With barefoot running all the rage, the unshod workout is gaining ground across the exercise spectrum. Fitness experts from aerobics instructors to modern dancers are extolling the virtues of feeling ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - With barefoot running all the rage, the unshod workout is gaining ground across the exercise spectrum. Fitness experts from aerobics instructors to modern dancers are extolling ...

Whether carrying heavy tools, climbing ladders, managing wildland terrain or moving patients, your job’s activities require the ability to stand and walk safely. The foot is the base of support for ...

WASHINGTON — The first sunny days of spring are often the busiest in Washington — at least on the sidewalks. Runners, forced into hibernation all winter long, break out of the gym and take their ...

Is It Just Me, Or Is There a Barefoot Fitness & Walking Trend Happening Right Now I did a double take the other day, when I spotted a couple running on a paved trail near my home. Here's the thing: ...

Like every fitness activity, running has its niches. Some people want to fight for first-place finishes, others cover wildly long distances in ultrarunning and cross country. For diehard minimalists, ...

Health experts have been telling us to spend more time in nature for years. Maybe we haven't gone far enough. According to a bevy of studies, baring at least your feet when running, hiking and walking ...

A few years back, barefoot running was red-hot. Thanks to the book "Born to Run," soon to be a movie starring Matthew McConaughey, thousands of runners cast their shoes aside in the hope that the ...

The Wall Street Journal's Tara Parker-Pope explores whether barefoot running is better in this story. We were born barefoot. We didn't come with shock absorbers or midsoles or wave blades on the ...

Spoiler alert: Barefoot shoes help with functional strength and mobility. Reviewed by Kristen Geil, NASM-CPT The rage around minimalism doesn't just start and stop with makeup and tiny house living.

If you like barefoot running, please don't let me offend you. To each her own! And yet, after hearing about injury after injury suffered from the new barefoot running trend, I have to get on my ...