Let's face it, arthritis is no fun for anyone. The chronic feeling of pain and stiffness in joints can be both inhibiting and frustrating in daily life. Osteoarthritis (OA) in knees can be especially distressing because it can be felt with every single step and often limit mobility. Unfortunately, the latest statistics from the Center of Disease Control and Prevention...

What do you do with your old shoes? It isn't uncommon for a child to outgrow a pair of moccasins, or for an adult to retire a comfortable pair of RunAmocs in favor of a new color combination. But what if those old shoes still have a lot of life left in them? And what if you'd like to save...

This year, the elves are excited to be hosting a special sweepstakes for the back-to-school season! Anyone can enter, and we'll give the winner a year's supply of Soft Star shoes, plus a donation of $300 to your school of choice*. We want to keep your feet healthy and help keep schools on their toes. That's why the grand prize...

We're very grateful to all of our wonderful customers who have sent us so many photos of their Softstars. It's exciting to see where our shoes end up, and sometimes we're astonished to see how far they've traveled around the world. We'd like to share with you some of our favorite photos of Softstars across the globe, sent to us...

We have an ongoing dilemma at our workshop because we're never quite sure how to describe our shoes. For almost three decades we've simply said we make minimal shoes for children, but the barefoot running craze of recent years has introduced a whole new world of nomenclature with terms like "barefoot shoes," "minimalist shoes," 'transition shoes," "zero-drop" and "foot coffins...

Instead of recommending more supportive trail shoes for the rougher, unpredictable surfaces, some doctors suggest the opposite.

How would you like some nice wood paneling on your shoes? No, we're not modeling our shoes after my father's 1978 station wagon, but we do have another woody feature: cork! Cork! Gold speckles glimmering in the light. We recently acquired a special limited supply of decorative cork-lined fabric. This thin, smooth material is adorned with shiny gold speckles. Although...