Medically reviewed by Adam H. Kaplan, DPM Key Takeaways Walking barefoot can make your foot and leg muscles stronger. Grounding, walking without shoes, can reduce stress and improve mental health.  Be ...

Gordon Hlavenka, Bethany Vedder, Debi Jellema and Ken Grossinger find it somewhat baffling that U.S. consumers buy 1.3 billion pairs of shoes every year, or about five pairs for every man, woman and ...

About two years ago, Claire Haeuptle, a physical therapist based in San Diego, was interested in strengthening the muscles and ligaments of her feet. Haeuptle, who played four years of collegiate ...

A growing number of trainers say barefoot workouts could be the secret to better balance, posture, and mobility—starting from ...

For most of our 200,000 years of existence as a species, humans have walked the planet barefoot. It’s only in the last 40,000 years that shoes have come into style. We evolved to feel the ground under ...

The barefoot movement is gathering pace, promising closer connection to the terrain and our evolutionary heritage. But is the key to better running really what you wear – or don’t wear – on your feet?

If you click on links we provide, we may receive compensation. Hop on the barefoot shoe trend today Izzy Baskette is a shopping writer for PEOPLE with five years of experience in digital media. She ...

Sometimes it’s important to be reminded of our place in the world. It can be so easy to get caught up in our own problems that we forget the lives and plights of people around us. One mom was reminded ...