Orthotebb Health Shoes - How They Work

How They Work

You walk on the soft, flat platform under the front, two-thirds of the shoe. The heel is not used, unless at rest. You stride normally into the next step. With each step, there is a deep vein pumping action, which greatly increases circulation in the legs and feet, reducing swelling and varicosities.

You gently use more muscles in the entire leg, hips, rear end and, as you stride forward, the lower abs and lower back. The effect is much like a combination of a gentle stair master and balancing on a BOSU board. It's not difficult and most users find walking in Orthotebbs becomes natural within 10-15 minutes of using them.

Your foot naturally stretches under the sole, which combined with the lack of pressure to the heel, eases pain from Plantar Fasciitis. Relaxing back on the heels, the stretch to the back of the plantar fascia gives Plantar and Heel Spur sufferers relief much like an inclined board.

The slight center-of-gravity forward design improves posture, which combined with the building of hip, thigh, lower abdomen and lower back mucles, lifts the spine in alignment, lessening lower back pain, if due to spinal compression.

With a calorie burn rate of approximately two times that of standard walking in the Clogs (same for Boots, X3 for Sandals), toning and trimming is natural. Most of the toning and weight loss is in the legs, hips, low abdomen and 'love handles', where they work. Keep your dietary intake the same and "You'll have never felt better!" Read Benefits for more specific information.

Science of Orthotebb Health Shoes

Scientifically, Dr. Masoodi patented her invention to make an affordable shoe for improving everyone's health as follows:

The present invention relates to exercise and therapeutic shoes, and in particular to a shoe which may be worn for all day/every day use and is easily positionable into a variety of postures to condition and exercise various aspects the musculoskeletal and cardiovascular system of the user, while assisting the user to further develop improved, coordination, balance and posture. The present shoe is useful in a variety of medical therapies, including preventing DVT and pulmonary embolisms, and is useful for hospital use in patients and other confined individuals.

The preferred embodiment of the present invention contemplates an article of footwear having a foot support platform with either straps or an upper shoe portion or the like to envelope the foot, and a sole having front and rear ends corresponding with the toes and heel of the foot, respectively, with a medial area there between, the sole having a spaced medial support portion having a floor engaging surface generally parallel to the foot support platform, the medial support portion situated generally under the ball and generally at least a portion of the arch of the user's foot.

Situated forward the medial portion to the front end of the sole is an angled area having an angle of between, for example, 20-60 degrees. Situated behind the medial portion is a short angled area terminating in a thinner rear sole area running generally parallel with the foot platform, but having about fifty percent of the thickness of the medial area.

The present footwear is intended to be positioned to one of five desired positions or attitudes with regard to the supporting surface, and contacted with the supporting surface in that position while in use, i.e., while walking or standing, and is not intended to be utilized in a rolling or pivoting contact, i.e. from heel to toe, as one might walk with conventional footwear.

The preferred embodiment of the present shoe is easily positionable into a variety of postures to exercise various aspects the musculoskeletal system of the user, while assisting the user to further develop improved coordination, balance and posture, providing head to toe conditioning.

The footwear is positioned (by lifting the heel) in a frontal exercise posture whereby the front, forward angled portion contacts the floor, ground surface or the like. This posture or shoe (sandal) orientation is referred to by the inventor as the ballerina or "swan walking" orientation, so as to concentrate the weight of the user on the arch/ball/metatarsals and phalanges/metatarsal joints of the feet, which exercises muscles including the gasterinimous, gluteus minimus and maximus, qudriceps, as well as facilitating circulation of the legs and thereby preventing DVT (economy class syndrome), varicosities, edema, and the like, while also urging the user to pull back their scapula and shoulders, therey improving posture and alignment of the spine. In this position, the user can stand on one or both feet simultaneously, and can walk in this position by lifting each shoe (sandal), repositioning the leg and foot in a walking motion, lowering and repositioning the shoe (sandal) so that the forward, angled portion again contacts the ground, thereby "swan walking". (We at OHS do not suggest Swan Walking in the Sandals, as you may put too much stress on the thongs and break them out of the shoe).

The second, "normal walking" orientation which nonetheless conditions the user comprises orienting the footwear so that the rear, spaced portion of the sole is spaced above the floor, and the medial, raised portion fully or substantially contacts the floor, providing a relatively unstable platform for developing balance and coordination generally below the metatarsals, generally extending to at least a portion or the arch of the user, while requiring additional contracting of the muscles and circulatory system at the lower extremities during use, facilitating the pumping of blood against gravity, stimulating circulation not only of blood but also of the lymphatic system. In use in the "normal walking" orientation, the user may walk or stand on the shoes, while maintaining the proper orientation when the footwear is contacting the supporting surface (floor). Unlike the "swan walk" position, where the metatarsals are at an angle with regard to the floor, in the "normal walking" position, the foot and metatarsals therein are situated at a generally horizontal, less stressful and more stable position relative to the floor.

Continuing, lowering the heel or rear, second end of the shoes so that the second end contacts the floor or support surface, and maintaining said position during walking or standing provides the "heel walking" orientation, which stretches the gastronomes and hamstring muscles.

Illustrating two balance positions which may be utilized with the system of the present invention, the shoe may be oriented so that the forward pivot point only contacts the floor or support surface, which orientation is maintained during walking or standing, which enhances strength (via overcoming gravity), balance, coordination, and posture. After utilizing the footwear of the present invention for a period of time, standing, walking or running with conventional shoes becomes much less burdensome and provides the user with greater stamina and strength.

Alternatively, the user may orient the shoes to only contact the floor or other support surface via the rear pivot point, which orientation is likewise maintained during walking or standing, which alternative orientation also enhances balance, coordination, and posture.

There are many ways to walk in Orthotebb Health Shoes and all of them are correct and have different combinations of benefits. The majority of users will walk in the "standard way" and will receive all of the benefits, as Dr. Masoodi proposed. To see how to walk in Orthotebb Health Shoes, see FAQ's.

The key thing is that you use your shoes. Even 20-30 minutes of use every day provides many benefits. As you build endurance, increase time of use gradually and "You'll have never felt better!"