Negative Heel Shoes are good for you

Man has built a world of concrete and steel that is incompatible with his anatomy. We need a shoe that recreates underfoot the natural terrain that now lies buried beneath the concrete of our cities.

Earth Yoga Origins – The Anne Kalso Story

While in pursuit of her life-long interest in Yoga, Anne Kalso's studies took her to the great Hindu school of Yesudian in Zurich and later to the Yoga monastery in Santos, Brazil. In the course of her studies and experiments, she observed that by flexing the foot, or by lowering the heel one could achieve a feeling similar to that attained in the Yoga Mountain pose. In 1957, this awareness inspired her to develop (with the aid of a Portuguese shoe maker) a primitive version of a sandal with the heel lower than the toes.

Subsequently, she began to observe the superb posture of the native Brazilians with their foot imprints in the sand, and it was confirmed to her that when man walks in soft earth the weight of his body is sunk low in to the heels! Returning to Denmark, she began experimenting further with this principle. For ten years she developed and refined her designs. She tested the new models herself on walking trips of five hundred miles and more. Every nuance of their design and structure grew out of her intense concern and care. "It took numerous years of hard work before I reached the final form of my shoe which takes into consideration all the natural demands of the foot and body. Now I know that I have created something. It is no longer an idea in my mind, but a thoroughly tested and proven fact."

Does this work? I am a recreational race walker. I pound the track and or the pavement about 15 miles a week. With a lot of standing at work and being on my feet all day. Chronic back pain has be a constant in my life for decades. While researching reflexology, I came across Negative Heel Technology. Currently reverse heel athletic shoes are quite expensive. Being cheap, I did not want lay out over $100 for a new pair just to see it works!

I did the next best thing. I took a pair of used but good athletic shoes, removed the inside heel material, keeping the outside intact and still padded. Replacing the insole now I had a reverse heel of about 3 degrees. The first time I put these shoes to the test was at the mall during Christmas shopping with the family.

In previous years I could handle no more than a hour of walking around the mall. My back will start to spasm and the pain kicks in, I get cranky and want to go home. This year dad was still going like the ‘Eveready Bunny’ after everyone else was tired! I credit these shoes for giving me good posture so my weight is distributed optimally and naturally. Hardly any fatigue and resulting pain in my lower back or neck. I thought I will share this with fellow chronic back pain suffers. And now when I next shop for shoes of any stripe I will go with Negative Heel Technology. No matter what the cost.

There are some really cool shoe design out there now, however they are not at the mainstream stores yet.

You can browse these online retailers if you care to. Viva happy feet! ♥

www.planetshoes.com,

www.pegasusshoes.com

www.earthbeach.com

www.earthvegan.us