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Your foot was designed to have all of your toes completely flat on the ground when weightbearing. Because 18 of the foot’s 19 tendons are attached to the toes, allowing them to remain flat essentially anchors your entire foot to the ground and enhances stability. When walking/running, your toes are meant to grasp the ground as the rest of the foot then bends forward over the “ball of the foot.”

Unfortunately, years ago shoe manufacturers began to construct shoes that completely disregarded this need. If you closely examine many of your shoes, the front tip will often be elevated off the ground a few degrees. This featured called “toe spring” was originally built into thick and inflexible shoes as a way to help “roll” the foot forward while walking. Think about this as having the bottom of a rocking chair on your foot.

So why is this a problem?

Toe spring forces the toes of your foot “out of business.” When you unnaturally elevate the toes from the ground they can no longer function optimally within the shoe. Over time this limited stimulation to the smaller muscles within the foot that controls the toes can lead to weakness and atrophy.

Toe spring also creates an imbalance between the muscles and tendons that run on the top and bottom of the foot. By artificially elevating the toes from the ground day after day, month after month and year after year, the tendons on the top of the foot are constantly held in a shortened position. Over time this imbalance increases risk for deformity/injury called “hammertoes” that can create pain in the toes and ball of the foot.

The solution? Find shoes without rigid toe spring that allows your foot to splay naturally flat on the ground (this is called a zero drop).

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