Mike Stella, ATC - Sports Rehab & Performance Coach on Instagram: "When it comes to footwear, I lean on this analogy a lot... If you put a crazy person in a straight jacket and throw them in a padded room... do you think they'd get better or worse? Worse. Obviously. They're "protected" but lack of integration and exposure, the worse they'll be with time. Now apply that same concept to your feet. Put them in a rigid orthotic. Throw them in thick cushioned shoes, with a metric ton of stack height,