YogaToes
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Ultimate Freedom After Shoes. Yoga Toes are soft, flexible & hypo-allergenic. They help relax & refresh overworked feet. Dress shoes bunch and contort the feet in ways that are very unhealthy for not only your feet but also your back and neck as well. With Yoga Toes, after a hard days walking in dress shoes that do just that, they help stretch & strengthen foot muscles, as well as help improve & prevent foot problems caused by this abuse the feet take.
The makers of Yoga Toes Toe Stretchers are on a mission to convince everyone that exercising your toes will alleviate pain and improve the overall condition of the foot. There’s no doubt that most of us probably pay less attention to our feet than other parts of the body. However, anyone who has ever experienced reflexology or a massage with a pedicure will testify that it feels good to pamper your feet.
Our feet absorb a great deal of stress through general daily activity and full-body exercising. Try as we might to follow the recommendation of changing our jogging shoes every six months or 500 miles, or avoid wearing those irresistible Manolo Blahnik high heels, most of the time, we just don’t think about our feet, much less exercise them.
There are many foot and toe aids on the market already, so it’s not like the concept of better foot health is far-fetched. Toe straighteners, bunion braces, hammertoe straighteners, step stretchers, arch braces – these and many other products claim to isolate and correct a variety of foot problems.
Yoga Pros, the creator of Yoga Toes Toe Stretchers, manufactured a non-porous device that makes exercising your toes as easy as sitting down and watching television. The concept is simple: slip Yoga Toes over the tops of your feet and according to their literature, automatically “stretch, strengthen and align foot muscles.�
This device intends to break the muscle memory and help feet by increasing circulation, stretching tendons to alleviate tension and expanding bone mobility. Its design and stretching exercises follow many of the basic principles used in rehabilitating physical therapy.
Painful conditions such as sciatica, hammertoes, plantar fasciatis, bunions and fallen arches will be greatly reduced with regular use, the company claims. As circulation improves, the product may also help with varicose veins and Deep Vein Thrombosis as well.
(Source: YogaPro; LovetoKnow; SELF Magazine)
