Incorporating barefoot running into your routine helps promote good running form and prevent injury. Here's how to start.

Whether you’re curious about barefoot running for a more natural trail experience, or you’re a rare toe striker in search of shoes that better support your running style, you’re going to see the terms ...

Aaron Keil, PT, DPT, clinical associate professor of physical therapy at the University of Illinois, Chicago Many barefoot runners and experts in the sports medicine space believe that the benefits of ...

Like every fitness activity, running has its niches. Some people want to fight for first-place finishes, others cover wildly long distances in ultrarunning and cross country. For diehard minimalists, ...

Are those shoeless runners racing through dirty city streets just crazy, or are they getting real benefits from running barefoot — and should you try it? Curious about those barefoot runners you’ve ...

Barefoot running and minimalist shoes offer less heel-cushioning. It is postulated that when an RFS runner changes from a traditional shoe to a minimalist shoe (or no shoe), landing on the heel will ...

The clothes don’t make the man, but wearing no shoes might make the runner. A study of people who habitually run barefoot shows that these runners’ feet strike the ground in a way that tempers impact ...

Natalie Collins has received funding from the National Health and Medical Research Council, Medical Research Future Fund, and Arthritis Australia. New Balance provided all shoes used in this study, ...

Advocates believe that running shoes "keep feet so restricted that they may actually be making your feet lazy, weak and more prone to injury," says Tara Parker-Pope in The Wall Street Journal. The ...

The 2.5mm outsole has a pattern on it, and it’s made from a clingy, sticky kind of rubber, so the Bare-XFs, which you can buy from Inov8 here, are not exactly slippery, but there’s no sign of the long ...

I'm training for my first 10K (April 24) and half-marathon (June 6), and my left foot is mad about it. I can't tell if it's plantar fasciitis or the bones on the top of my foot or what. The pain seems ...