Wearing MBTs increasingly activates muscle groups needed to coordinate and stabilise the body both when walking and standing. The muscular system is exercised all the way up to the neck, stretched and relaxed again, the body balanced - with every step.
Hundreds of thousands of consumers and scientists worldwide have experienced the many positive effects of MBT:
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- activates neglected muscles
- improves posture and gait
- tones and shapes the body
- can help with back, hip, leg and foot problems
- can help with joint, muscle, ligament and tendon injuries
- reduces stress on knee and hip joints
MBT activates the whole body.
RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDIES *
Increased muscle activity when walking:
- Lower limbs +18%
- Rear thigh muscles +19%
- Buttock muscles +9%
- Oxygen intake +2.5%
Increased muscle activity when standing:
- Lower limbs +38%
- Rear thigh muscles +37%
- Buttock muscles +28%
- Stresses on knee and hip joints -19%
- Improved posture and more upright gait
For details of Scientific Studies click here.
* at the University of Calgary, CAN; Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK; Rennbahnklinik, Basle, CH etc.; in comparison to conventional shoes
