Any barefooters out there that have been through pregnancy? I am in my 7th month of pregnancy and I'm advised to wear shoes in my last months of pregnancy. Any suggestions?
Ok , editing this to say that having looked up your older posts, you have had a reply from one of the doctors here. So feel free to ignore this!
Well, I guess the question you have to ask is "what would the ancestors have done".
I suspect they wouldn't have suddenly started looking around for something to put on their feet once pregnant. It's probably a modern prejudice.
Neil
For the habitually shod, would nine months be enough time to allow for an adequate transition, given the increased load on the feet from pregnancy? Or would it be too much too soon? Would the sudden change be too taxing on already weak bones and muscles? My feet are still changing and it's been 2.5 years, now. My personal theory is that it's never too late to encourage the foot to return to normal, as long as the joints have not degenerated. However, any problems from decades of being shod will take years to reverse.my theory of a second chance at developing foot normalcy
I, too, tried Dankos when I had to work on my feet in the distant past. Being habitually shod, the support was actually helpful. When spending the day on my feet now, I wear minshoes (2-4mm zero drop), and I don't have problems. Nowadays, Dankos feel terribly awkward and uncomfortable to me.Wow, so they are studying the phenomenon and realize that all evidence up til now has been anecdotal. Pretty interesting.