Check Out A New Type of Sandal - MBT Footwear
February 24th, 2010 by Seane C.J. Hess
Most people would rather go barefoot than wear shoes, and now there’s a shoe on the market that is meant to create that very same barefoot feeling. These MBT sandals should be better for your body since many of us have foot, back, and joint issues due to wearing inadequately designed shoes.
According to MBT shoes, folks were meant to walk on unstable ground, and not flat ground. The designers of these shoes based their design on the proven fact that the Masai tribe in Africa has very few Problems with back and joint issues, which they claim is thanks to the fact that they are always walking on unstable surfaces. They developed their own Masai Barefoot Technology (MBT) shoes with a design that is supposed to make an individual feel just like they’re walking barefoot on ground that isn’t flat.
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The curved sole of MBT shoes has been especially created so that it’ll hit all of the pressure points that would be hit if an individual was walking barefoot. The other great thing about these shoes is that they basically make your muscles work harder just standing and walking around, so you get great fitness benefits while you are wearing them. The negative heel design helps to build up all the different muscles that surround the joints so that less pressure is put on the joints and folks have less joint agony.
They cause a 9% increase in the amount of work done by the glutes, a 19% increase in that done by the back of the thighs, and an 18% increase in the work done by the calves. This increase in muscle activity implies there’s 19% less pressure put on the knees. Abdominal strength and posture are also improved just through continually wearing these shoes.
Wearing these shoes throughout the day could be a good way for people that have to stand a lot for their job to tone their muscles while they work and minimize the stress on their joints and back from all the standing that they do. There are a lot of different options for styles of MBT shoes, including a variety number of different boots, professional shoes, sandals, and sports styles. You may use these shoes for most light activity, including walking and jogging. They even can be used to help folks rebound from some medical issues having an impact on the back and lower body, and by sportsmen for extra conditioning training.
Be careful of a MBT sale, as they may be knockoffs. Find legitimate resellers via the MBT corporate website.
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