The Barefoot Book 50 Great Reasons to Kick Off Your Shoes

by Howell, L. Daniel

• ISBN13: 9780897935548
• ISBN10: 0897935543
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-01
• Publisher: Hunter House

Summary

Most of us kick off our shoes when we get home from work or an outing. It just feels so good. Well, as Daniel Howell points out in this timely guide to barefooting, it feels good because it is good for us.

Author Biography

Daniel Howell, PhD, has a doctoral degree in biochemistry and teaches human anatomy and physiology at Liberty University in Lynchburg, Virginia. An avid barefoot runner, he leads a barefoot hiking group and has personally logged more than 2,000 shoeless miles.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xi
A Note From the Author	p. xii
Introduction	p. 1
Normal, but Not Natural	p. 5
Normalizing the Unnatural	p. 8
Disfiguring Our Feet	p. 11
The Shoe Incubator	p. 13
Shoe = Cast	p. 16
Living Barefoot	p. 17
Jaenelle	p. 18
Vivian	p. 19
Susie	p. 20
Judy	p. 21
Cheri	p. 22
Glenn	p. 23
John	p. 24
Steve	p. 24
Dr. Robyn Hughes	p. 25
You	p. 26
How Your Foot Works	p. 27
Step-by-Step	p. 27
The Foot Bone's Connected to the	p. 28
Your Arches	p. 32
The Soft Structures of Your Feet	p. 35
The Skin of Your Feet	p. 37
The First Line of Defense	p. 40
Irritability	p. 41
The Role of Touch in Your Feet	p. 42
What Your Shoes Are Doing to You	p. 44
Basic Shoe Construction	p. 45
Shoes Change the Way We Stand, Walk, Run, and Feel the Ground	p. 49
A Few of My Not Favorite Things	p. 62
Don't Walk a Mile in These Shoes	p. 68
High-Heeled Sex Appeal	p. 69
The Effects of High Heels on the Foot	p. 71
The Effects of High Heels on the Knee	p. 72
The Effects of High Heels on the Spine	p. 73
High Heels Affect the Way You Walk	p. 74
Men's Work and Dress Shoes	p. 75
Growing Up in Shoes	p. 77
Growing Deformed	p. 78
Miniature Adult Shoes	p. 9
Overloaded	p. 1
ôShoddyö Education	p. 82
The Bottom Line	p. 85
Walking, Hiking, and Running Barefoot	p. 87
Walking Barefoot	p. 87
Running Barefoot	p. 89
Getting Started Running Barefoot	p. 97
Hiking Barefoot	p. 98
Tips for Healthy Hiking Feet	p. 101
What to Wear When You Can't Go Bare	p. 105
Minimalist Shoes	p. 105
The Fuss about Flip-Flops	p. 112
Getting Out There: Putting Your Best (Bare) Foot Forward	p. 114
Hurdles	p. 117
A Note to Business Owners and Managers	p. 119
What to Do about Work	p. 121
Mythbusters	p. 123
ôNo Bare Feet by Order of the Health Departmentö	p. 123
Bare Feet Are Prohibited by OSHA	p. 124
Bare Feet Present a Liability to Businesses	p. 125
It's Illegal to Be Barefoot in Public	p. 128
It's Illegal to Drive Barefoot	p. 129
Going Barefoot Is Dangerous-Cuts and Punctures	p. 130
Going, Barefoot Is Dangerous-Germs and Parasites	p. 131
Final Thoughts	p. 134
Appendix: Lawsuits Resulting from Shoes or Bare Feet	p. 136
Endnotes	p. 141
Resources	p. 150
Index	p. 151
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