http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/11/131105081352.htm
This goes to show you that doctors don't know everything.
This is not to say that untrained laypeople know more than doctors about anatomy, injuries, recovery, forgotten ancient foods, or magical blankets.
It does suggest that there are certain things that haven't been fully studied yet, such as barefoot running, injury rates in the habitually shod vs. unshod, and ways to rehabilitate feet that have been damaged by decades of wearing ill-fitting shoes.
Science can take years, not just small studies of 10 people running with and without shoes, or studying one group of heelstrikers in a village.
This goes to show you that doctors don't know everything.
This is not to say that untrained laypeople know more than doctors about anatomy, injuries, recovery, forgotten ancient foods, or magical blankets.
It does suggest that there are certain things that haven't been fully studied yet, such as barefoot running, injury rates in the habitually shod vs. unshod, and ways to rehabilitate feet that have been damaged by decades of wearing ill-fitting shoes.
Science can take years, not just small studies of 10 people running with and without shoes, or studying one group of heelstrikers in a village.