Working with orthotics? SOMs are able to accommodate a large number of orthotic inserts. Prefer to support your arch differently? Replace them with a more structured insole. Feel that you need a bit more cushion that your typical barefoot shoe? Add in a softer insole.
Customers can replace our insoles with ones that better fit the needs of their feet. When we created the footbed of SOMs, we made sure to keep our insoles removable and therefore changeable. Now we are not discounting arch support by any means! Your feet may feel that they need more support along the arch than what our shoes provide, especially at the beginning of transitioning to minimalist footwear, and that is fine! The natural footbed in SOMs provides the same foundation to the ends of that arch as standing barefoot does, letting your foot naturally learn to support its own arch. And without good foundations at the ends of the arches, we can come to rely on that interior support. Much of today’s footwear uses extra padding in the arch as support rather that strengthening the bases of our arch. They require good, strong bases at either end that give the support to the entire arch. These arches do require support, yes, but not under the arch to hold it up like many shoes do. He compares the arch of the foot to an architectural archway. Ray McClanahan of Northwest Foot and Ankle describes arch support a bit differently than how most of us are used to. Photo by Palacemusic via Wikipedia Commonsĭr. For SOM, part of being barefoot inspired means allowing feet to stand in shoes as they would barefoot-and when you are barefoot, you have nothing propping up the arch of your foot rather that arch is supported in other ways. Similar to most minimalist shoes, our sneakers have very little in the way of arch support.
“Do your shoes have arch support? And do I even need arch support?” This question comes to us often, especially from those customers who are looking to make the transition to minimalist footwear.
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