Whole Body Barefoot: Transitioning Well to Minimal Footwear

by Katy Bowman

Overview

Barefoot enthusiasts say ditching your shoes is essential for optimal whole-body function. Doctors say minimalist shoes cause injury. Who’s right? What if they both are? In Whole Body Barefoot, biomechanist Katy Bowman explains how both sides are right and wrong by broadening the perspective of over-simplified “shoes are good” or “shoes are bad” arguments. Using evolutionary-based and biomechanics arguments, Bowman demonstrates that shoes, in a modern context, have purpose, but that the trade-off for protection can be reduced whole-body health if we don’t pick the right shoes for our body and skill-level.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780989653923
Publisher:	Propriometrics Press
Publication date:	04/01/2015
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Sales rank:	834,860
File size:	6 MB

About the Author

With radical, science-based health directives, Katy is taking the health-and-wellness world by storm with her bold "exercise is not movement" platform. A biomechanist by training and a problem-solver at heart, she has helped thousands reduce chronic pain, increase bone density, and improve metabolic health through movement and proper alignment.

In addition to hosting her podcast KatySays and writing for her award-winning blog KatySays.com, she is a regular source for national health publications like Prevention and Men's Health, and is a sought after guest on radio, television pod-casted talk shows and news segments. Creator of the Aligned and WellTM DVD series, Katy's groundbreaking work in pelvic floor restoration has made her particularly popular with midwives, OBGYNs, and others concerned with pelvic mobility, strength, and health

Table of Contents

CONTENTS

Minimal Shoes Are for Every Body...Including Yours

Introduction

THINK

Chapter One: Footwear

Chapter Two: The Ankle

Chapter Three: The Earth is Bumpy

MOVE

Chapter Four: Stance habits to change

Chapter Five: Stretching the intrinsic tissues of the foot

Chapter Six: Stretching the extrinsic tissues of the foot

Chapter Seven: Strengthening the intrinsic tissues of the foot

Chapter Eight: Strengthening the extrinsic tissues of the foot

Chapter Nine: Adding natural surfaces to your walk

Chapter Ten: Fix your feet all day

Conclusion

THE MOVES

Appendix 1: How to shop for minimal shoes

Appendix 2: Resources to keep your feet and whole body moving more

References and Further Reading

Index

About the Author