No more shoes that deform your feet

During the early years of Facebook in Brazil, it was common to find photographs of the feet of professional ballerinas. In the comments, many debated and defended the idea that in order to achieve precise movements, the feet should be submissive to the ballet shoes.

The wave of comments reached its peak in 2011. At the time, Facebook was successful in Brazil and opened its first local office. At the same time, the film Black Swan hit theaters. In it, Nina Sayers (Natalie Portman) imprisons her own feet in a torturous routine behind the scenes of the beautiful movements of classical ballet.

What is most impressive is that it is not necessary to do ballet to deform your feet. On the contrary, conventional sneakers have restrictive designs, that is, they imprison and change the nature of the feet. As a result, the steps become false and do not support the body as they should.

In addition to blisters and bruises on ballerinas' feet, the radius of the big toe changes drastically. Instead of following the radius of the heel, it is involuntarily turned towards the feet. Literally crowded with other toes. This happens because of the lack of space in conventional shoes.

Fortunately, it is possible to restore freedom to your feet and stop them from deforming. To do this, you just need to make a few changes and adopt new habits when exercising.

First of all, it is worth starting by changing all your shoes and giving preference to wider, more flexible and larger models. In open shoes, stay away from side straps or elements that hold or narrow the foot.

Another positive change is to adopt a routine of exercises that are specific to your feet. In addition, training barefoot or wearing performance-specific barefoot shoes, such as the Yette , accelerates the changes and corrects foot deformities.

At some point, you will feel the changes in your foot.

For example, the toes relocate to their proper places, with spacing and distance between them. Especially in the case of the big toe, it returns to following the radius of the foot, in a straight line and without any curve.

The big toe is not limited to just supporting the foot and performs different functions. Therefore, it should be more open and aligned with the 1st metatarsal. Once this is done, the natural consequence is stronger, more flexible feet that are better suited for mobility.