The effects of a 4-week barefoot exercise intervention on plantar pressure, impact, balance and pain in injured recreational runners: A pilot study

With recreational running's continued popularity and incidence of lower extremity injuries increasing, it is important from an osteopathic practitioner perspective, to be aware of treatment/interventions that may enhance recovery or prevent injury. With an osteopathic lens we postulate that improving function leads to symptomatic benefit in not only structure but throughout the kinetic chain.