08/28/2025    

RESPONSES/COMMENTS (PODIATRISTS IN THE NEWS) - PART 1A

RE: Barefoot Walking at Home Increases Intrinsic Muscular Strength: NY Podiatrist (Herbert Abbott, DPM)

From: Paul Langer, DPM

 

I'd like to respond to the criticisms of Dr. Conenello's quotes on barefoot walking. My response is as follows: It is disappointing that within our profession, we have people who would publicly disparage a well-informed colleague simply because the disparagers have not bothered to keep up with the research.

 

The evidence for the benefits of foot intrinsic strengthening and barefoot/minimalist shoe ambulation to increase the foot’s capacity to support the body gets better every year since McKeon and colleagues first introduced the concept of the “foot core” in 2015. It would be better for our profession if we spent less time criticizing concepts we do not understand and more time working to understand them.

 

Paul Langer, DPM, Minneapolis MN

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