by Pain & Performance Team | Jun 20, 2020 | Foot
“All truly great thoughts are conceived by walking.” – Friedrich Nietzsche Walking is, for most people, the most basic and fundamental actions we can take. It is our primary means of locomotion. While we can run or jog, walking is the easiest and most natural...
by Pain & Performance Team | Nov 11, 2019 | Foot
“Walking is the best possible exercise. Habituate yourself to walk very far.” – Thomas Jefferson Humans have been walking longer than the known historical record. It is conceivable that before any animals, such as horses, were domesticated enough to serve as a...
by Pain & Performance Team | May 27, 2019 | Foot
“I took a walk in the woods and came out taller than the trees.” – Henry David Thoreau One of the most natural and primal things every healthy human being does is walk. Running is fine, but walking is one of the fullest expressions of our bipedal nature. And it is...
by Pain & Performance Team | Mar 28, 2019 | Foot
“I am a slow walker, but I never walk back.“ – Abraham Lincoln No one likes pain, especially chronic pain. However, there are certain types of pain that can be far more debilitating and even crippling than others. For example, a minor yet chronic back or neck pain may...
by Pain & Performance Team | Jan 24, 2019 | Foot
“If you can’t fly, then run, if you can’t walk run, then walk, if you can’t walk, then crawl, but by all means keep moving.” – Martin Luther King Jr. Most of us don’t have the opportunity to fly, but many of us do like to run. For others, running doesn’t excite us as...
by Pain & Performance Team | Nov 26, 2018 | Foot
“An early-morning walk is a blessing for the whole day.” – Henry David Thoreau There is great truth in that statement. However, recurring or chronic foot pain can make it difficult to take that walk. A common example of this is a condition known as...