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REGENERATION AND ORGANIZATION
Almost all of the foot issues we encounter are not due to “bad genes”. If our parents had foot issues, it does not mean that we are cursed with foot issues. Almost all foot issues this writer encounters are the consequence of how we interact with our built environment. Our modern lifestyles have many benefits, but not without repercussions. One place where these repercussions are expressed is in the health of our feet.
Here is information that may be helpful in improving the lives our feet have to lead as they navigate us through our modern world. Habituating to embodying this information will regenerate the feet as they become structurally stronger and functionally more capable.
USING THE TRAINING PARAMETERS DESCRIBED IN THIS SECTION
STANDING
GAIT
LATERAL STABILIZATION
EXERCISES TO IMPROVE FUNCTION OF THE FEET
Suggestions for improving the function of our Feet
IMPROVING OUR FEET
FOOTWEAR
A proper understanding of archetypal foot function is required to engineer situationally appropriate appliances for the feet. One solution will not meet all of the needs of any individual. Armed with good information, a range of solutions that both support and liberate the foot to express its innate capabilities will lead to enhanced well-being and a more adventurous mood.
FOOTWEAR
INNOVATIONS IN PIDEDALISM
Presented here are in house products and ideas and projects in process of development that encourages us to optimally align our posture and movement dynamics within the limitations of our modern circumstances.
INNOVATIONS IN BIPEDALISM
FURTHER STUDY
This selection of videos and graphical presentations covers the subject of optimal foot function comprehensively:
VIVO FOOTWEAR/SCIENCE
This writer also recommends their products.
META READING
An overview of foot structural and functional issues and means to optimize how we use our feet:
FEET
An overview of the core physiological structure and functions of which feet are an essential attribute:
LOCOMOTIVE CORE
and a discussion of human neurophysiology dissected by physiology:
THE FOUR CORES
An overview of the several models describing the expression of Life through the form of our species:
EVOLUTIONARY PARADIGMS