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I've only worn Vibrams for the last year. I st...

2010-11-19T21:09:04.960Z

I've only worn Vibrams for the last year. I started with flows last winter and moved onto several pairs of KSOs. Last year my flows were plenty loose enough, but this year they are too tight in the toes and too short as well.

I'm glad to see my feet changing- that's the reason I started wearing Vibrams in the first place.
However, I'm not looking forward to

Folks, I've had a very similar experience but ...

2010-08-05T19:09:32.459+01:00

Folks, I've had a very similar experience but with some added commentary. I started in the winter, with my feet adapting slowly (Connecticut winters don't allow for long outdoor runs..), and never having the full sensory onslaught of barefoot training. Then in the spring, my foot felt grass full time (~5 days a week) and started stretching out. My (VFF size) 44s started to feel small

I've been wearing five fingers exclusively for...

2010-07-19T06:23:22.967+01:00

I've been wearing five fingers exclusively for the last year or so. Before I started wearing them, I had extremely flat feet, and wore size 13. Since I began wearing them, though, my feet have decidedly shrunk a size and a half, and I've gained an arch.

I can't comment (yet) on VFFs causing the size...

2010-06-09T00:59:41.689+01:00

I can't comment (yet) on VFFs causing the size of one's feet to change, but I experienced the same phenomenon when I first moved to the U.S. and couldn't work for 3 years. I stayed home and, consequently, pottered around the house either barefoot or in socks for the majority of the time. One day, after a couple of years of this, I realized that nearly all my shoes felt small and

hi there...did it means wearing these shoes will c...

2010-01-10T09:27:11.894Z

hi there...did it means wearing these shoes will causing foot size changing smaller?

sure, swelling is part of something potentially, b...

2009-12-26T15:52:04.756Z

sure, swelling is part of something potentially,
but also more dependent - as i understand it - for time of day effects - how long on one's feet - and generally is a squishy/puffiness
and less of just a lengthening.

So anyone who's been wearing vff's through a season will likely have gone through the regular daily or seasonal foot swelling.

This

Could the change possibly have anything to do with...

2009-12-23T13:33:00.973Z

Could the change possibly have anything to do with the weather? Don't feet tend to swell a bit on hot days?

I'm still waiting for my first pair of VFFs in the mail, so I'm yet to experience any of these changes myself. Just a thought.

When I first got my KSOs back in mid-August, I was...

2009-12-16T21:29:40.931Z

When I first got my KSOs back in mid-August, I was afraid they were too big. I came close to sending the 39 back in to exchange for a 38 but decided to wait and give it time. A couple of weeks later, I felt like the 39s were a good fit and was glad I stuck with them.

I've worn nothing but bare feet or my KSOs until now (mid-December) and am planning to get a pair of Flows in early

You still have to move well. I like Frankie's...

2009-11-15T21:21:11.929Z

You still have to move well. I like Frankie's quote too "Wearing the same shoes all the times = shoe shaped feet" Having different types of shoes is a good idea (again, as long as you move well in them).

Rock on!
Mike T Nelson PhD(c)

Thanks Jason and Mike for dropping by. Michael, h...

2009-11-11T09:37:42.589Z

Thanks Jason and Mike for dropping by.

Michael, how do you answer that question? what do you want your feet, personally, to adapt to?

If you are wearing a minimal shoe that is not mess...

2009-11-09T16:37:22.624Z

If you are wearing a minimal shoe that is not messing up the adaptation process, the feet are now "free" to adapt primarily to the stimulus from training, day to day activities, etc. Change your training or activities of daily living and your feet will change too.

The key question then is, "What do you want your feet to adapt to?

Rock on!
Mike T Nelson

Did not think too much about it but I am coming u...

2009-11-08T19:12:20.840Z

Did not think too much about it but I am coming up for nearly a year wearing sprints when running (300+ miles) and recently thought that perhaps they had stretched out as toe pockets seem to be longer. Never really thought it might be my feet changing.