When I read about all the health benefits of these shoes I thought they were exactly what I needed. I am in bad shape due to several years of back problems, followed by a back surgery a few months ago. My muscles are weak and out of shape, and after several months of physical therapy I was looking to add an an extra edge to my exercise routine. However, I am not in shape to wear these shoes!

These shoes are designed to cause instability and thus cause the wearer to engage core muscles to stabilize, muscles that are not normally used during walking. In theory it is all great, however if you have weak muscles due to injury or inactivity this can cause instability that you cannot control, causing turned ankles and falls. This is what happened to me and I have a big gash on my leg to show for it.

So a word of caution is to use your good judgement

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