Wearing MBTs increasingly activates muscle groups needed to co-ordinate and stabilise the body both when walking and standing. The muscular system is exercised all the way up to the neck, stretched and relaxed again, the body balanced – with every step.

Hundreds of thousands of consumers and scientists worldwide have experienced the many positive effects of MBT:

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• activates neglected muscles
• improves posture and gait
• tones and shapes the body
• can help with back, hip, leg and foot problems
• can help with joint, muscle, ligament and tendon injuries
• reduces stress on knee and hip joints
  

MBT activates the whole body.

RESULTS OF SCIENTIFIC STUDIES*

Stresses on knee and hip joints ....................... – 19 %
Improved posture and more upright gait

Increased muscle activity when walking:
Lower limbs .................................................... + 18 %
Rear thigh muscles ......................................... + 19 %
Buttock muscles ............................................. + 9 %
Oxygen intake ................................................ + 2,5 %

Increased muscle activity when standing:
Lower limbs ...................................................... + 38 %
Rear thigh muscles ............................................+ 37 %
Buttock muscles ............................................... + 28 %

* at the following academic centres (and more):
The University of Calgary, Canada
Sheffield Hallam University, Sheffield, UK
Rennbahnklinik, Basle, Czechoslovakia in comparison to conventional shoes