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The feet first approach to improving posture. Can shoes really help?

By Lesley Forrester • Aug 3rd, 2008 • Category: features

It’s a growing market. Footwear that claims to be the key to a healthy posture. Some manufacturers also claim to have invented shoes that enhance fitness and banish cellulite to boot. Can the answer to back pain, slouching and orange peel thighs really be met in a shoe?
Perhaps the best known product is the MBT [...]



The benefits of correct posture and spinal health

By Dr Zoe Freedman • Jun 18th, 2008 • Category: features, lead

In a society often considered to be unhealthily motivated by physical appearance it is extraordinary that so little time is spent contemplating the importance of posture.