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[–] unknown@piefed.social 33 points 1 day ago (15 children)
[–] mybuttnolie@sopuli.xyz 51 points 1 day ago (9 children)

this stopped happening to me when i heard i shouldn't round the edges of the nail when cutting them

[–] unknown@piefed.social 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You're lucky, I've never done that and still get them.

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For me it stopped when covid hit and I started working from home. I am barefoot 90% of the time.

My back pain has also gone since then.

[–] Trainguyrom@reddthat.com 1 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Being barefoot (specifically not even wearing socks) for some of the day actually made a noticable improvement on a few funky things about my feet that bothered me. So maybe those weird toe shoe people were onto something after all...

[–] SapphironZA@sh.itjust.works 2 points 8 hours ago

I don't think they were on the right track, lol. Those things always stank.

I think the main part of the barefoot benefit is the neural feedback from being able to feel with your feet. The many many muscles in your foot and legs can make the micro adjustments they cant do when in a shoe.

It's sort of like wearing gloves, sure you can type on a keyboard or write with a pen, but you are going to do a lot better when your fingers can feel directly.

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