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  1. Tendonitis, barefoot running, and high rigid arches

    A question for the docs: can one make one's arch more flexible through certain exercises? Can one teach oneself to pronate?
  2. Tendonitis, barefoot running, and high rigid arches

    And, by the way, my extensor tendonitis got quite a bit worse since my last post, simply from taking a three-mile walk in barefoot shoes on sidewalks. It seems my foot is much better able to handle a three-mile hike over rocks than a three-mile walk on the street. Standing in the kitchen...
  3. Tendonitis, barefoot running, and high rigid arches

    I have no idea. I just run casually with my dog for a few blocks every day. I'm not a serious runner at all.
  4. Tendonitis, barefoot running, and high rigid arches

    According to my podiatrist, I have high, very rigid arches, and I don't pronate at all. I have been going barefoot/minimal for a year now, and most of the time have been plagued with tendonitis--first peroneal tendonitis, now extensor tendonitis. I recently stopped running for ten days and just...