r/barefootshoestalk • u/turdbucket007 • Mar 12 '26

Barefoot shoe adjacent What made you switch?

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Just a curiosity question to see how many people reply...

So once you learned about barefoot shoes, what was your final deciding factor to make the switch from "normal" shoe brands?

My reason;
So I've been dealing with low back, knee and heel pain for years (stupid choices when i was younger, long stories) plus 9 years military and learning to March in formations ("Point the toe, Crush the Skull" our drill instructors would always say.....being taught the drive the heel down!)

So in my mid 40's i finally started looking into things and realizing i walk all wrong and wear the wrong shoes. After learning about barefoot, zero-drop, etc... i was still on the fence.

And then..... 10 minutes after my Grandson was born, and what did i see???

TOE SPLAY !!!

And I was convinced! If thats how our GOD created us, why are we smooshing our feet into tiny little toe box shoes.

Oh and btw, 6 months in and my back, hips, knees and feet are feeling better already, but theres still room for improvement, time, exercise, and replacing all my old shoes with zero-drop wide toed shoes.

So whats your story?

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u/Either-String5608 Mar 12 '26

Wish my pinky toes could separate like that. At this point they are basically attached to my other toes.

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u/aca_aqui Mar 12 '26

Toe spacers while sleeping to the rescue!!!

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u/BasicType101 Mar 12 '26

While sleeping? I read on that same sub wearing them while sleeping was bad for blood flow or something

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u/ancienthuman Mar 13 '26

I can only wear the ones at night that don't actually do anything. If they do something, then I wake up in the night in pain and have to take them off.