obvious opportunity for our muscles and tendons, that get forced into a cast/broken foot state, and experience a slow for of muscular atrophy, to feel unlimited natural movement. Before we continue, that's one of our bigger problems, our feet don't have natural movement, which is why up til now, slops were the best invention for healthy feet, because they allowed for natural movement. Our feet regress in shoes, we lose our balance almost completely whilst standing on one foot, and our muscles don't know how to function without shoes. So when 'life' calls for better reactions from our feet, especially when instability is involved, we are buggered, and risk major injury...seriously, one of the most under-worked muscle groups in our body is our feet, because we don't see them as part of an active muscle grouping that needs its own workout regime, when in fact it does...BAREFOOT IS ESSENTIAL TO A HEALTHY FOOT!
But getting back to Vibram, why does this matter, and why have they got it right???
When you go barefoot, your movements become the movements of a child, playful and sensitive, yet 100% purposeful and confident. You experience the unbound joy of stepping, hopping, and running across any surface, simply to get from one end to the other. And our feet never really get damaged as kids, we don't have ankle issues and bad balance...but as adults, we wear shoes and we grow up and that all changes, and we get more feet related injuries, which VERY often refer to our knees, hips and backs...mostly because our balance as adults is SHOT, GONE, KA-PUT!!!
Vibram Five Fingers aims to give you those sensations back and restore your foots health and in doing so restore physical health, encourage foot strength, balance, agility and an increased range of motion. Its as close to being barefoot as possible...BUT it still gives your feet the protection you need from a shoe for excessive daily use, gives you the grip that the skin on your feet doesn't, and as opposed to taking over, actually actively works with your foots natural movements to enhance your performance without restrictions.
Voted by TIME magazine as one of the BEST INVENTIONS of 2007, VIBRAM caters for so many activities that your feet are sorted for life, they have fingers for TRAIL RUNNING, ROAD RUNNING, TREKKING, TRAVELLING, GENERAL FITNESS TRAINING, WATERSPORTS, YOGA, PILATES, KLOOFING...hell all we are waiting for is VIBRAM FIVE FINGER SLIPPERS.
PLEASE go check out their website @ VIBRAM FIVE FINGERS SOUTH AFRICA, or find them @ any one of these stores VIBRAM STORES, have a look at the pics & videos, @ VIBRAM STORIES
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