The Barefoot Book 50 Great Reasons to Kick Off Your Shoes
by Howell, L. DanielEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-08-01
Publisher(s): Hunter House
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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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