Terra Plana Shoes - The Next Best Thing To Being Barefoot!

VivoBarefoot is a revolutionary, back-to-basics design based on the simple principle that being barefoot is the healthiest way for you and your feet to be. An ultra thin (3mm) puncture resistant sole allows your feet to be as millions of years of evolutionary design intended - Barefoot! Children wear their school shoes at least SIX hours a day, and these shoes will give them the best possible start for the future. See more facts and details below and please feel free to contact us if you need more information. 

Benefits of going barefoot

• Strenghtens the muscles in your feet
• Re-aligns your natural posture
• Feeling the ground stimulates sensory perception
• Flexes your feet as nature designed

Medical Quotes

• After 8 weeks of wearing Vivobarefoot kids shoes, average sideways range of motion improved by 25.6%, while average upward/downward range of motion improved by 36.8%. This improved the child's ability to move their feet - improving flexibility. ("Anette Thompson, 'Barefoot Technology')
• in school shoes: gait pattern and functional improvement over an 8-week period. (Bernard Price Institute for Paleontological Research and Institute for Human Evolution, University of the Witwatersrand").
• Flat feet are most common in children who wear closed-toe shoes, less common in those who wear sandals or slippers, and least in the unshod. A study of 2,300 children showed the incidence of flatfoot was 8.6% in those who wore shoes and 2.8% in those who did not wear shoes. ("Rao, Ub et al. The influence of footwear on the prevalence of flat foot. Survey of 2,300 children: Journal of Bone and Joint Surgery, 1992").
• An Elevated heel of any height on a child's shoe shortens the Achilles tendon- the beginning of permanent tendon shortening. ("Dr William A Rossi, Children's Footwear: Launching site for adult foot ill's. Podiatry Management 1999)
• Soles that are over 6mm thick, prevent 80 to 90 percent of children's foot flexibility, thus denying the foot its normal step sequence (Dr William A Rossi, Children's Footwear: Launching site for adult foot ill's. Podiatry Management. 2002)