There's an interesting research paper by the late Dr. William Rossi called "Why shoes make 'normal' gait impossible". It's probably in the BRS research links, if not it's easy to find.
I believe that, although much of what he says is correct, there is a fundamental assumption some of the research is based on which is frequently wrong. He assumes that all people walking barefoot land on their heel. I don't, some people do. I think that a lot of people probably land on their heel when walking BF because shoes have semi(?)/permanently affected their body in some way. Parts of the article refer to how shoes affect landing on the heel (walking) - fundamental mistake from my point of view
What would be interesting is to see how people walk who have never worn shoes and to then apply the same research again if it turns out that life time barefooters mostly front pad plant (or what ever you want to call it). Now you have a chance to correctly identify what's right & what's wrong.
Just my 2c worth.
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I believe that, although much of what he says is correct, there is a fundamental assumption some of the research is based on which is frequently wrong. He assumes that all people walking barefoot land on their heel. I don't, some people do. I think that a lot of people probably land on their heel when walking BF because shoes have semi(?)/permanently affected their body in some way. Parts of the article refer to how shoes affect landing on the heel (walking) - fundamental mistake from my point of view
What would be interesting is to see how people walk who have never worn shoes and to then apply the same research again if it turns out that life time barefooters mostly front pad plant (or what ever you want to call it). Now you have a chance to correctly identify what's right & what's wrong.
Just my 2c worth.
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