Are your feet messed up from wearing shoes?

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entremet

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Personally my feet look like exhibit A.

Healthy feet should look like exhibit B. Toes spread out.

Here's the feet of someone who never wore shoes.

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My feet look nothing like that.

I got these pics from this website:

http://www.marksdailyapple.com/flat-feet-treatment/#axzz3Li4EPuEt

Are your feet more spread out out or have they shown damage from footwear?

I may post pics of my ugly feet later lol.
 
Flat feet right?
I was worried about it for ages, but it never seemed to hit me.
I did a lot of running through high school to college in cross country teams and tended to buy shoes that accommodated my feet and helped keep the arch. I know some people who have shoes to help for that though.

Anyway could be worse I guess.
Could be like those unfortunate women forced to have feet bound like this.
I always thought this was crazy.
 
Flat feet right?
I was worried about it for ages, but it never seemed to hit me.
I did a lot of running through high school to college in cross country teams and tended to buy shoes that accommodated my feet and helped keep the arch. I know some people who have shoes to help for that though.

Anyway could be worse I guess.
Could be like those unfortunate women forced to have feet bound like this.
I always thought this was crazy.

No I have an arch.

OMG at that pic.

Don't look up ballerina feet.
 
I've got flat feet, wasn't until someone at a shoe store caught it that I started being able to walk/run ok. Shoes are definitely a big positive. Arch vanishes if I stand barefoot. (But is there if there's no pressure.)
 
My foot looks like A. And my problems are compounded by running long distances (10+ miles at a time) regularly. I get blisters/callouses on the sides of my big and little toes and I'm probably going to lose the nail on one my 'index' toes after it got messed up (again) during my most recent marathon. The arch is fine though, pretty sure running has strengthened it actually.

I wear the widest shoes I can get but shoe companies (at least the ones with shoes that give me the support I need) keep making their shoes more and more narrow so even the wide-fit size is usually still too narrow.
 

Foot B may be a natural foot but that doesn't mean it is "healthier". I'm sure unbrushed teeth are natural too but that can lead to plenty of health problems, even on a natural "wild" diet, as evidenced by ancient human remains who had plenty of rotten teeth issues.

I can see how foot B is preferable if you never wear shoes, but probably makes wearing shoes very uncomfortable. Foot A on the other hand might be slightly less well suited than B for going shoeless but seems to do just fine regardless.
 
I got horrible toenails. So I hate feet in general. Except my wife's. Hers are smooth as hell and beautiful.
My second toe is longer than my first one, so my feet have always been jacked.
That's actually the "right" way for toes to be designed.

And the thead derailment begins... now!
 
I got horrible toenails. So I hate feet in general. Except my wife's. Hers are smooth as hell and beautiful.

That's actually the "right" way for toes to be designed.

And the thead derailment begins... now!

I mean its significantly longer! My third toe is practically the same length as my first.
 
I mean its significantly longer! My third toe is practically the same length as my first.

Mine is too. :P

And fun fact:
Most, if not all, men have their ring finger longer than their index finger.
Women, however, have a shorter ring finger compared to their index fingers.

Strange.
 
I hate FEET! HATE EM!

Having said that, my 3 digits in between the big toe and the little toe do not wiggle individually.

That has a whole lot to do with wearing shoes and socks and wearing cleats from sports.
 
My feet stink. I'm sitting at a desk right now with Blundstones (slip on leather boots) on and pants covering the top of the boots and can still smell my feet. I put on clean socks everyday, shower everyday including washing feet, but still they smell. It ruins all my shoes eventually too.

And yea, my feet look like exhibit A. I barely have pinky toes anymore.
 
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