I use to have a horrible and persistent case of plantar fasciitis and fairly frequent knee pain. I decided to wear those goofy ass things and in a few months I was healed. Since then I have made it a point to walk barefoot as much as possible and wear neutral lift, low cushioning shoes.
Thankfully I am married so I was able to bypass the inherent chastity feature of the Vibram Five Fingers.
I had similar symptoms as you and also tried the Five Fingers. I had similar healing experience. However I hated the feeling of these shoes with putting them on and taking them off. I realized what I liked was the lightweight footwear, neutral lift with a wider toe box, and a midfoot strike.
I found racing flats gave me everything I liked about Five Fingers, with nothing that I hated about Five Fingers, and they look like regular shoes.
I haven’t had a need to wear them in years thanks to switching to shoes with the same characteristics as you listed, once I was healed. I just like to mention my experience because it is so easy to take the piss on folk that wear Five Fingers, but they can be legitimately great.
I just like to mention my experience because it is so easy to take the piss on folk that wear Five Fingers, but they can be legitimately great.
They still look hideous and there is a place for form over function in our society, so in some measure, the piss is worth taking against Five Fingers. I’ll agree with you though that Five Fingers helped me identify what I needed different in footwear even though I only used them for a couple of months to find a better alternative.
It’s not just that they look dorky but omg they get nasty. And no, it doesn’t come off in the washing machine (the glue doesn’t like the washing machine though).
I use to have a horrible and persistent case of plantar fasciitis and fairly frequent knee pain. I decided to wear those goofy ass things and in a few months I was healed. Since then I have made it a point to walk barefoot as much as possible and wear neutral lift, low cushioning shoes.
Thankfully I am married so I was able to bypass the inherent chastity feature of the Vibram Five Fingers.
I had similar symptoms as you and also tried the Five Fingers. I had similar healing experience. However I hated the feeling of these shoes with putting them on and taking them off. I realized what I liked was the lightweight footwear, neutral lift with a wider toe box, and a midfoot strike.
I found racing flats gave me everything I liked about Five Fingers, with nothing that I hated about Five Fingers, and they look like regular shoes.
I haven’t had a need to wear them in years thanks to switching to shoes with the same characteristics as you listed, once I was healed. I just like to mention my experience because it is so easy to take the piss on folk that wear Five Fingers, but they can be legitimately great.
They still look hideous and there is a place for form over function in our society, so in some measure, the piss is worth taking against Five Fingers. I’ll agree with you though that Five Fingers helped me identify what I needed different in footwear even though I only used them for a couple of months to find a better alternative.
I went to my first date with my now wife wearing these. She thought the prints in the snow were hilarious. Been married for over 10 years now.
More like opposite of chastity. Flamingo effect.
It’s not just that they look dorky but omg they get nasty. And no, it doesn’t come off in the washing machine (the glue doesn’t like the washing machine though).