Damn Vibram Shoes - Episode 22

I reported here that my ankles hurt again: Damn Vibram Shoes (aka OUCH!). That injury took about three weeks to put behind me, and I couldn’t even do pushups, as it hurt my ankles to come off of the pushups!

I was finally able to walk the dog, which I did gingerly at first. Then I started running up hills, which was fine. Next I was running up hills and flat surfaces and slowly increasing the running distance to about 2 miles, with 1 mile walking, which seemed fine.

Last night I went on a stroll with a friend of mine. I assure you it was a stroll, as we were talking about a math book that I am helping her to write, and that takes more brainpower than anything else I do. Sometimes I am thinking so hard I even stop strolling just to think! My left ankle started to tweak out, DARN IT! Then the right one. This morning they still hurt, although I am not limping.

This is getting really, really old!

I spoke to a physician that I met an amazing sleep conference I attended last weekend (more on that later). He is a paleo/primal eating, Weston A. Price believing doc who tried the Vibrams. He thought he started slowly too, but they didn’t work for him. Smart guy that he is, he switched back to old school running shoes more quickly than I did, and he isn’t still paying for his experiment.

LESSON OF THE YEAR: Be very careful with Vibrams. The doc has concluded that they just don’t work for some people no matter what you read, which I now believe. And this is one out there doc who knows his alternative stuff. He takes a bit of heat from his colleagues for his food choices (lots of good fats, protein and low carbs), and he is one physically fit guy with stellar bloodwork – fitter than the rest of them. The other MDs attribute his avoidance of the heart attack they keep predicting to genetics. They just don’t get it, he says somewhat ruefully.

Comments

[paleoMD]

Thanks for the kind reference, it was a pleasure to meet you at the sominar. There are more paleo friendly MDs than you may think and our number is growing fast.

Angelo Coppola has ongoing Vibram commentary on his podcast "Latest in Paleo"- a quick google search of his podcast will give you tons of information. In my circle of paleo friends, I would estimate 1/3 love the vibrams,1/3 tolerate them, and 1/3 bail on them pretty quickly.

L