Courtney Conley (Author) Courtney Conley is a Doctor of Chiropractic Medicine who specializes in foot and gait issues. Her clients include everyone from professional athletes to people with complex health needs. She is the founder of Gait Happens, a leading global digital platform for foot health education. Milica McDowell (Author) Milica McDowell is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, an Exercise Physiologist and former faculty in Health and Human Performance at Montana State university. She has extensive experience developing continuing education for medical professionals and regularly delivers lectures on new technologies in physiotherapy and sports medicine.
We were born to walk even more than to run, and, arguably, nothing is better for your health than regular walking. Read this informative book if you are trying to increase your step count and walk better! -- Daniel Lieberman, author of <i> Exercised </i> This book is a wake-up call in the best possible way. Courtney shows us that the foundation of our health, energy and longevity isn’t complicated, it just comes straight from our feet. Walk makes a compelling case that walking isn’t exercise, it’s essential, and she gives us practical steps to rebuild our foot strength back into our lives. If you want a longer, stronger, more joyful life, start here -- Steven Bartlett, host, Diary of a CEO podcast Modern health has forgotten something elemental: we are a bi-pedal walking species. This book restores walking to its rightful place not as exercise, but as a biological necessity. It reminds us that resilience, longevity, and agency begin at ground level, one step at a time -- Galahad Clark, CEO & Co-Founder, Vivobarefoot Praise for Courtney Conley * - * [Courtney Conley] is extraordinarily skilled at researching the way our current behavior veers from our evolutionary past and she has the rare performative gift of translating those lessons into exciting, inspiring action plans -- Christopher McDougall, author of <i> Born to Run </i>