Benefits Of Walking Barefoot That You Did Not Know

Do you like to take off your shoes as soon as you get home from work? Do you spend the whole weekend barefoot at home? Do you take advantage of an afternoon in the park to take off your shoes and step on the grass? All of this has several advantages. Find out what are the benefits of walking barefoot on different surfaces. Be it summer or winter, take off your shoes!

Walking barefoot is a more than invigorating exercise for the body. This is because our feet have a large number of nerve endings and many are the organs that benefit from this activity.

It is good to be without shoes for several hours a day (as long as your daily activities and obligations allow you), because this way you can unblock the contained emotions that later become anxiety, depression or even illnesses.

What is good for walking barefoot?

• Walking barefoot for a few hours a day has benefits for the skin, it helps us to rest from tight shoes and heels in the case of women.
• If we walk on the fine sand, we will be massaging the feet, relaxing the muscles and also freeing ourselves from impurities.
• From a bone point of view, going barefoot is very good for improving the anatomical structure and mechanical processes of the body.
• If we walk without shoes on rough surfaces and without lateral inclination, the foot will adapt to that environment and also will do a different job than it is used to when it is inside a shoe.
• You can also walk barefoot on inclined surfaces, but always doing it with great care to avoid muscle strain on the knees, hips, spine and buttocks.
• Going without shoes improves blood circulation and strengthens the feet. It allows blood to flow better towards the heart.

More benefits of walking barefoot

• It allows correcting imbalances in movements and strengthens muscles and bones of the feet and ankles, achieving a greater integration of the body.
• It gives strength to the muscles of the hips and legs, improving balance and gait, more agile.
• It exerts less joint torsion when running, which is why it helps athletes in their performances. In addition, the rotational forces of the three joints included in the running mechanism are lower, avoiding injuries and stresses on the kneecap. And it also increases the internal rotation force in this area, improving the tibio-femoral compartment.

• It makes us have a different footprint, more cushioned than when we wear footwear, therefore we tire less and avoid overloading some muscles. The foot rests on the heel instead of the tips of the toes. The impact of the body weight is more distributed and injuries are avoided. This is great for women who wear very high heels, for example.