Health and Wellness

Chung Shi is a leading brand in this new and innovative area of high performance footwear, it's the perfect way to improve your excercise whilst you walk. The Chung Shi "Balanced Step" sole offers you a pilaties style workout when you are walking or training in your chung shi's. Chung Shi offer a great balance that assists in improving your health, fitness and relaxation. Chung Shi's help to support your natural walking gait, absorbs shock to your feet, knees and back. Whilst improving posture Chung Shi's helps relieve pressure on the vertebral column. Regular use increases blood circulation in your feet and legs and improves your respiration. It's a great way to tone the muscles in your legs, stomach and buttocks and is known to assist in helping to decrease cellulite.

Vivo Barefoot is a revolutionary, back-to-basics design based on the simple principle that being barefoot is the healthiest way for you and your feet to be. An ultra thin puncture resistant sole allows your feet to be as millions of years of evolutionary design intended – Barefoot! Benefits of going Barefoot are that it helps realign your natural posture,and strengthens the muscles in your feet. Vivo barefoot also help you feel the ground which stimulates sensory perceptionand Flex your feet as nature designed. Tim the Founder of Vivo Barefoot, with the help of his 'Alexander Technique’ teacher learnt that walking barefoot is the best and healthiest way for your feet to be – using natural reflexes to go up on the balls of the feet. At the end of each lesson he would put his shoes back on and walk home. It started to become obvious how restrictive his shoes were. As a result of this Terra Plana and Vivo Barefoot technology was created.

Shape Ups from Skechers are a revolutionary new technology that lets you work out while you walk. Continuous use of Shape Ups will help burn calories, fight cellulite and improve cardiovascular health which should result in a leaner you with improved stamina and metabolism. Some of the results can be firmer buttock muscles whilst tighter flatter abdominal muscles too. The technology also improves your posture helping you to appear taller as your posture improves. In summary, Shape Ups are designed promote weight loss, strengthen the back, firm calf muscles and buttock muscles, reduce cellulite and tone your thighs, improve posture and reduce stress on the knee and ankle joints.

Discover the barefooting alternative from Vibram Fivefingers. A typical human foot is an anatomical marvel of evolution with 26 bones, 33 joints and more than 100 muscles, tendons and ligaments. Like the rest of the body, to keep our feet healthy, they need to be stimulated and exercised.Vibram Fivefingers is a revolution in practical, fun, funky shoe covers. One of the simpliest pleasures in life is walking around barefoot, but biggest issue is always the stones, dirt or the sand is too hot. With this innovation from Vibram Fivefingers you can freely and comfortable walk about protecting your feet whilst excercising them at the same time. Like the rest of the body, to keep our feet healthy, they need to be stimulated and exercised. As Vibram Fivefingers stimulate your feet and lower legs they will not only make you stronger and healther, but assist in improving your agility and, balance and propriception. Vibram is one of the worlds leading manufacturers of soles for high performance footwear have been making these for many years. This new development using the highest quality materials with bomb proof construction whilst giving you the grip of the world famous Vibram sole. The concept originated from sailing – sailing barefoot is a great feeling – you get a sense of control and feedback, as well as not having the problem of wet shoes. However, protection and grip are key concerns. Vibram Fivefingers, fit like a glove. Their individual toes allow maximum response, flexibility and the feeling of being barefoot but with the grip of Vibram. Vibram Fivefingers are great for all activities that exist around water and where things can get a little slippery or you need the sensitivity of barefoot but also have some protection. Activites such as canyoning, kayaking, windsurfing, coasteering – will all benefit from the grip, without going for a larger pair of trainers, or into the realms of neoprene booties.

It all started in the 1922, when three smart businessmen invented a new brand name: Mr. Hans Rollman, Mr. Karl Michael and Mr. Karl Kaufmann decided to use the 1st two letters of their surnames to create the brand name RO MI KA.The three partners knew exactly, that from the marketing point of view, the name concept was perfect: Easy to pronounce, read and write, not only in Germany, but also for most international markets: The remarkable and simple character of these 6 letters became a synonym for high quality premium footwear products worldwide. It was Mr. Rollmann and his partners who invented many new materials and constructions like foam rubber or Vibram. At that time of course nobody, not even the three founders, could imagine that over more than 85 years this name developed into one of the most popular brand names ever in the worldwide shoe history. Romotion offers a solution to human foot problems and thereby improves your “well being”. With the average person making between 8000 and 10000 steps per day, your feet and their comfort plays a huge part in how your entire body feels. Flat feet, Skew Feet, Hollow Feet, Spreading Feet and Arthritis, are all symtoms of inadequate musle strength in the foot. Romotion technology is the dynamic foot bed integrated into the PU-sole in the central sole area of the shoe. This supports the natural way of active walking. Creating instability in the motion phase of your stride, the Romotion technology builds and strengthen the otherwise neglected muscles of the feet.