Masai Barefoot Technology shoes

MBT or Masai Barefoot Technology shoes are shoe that are supposed to make us walk like the Masai people of Africa. They walk barefoot and have a very upright posture. They also apparently never get any low back or postural problems. The Masai Barefoot Technology shoe company made the shoes to  change the walking to help people with postural or low back problems by changing the gait. The evidence is that they shoe do change the gait pattern. This change may be very helpful in some people with back problems, however there is als the potential that the change may be harmful to some people.