BAREFOOT MASAI TECHNOLOGY
BAREFOOT MASAI TECHNOLOGY
Masai Barefoot technology footwear is the greatest improvement in footwear technology in many, many years. It has been featured on CNN, NBC, and FOX, as innovative new footwear. 10 years of research went into their development.
MBT® or Masai Barefoot Technology® is not just a shoe, but an amazing training tool for everyone.
Through its multi layered sole MBT® transforms flat, hard, artificial surfaces into natural, uneven ground. Wearing MBT® is like walking in sand. Unlike most conventional training shoes that only support and cushion your feet, the unique uplifting lever spring action of the MBT® sole challenges the core strengthening muscles to be more active. This reactive, more supportive muscle action creates good posture and increases shock absorption for all the joints, significantly reducing muscular-skeletal compression.
Walking more upright not only looks good, it makes us healthier and stronger, and we feel younger. The back and joints are strengthened, circulation is increased and breathing is more efficient. MBT® lengthens and strengthens the whole body while standing, walking and in gentle running.
Walking, Jogging and Power Rocking in MBT® are popular and fun techniques to develop good posture while getting in shape through aerobic exercise. This is why many call MBT® "the smallest gym in the world".
What are the benefits?
Sport & Fitness Unique training potential & outstanding success
· MBT makes training more effective, challenging and gentle to your spine.
· Performing on a high level needs to balance all of your abilities.
· Top teams, world champions and olympic medallists use MBT for training and testify the positive impact on their training and performance.
Beauty & Well being
MBT does what no other shoe can do
· MBT makes you look and feel younger."Use gravity to stay young"
· Health and fitness in your daily routine without additional time.
· MBT re-establishes the natural conditions for standing and walking.
Medical & Therapy
A Swiss concept that exceeds all expectations
· Physiotherapists, osteopath& chiropractors recommend the use of mBT to successfully help prevent and treat injuries.
· Through the biomechanical function of MBT, the muscles, joints and spine begin to function anatomically. Joint wear is reduced ,and with it pain.
· With every step taken, MBT is therapeutic and simultaneously preventative.
MBT re-establishes the natural conditions for standing and walking.
Walking more upright not only looks better but automatically makes you healthier and stronger. Your back and joints are strengthened, circulation is increased and breathing is more efficient.
MBT lengthens and strengthens your whole body while standing, walking or in gentle running. Through the action of a tension interchange of the muscles, they become shock absorbers for the joints and through this the body experiences release of tension, relaxation and improved circulation.
In short, the effects of walking with MBT are both training and "massage".
With a flat surface, the opposite occurs. Here the steps fall almost uncontrollably onto the ground and the whole body receives shocks, leading to poor posture, blockages, tension and weak muscles. The human body is not designed for constant moving on even ground.
This product will not only change the way you use your muscles, but will improve the use of your joints and spine.
History
The Swiss engineer Karl Müller has been developing MBT for over a decade. Suffering from back, knee and Achilles tendon problems himself, he looked for a solution. During his long stay in Asia he recognised that hard, even surfaces were to blame for his increasing pain. Studying the people around him helped him to develop a product that transforms hard, flat ground into a soft and uneven surface while strengthening the body.
Since his return to Switzerland MBT has been developed and researched, and is now widely used successfully across Europe
How does it work ?
Through the unique design of its multi layered sole, MBT transforms flat, hard, artificial surfaces into natural uneven surfaces, simulating the walking action of our barefoot ancestors.
Unlike conventional shoes that support and cushion your feet, the unique construction of MBT challenges your sole, and the muscles used to form your posture, to be more active.
This reactive, more supportive muscle action increases shock absorption for joints and discs.
Walking more upright not only looks better but automatically makes you healthier and stronger. Your back and joints are strengthened, circulation is increased and breathing is more efficient. MBT lengthens and strengthens your whole body while standing, walking or in gentle running.
The function of MBT is similar to that of balancing a ball under the foot
Increased input-response makes it easier for the musculature to react adequately. After ground contact there is a rolling movement, starting from a negative heel position (1). This creates a pre-stretch of the calf muscles. The straightening of the body, the balancing on the mid-foot (2) and the pull-through of the step to the back (3) initiates a rotation, which follows through the whole body. This results in an active and natural posture and gait.
Testimonials :
Dr. Wessinghagen, Medical Director Reha Clinic"The MBT leads you from a passive, straining gait to an active gait pattern that is gentle on the back and additionally stabilizes the pelvis and spine. The gait pattern improves circulation though the veins. With every step taken, MBT is preventative and simultaneously therapeutic and is probably the most important innovation in the shoe industry in the last few years."
Dr. Olaf Then, Specialist in Orthopedic Sports Medicine, Chiropractor Rheumatic-/Orthopedic Clinic
"Through the biomechanical functions of the MBT, the joints and spine begin to function anatomically. Joint wear is reduced and with it, pain. Therefore MBT is increasingly applied in therapy, rehabilitation, orthopedics, prevention and fitness."
Dr. Roger Berbig, Consultant at the Sports clinic in Zurich and former Swiss international goalkeeper
"We apply MBT regularly with our patients. The successes are amazing. The main areas of applications are over-load damage to the lower extremities. We are also convinced that MBT can play a major role in prevention."
Denise McCan
"I wore them for twenty minutes, and in each of those minutes I could feel the muscles in my body reacting to them. Being a therapist I was acutely aware of what was happening to my muscles, my injured knee was aching, but it was the useful type of ache that comes with healing. My ankle joints which were inclined to pronate were actually correcting themselves and my low back was loosing all the tensions that I had so nicely stored up in it.I knew they were having a positive effect on my entire skeletal-muscular system."
MBT footwear has become a world-wide phenomenon .
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