| MBT boots are not your normal kind of footwear. | | | | that this nomadic group walk extremely long |
| This is a new idea in shoe making, and it's been | | | | distances on a daily basis, with a most amazing |
| found to work well with people's anatomy and | | | | realization that they had perfect posture and a |
| physiology. MBT boots and other footwear are | | | | low amount of back pain even though they were |
| popular because they provide benefits that no | | | | on their feet for long durations. Walking barefoot |
| other footwear can bring. Benefits include a | | | | on the uneven surface of the ground was |
| reduction of pain in the joints and back, a posture | | | | discovered to contribute to the good health of |
| that is much better, and an increase in | | | | the tribe. MBT footwear has innovative soles so |
| metabolism. | | | | that they could reproducibly mimic this lack of |
| The idea was a based upon the walking | | | | stability. |
| techniques of the Masai tribe. It was discovered | | | | |