If the Shoe Fits: Are Your Shoes Helping or Hurting Your Balance?
When you have trouble with your balance, you might think the only solution is to work on your balance exercises. But have you ever considered that your shoes could be affecting the way you walk and how steady you feel? Your ability to stay balanced depends on your brain receiving and combining information from three major systems: your vestibular system (inner ear), vision, and somatosensory system (information from your muscles, joints, and skin). Your feet are an important part of that last...
