This may sound like a big slam, and maybe it is, but it is hard to give this article much credit because, in my experience, PTs are very short sided and don't look at the big picture of mechanics. They hone in on one little aspect of the dysfunction which causes them to make poor judgements, which ends up overshadowing the big picture. I'm not sure if they either ignore the big picture, don't want to put forth the effort (because true corrective efforts take effort) or weren't trained to see the process that way. I don't think ANY of the PTs I work with get barefoot running at all. They all give me this slight look of disbelief and skepticism when I talk with them about it. Also, I've seen PTs in the past for an ache and they gave me exercises for the muscles in the painful area. WRONG!! The real issue 99.9% of the time lies elsewhere in the body, or is a result of how a movement is being done incorrectly. I've had soooooo much more success with Chiropractors who put their focus into sports and movement. They are the ones who got me started on relearning how I move. Maybe not all PTs think the way the ones I've encountered do, but man, IMHO, PTs need to step up their game.