Some people require the mechanical support that a running shoe offers. "I saw quite a few patients this summer who had developed shin splints from running barefoot," she said.
It seems doubtful, though, that squatting, even if it helps hemorrhoids, will become the next back-to-nature craze-the new barefoot running shoe or caveman diet.
但是,即使能预防痔疮,蹲式排便能否像赤足跑鞋或穴居人饮食一样掀起新一轮回归自然的热潮还是个未知数。
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In a previous study, Trinkaus found that shoe-wearing and barefoot human groups show characteristic differences in the size and strength of their middle toe bones.