How Fitflops Work

FitFlop. Get a workout while you walk™

 Fitflop footwear is biomechanically engineered to help tone and tighten your leg muscles while you walk in them.

 Every step you take in Fit Flops tones and trims your legs. The Fit Flop's uniquely built multi-density midsole activates muscles midstep to help tone your thighs, your calves and your glutes. Not bad for a sandal!

Fitflop. Let's get technical.

Studies at the Centre for Human Performance at LSBU show that normal walking in Fitflop sandals⁽¹⁾ can help:

-increase leg, calf and gluteal muscle activity
-improve your posture
-mimic the gait of barefoot walking but with more muscle load
-improve muscle tone

Fitflop sandal wearers have also reported relief from plantar fasciitis, heel spurs, chronic back pain, sciatica, osteoarthritis, RLS (restless leg syndrome), scoliosis and degenerative disc disease.

Case studies

Case studies were performed on Fitflop original sandals over a thirty-six month period by Dr David Cook, Senior Lecturer in Biomechanics, and Darren James at The Centre for Human Performance at London South Bank University (LSBU). The muscle activation benefits in red are derived from case studies conducted. The benefits in blue are derived from the hundreds of Fitflop sandals wearers who have reported relief from plantar fasciitis, heel spurs, chronic back pain, sciatica, osteoarthritis, RLS, scoliosis, degenerative disc disease, and a number of other conditions.

(1) Biomechanical efficacy and performance testing carried out between December 2006 and March 2007 at Salford University , Manchester and the Centre for Human Performance, LSBU, London , on the original Walkstar sandal.