Stability used to be a good thing in a shoe. But the current “fitness” footwear craze takes the opposite approach: By subtly throwing your body off balance, these shoes supposedly help you lose weight ...

A new study confirms that rocker bottom shoes helps strengthen back muscles, improving the spine's curvature and thus reducing low back pain. A new study confirms that rocker bottom shoes helps ...

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SHOES with a curved sole that make you feel unstable, may ease back pain. Researchers analysed results from previous trials that included 251 patients with lower back pain and found that wearing ...

The shoes you wear can make you feel slim, sexy, and stylish—or they can leave you wincing in pain. Ever wonder how much damage you are doing when you walk to work in sky-high heels or scuff through ...

Most of the running biomechanics studies of the past several years have focused on no outsoles (barefoot), thin outsoles, or thick outsoles. A recent study from an expert running-injuries group at the ...