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| Foreword | |
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| Acknowledgments | |
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| A Note From the Author | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Normal, but Not Natural | |
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| Normalizing the Unnatural | |
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| Disfiguring Our Feet | |
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| The Shoe Incubator | |
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| Shoe = Cast | |
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| Living Barefoot | |
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| Jaenelle | |
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| Vivian | |
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| Susie | |
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| Judy | |
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| Cheri | |
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| Glenn | |
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| John | |
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| Steve | |
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| Dr. Robyn Hughes | |
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| You | |
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| How Your Foot Works | |
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| Step-by-Step | |
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| The Foot Bone's Connected to the | |
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| Your Arches | |
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| The Soft Structures of Your Feet | |
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| The Skin of Your Feet | |
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| The First Line of Defense | |
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| Irritability | |
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| The Role of Touch in Your Feet | |
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| What Your Shoes Are Doing to You | |
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| Basic Shoe Construction | |
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| Shoes Change the Way We Stand, Walk, Run, and Feel the Ground | |
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| A Few of My Not Favorite Things | |
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| Don't Walk a Mile in These Shoes | |
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| High-Heeled Sex Appeal | |
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| The Effects of High Heels on the Foot | |
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| The Effects of High Heels on the Knee | |
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| The Effects of High Heels on the Spine | |
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| High Heels Affect the Way You Walk | |
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| Men's Work and Dress Shoes | |
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| Growing Up in Shoes | |
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| Growing Deformed | |
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| Miniature Adult Shoes | |
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| Overloaded | |
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| �Shoddy� Education | |
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| The Bottom Line | |
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| Walking, Hiking, and Running Barefoot | |
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| Walking Barefoot | |
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| Running Barefoot | |
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| Getting Started Running Barefoot | |
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| Hiking Barefoot | |
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| Tips for Healthy Hiking Feet | |
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| What to Wear When You Can't Go Bare | |
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| Minimalist Shoes | |
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| The Fuss about Flip-Flops | |
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| Getting Out There: Putting Your Best (Bare) Foot Forward | |
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| Hurdles | |
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| A Note to Business Owners and Managers | |
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| What to Do about Work | |
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| Mythbusters | |
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| �No Bare Feet by Order of the Health Department� | |
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| Bare Feet Are Prohibited by OSHA | |
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| Bare Feet Present a Liability to Businesses | |
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| It's Illegal to Be Barefoot in Public | |
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| It's Illegal to Drive Barefoot | |
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| Going Barefoot Is Dangerous-Cuts and Punctures | |
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| Going, Barefoot Is Dangerous-Germs and Parasites | |
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| Final Thoughts | |
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| Appendix: Lawsuits Resulting from Shoes or Bare Feet | |
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| Endnotes | |
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| Resources | |
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| Index | |