Category: Foot Health

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more information. I’ve woken up the last several days with both of my achilles tendons feeling tight. The feeling has returned after a long hiatus – probably a few months ago was the last time I noticed this same feeling. It would make sense…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more information. I don’t think I’ve ever fully laid out what got me started on my foot health journey in full, so here’s the story. This article is meant to be informative and relatable as many people have been in similar situations before. Many…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more information. Something struck me the other day. I was watching a video from Kelly Starrett, the guy who has helped me recover so much of my body with his book, Becoming a Supple Leopard, and I noticed a theme in his videos. The…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. Before we get into overpronation, it’s important to understand what regular pronation is and why it’s important. Pronation is when the foot “flattens out” or the arch of the foot collapses in. There is great reason for this motion as well; it…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. Now that I’ve spent some time experimenting with which shoes I wear while I play indoor soccer, I have developed a theory with several points of reasoning behind it. My theory is that my shoes played a much bigger role in my…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. Around 2 weeks ago, I was playing indoor soccer as I normally. I was watching the clock above me and thinking to myself that I would have to get going soon to make it home on time. A couple minutes before I…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. There are many trigger points that come to mind to enable plantar fasciitis relief: the hamstrings, the calves, the posterior tibialis muscle, and so on. But an obvious choice should be directly on the plantar fascia as well. If nothing else, it…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. As I’ve covered in a couple of my recent posts, our foot arch/plantar muscles are being held in a very poor position whenever we wear traditional footwear. Specifically, the elevated heel has our heel sitting up too high and the toe spring…

This post may contain affiliate links. Please read the disclaimer for more info. Foot cramps are something that plague many peoples’ daily lives, especially for those who suffer from conditions like plantar fasciitis. The cramps will usually pop up in the foot arch, sometimes closer to the ball of the foot and sometimes closer to…

There are a few reasons why arch support is a myth. First of all, there is no such thing as arch support in any of our shoes. Second, even if there was, you don’t want that anyway. Lastly, arch support recommendations are based on no evidence whatsoever of it increasing the height of, strengthening, or…